Managing Phone Use and Bedtime for Teenager Sharing a Room

[glorybe28]

Don’t know if anybody else has said this. Can’t you put a timer on it? My 12 year old has a time limit that locks the phone and it goes off 8pm school days and 9pm Friday and Saturday and then it unlocks at 8am

 

[sgarba4twins]

My mum did exactly the same to me until I was 17 (I used to sneak in her room and check my texts though )

 

[nprxkyxkho]

Good parenting. Stick to your decision.

 

[ltsings]

@archeologistica

 

[charlotte1992]

Stick to your plan. I have done this in the past with my youngest son, who actually agreed with the fact he couldn’t be trusted to put his iPad down.
Sometimes you do have to step in x

 

[imyours]

100% stick to what you have said. We have a no phones/tablets in bedrooms rule full stop, no matter what the time. I do appreciate she is 16 and thus is about sleep but trust your instincts on what to do. I went to an e-safety workshop this week and It was incredibly eye opening abd very scarey, trust me, we will not be budging from that anytime soon!

 

[ithinktheyranoutofnames]

I did this with my daughter when she was living at home, her phone would go off at 9pm each night and turn back on at 7am she also shared with her sister who is 9 yrs younger than her and it would disturb her in the night. My daughter is now 20 years old and will come off her phone by her choice at a reasonable time for her and put it aside and she no longer even lives with us so it’s all off her own back. Good luck with whatever you choose to do

 

[revien]

We pay for an app called our pact it’s around £60 for the year, this turns off all my daughters social media apps at what ever time we want 10.30-7am on week nights this allows her to settle at night before school it’s been a god send

 

[tomydoor]

Family link is a godsend! We lock their phones at 8pm school nights and later on weekends or unlimited when at the caravan. If they don't do their chores/argue etc, I threaten to lock them then do it, until they can be nice again or do their chores etc

 

[clifthethird]

@tomydoor this turns off at 13 years though... It's great while it lasts

 

[tomydoor]

@clifthethird mine are older than 13 and we still use it

 

[clifthethird]

@tomydoor how does that work then? Did you put a different date of birth? Mine used it happily and then 13th birthday we got emails saying it was stopping...

 

[burialchoice]

Well done - just one thing though i heard that someone took the phone off her child when she went to bed and left it in the kitchen. Her daughter sneaked down in the night and took the phone back to her bedroom! So may be better to keep the phone in your room when you go to bed!

 

[taskmstr]

Good parenting.

 

[ruddcs7]

Thanks everyone, will turn comments off now