Managing Phone Use and Bedtime for Teenager Sharing a Room

At 16, she's left school and on her hols, let her enjoy herself.
If you got nothing planned the following day l then let her be social with her friends. Learn to trust her.
My daughter is 12, I don't remove her phone, I trust her, if I find out she's on longer than I told her, screen time goes back on.
 
Nope when my daughter is old enough her phone will be left downstairs and turned off, she has an alexa so that's her alarm
 
I think its completely personal choice an what suits your family, my girls are exactly the same age as yours , my 16 yr old doesn't sleep much an reads books on her phone, my nearly 12 yr old has phone off at 9 , it works for us
 
Both of mine have always has their phones & never needed to take them away. You know your own child best & if they're responsible enough to be trusted or not.
 
My two are 11 and 14 and I let them keep their phones but they do put them on charge and leave them once it's bed time. If they didn't I would do what you are doing too
 
I have family link on my son's phone (13 and going into Y10 in sept) and his phone disables (locks) at 7 on a weekday and 9 on a weekend - it's a condition for having the phone and only changes with good reason, it will stay that way until I deem him responsible enough to not spend all night on it. The lockdown time will change as time goes on but not by much - downtime from the screen and sleep are too important!
 
Its your decision what happens to the phone. What I don't understand is that you stated what your rule was, asked for opinions then re-stated that your rule stays. I'm curious why you bothered asking for opinions😂
 
@jesuswarrior1985 I asked for opinions because I do believe that sometimes we as parents can be unfair... and although I personally don't believe I'm being unfair in this situation, I wanted to see what others thought because if a majority said I was being unfair or had another way of dealing with it then I'd take that on board x
 
I'm a bit late to the party but my friend's sons aged 33/4 & 29 don't take their phones to their bedroom at night because they KNOW they'll not be able to put them down. Some people will always struggle and will need an external 'rule' to help them. It helps if the same rules applies to everyone in the house though 😉
 
Absolutely agree with you. My 14 girl spends enough time on hers, it’s a condition of us paying that the phone stays downstairs on charge overnight. The only exception is sleepovers.
 
100% agree with you. Also, I have family link on her phone, (app is for Android) and can block apps or sites, she has to ask to download any apps, I can see where she is and it notifies me when she arrives/leaves school. Also have it that it can't be used between bedtime and 7.30am. My daughter is 14, I pay the bill so my rules, I don't spy on her but she will get lost too her phone so it's good to be able to turn it off to give her a break sometimes.
 
She is still at home and is sharing with a younger sister. You have given her freedom and she is clearly just a little imature to make the right choices. 11pm is more than fair! That is a compromise.!
Soon she will mature and you can re think as and when!1🙂
 
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