I'm an old man with 3 kids so I know s thing or 2...
Venetorem had it right, better to own up to it than to be in trouble for multiple problems all at once. Personally I forgive my kids for more than they expect if they save me the time of playing detective. Plus they may not appreciate you putting yourself at risk by being out of touch without their knowledge.
If you want to try to soften the blow, tell them you have something important you need to talk with them about and then give them time to worry about all the horrible things you may have done like burglary, arson, unwanted pregnancy, etc. then break the news that it's a lost phone.
It wouldn't hurt to offer to be extra helpful around the house and work off your debt.
Good luck.

I love this idea.

I can't read the whole thread from my phone right now, I'll revisit from home later, but I'd like to chime in on the part I read about crates being overpowered. I'm a fan of op overpowered items as much as possible. The more unique or unusual the better. For me it adds new options and new things to see. I don't understand why a realistic economy where some people have fabulous wealth is even a problem anyway. If my neighbor can afford to build his house out of diamonds good for him! It doesn't affect my ability to gather and build on my own. And if I could build a creeper grinder that would be awesome for me and for others since i could sell gunpowder for the benefit of other players. I just don't understand why the concern about others personal wealth.

but then he remembered...

That's one slippery bunny. It was challenging to find and keep up when it was on the move. I ended up with a fair amount of loot. If I would have got one more piece I could have made a block of "Bunny Money" ;P
Thanks for entertaining us.

@Ealdwine_Drasax MineCo. Is back and better than ever.
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Sticky: 1 per diamond (Due to lack of supply of slimes)
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I can trade you Slimes, I have... well, plenty.

@Valgys Because there were so many interested last time, and my last trade event ended so soon, I'm opening this up once more (with adjusted prices) while I still have some free time. This one runs through until April 16. I'll make the effort to be on sometime from 3am-6am GMT (7pm - 10pm PDT), unless we can work out a time to trade through PM.

Rules are similar to before: I'm willing to trade VIP/VIP+ status to players in exchange for items in game. You give me stuff (see list ...

Thanks for the trade Valgys. =)

@Valgys Yeah, I had to turn in early tonight was pretty much nonstop trades all evening on top of an already long day. I'll try and jump on soon once I get some rest.

Okay, I'll check back in an hour or 2 then! ;P
J.K. Rest up. Hopefully I can catch you when the stars align and we're both free and awake.

Darn, I think I made it home before 10pm PDT, but don't see you online. =(

I'd be interested in making a maximum trade in slime blocks for 1 extra month of VIP+ I guess that would be about 2 stacks of slime blocks?