Anyone lockup devices overnight?

[Anonymous]

I'm considering buying a locked safe for charging and storing phones, watches, iPads, and laptops overnight. They get them back in the morning after they've had breakfast, packed their backpacks, brushed their teeth, and cleaned their rooms. Anyone doing something like this now?

[Anonymous]

No but I trust my kids. LOL
Everyone in our house phones are off at 9pm go back on at 6 am.

I also see no problem with this either OP

If your kids are in HS though what's the point.

They will go to college and need to learn before they leave safety of using phones.

[Anonymous]

Yes, we do that every night but just put them in our room. There's no need to buy something that locks up. If they snuck it out you could make them lose the whole day or something.

[Anonymous]

Yes we do this. Our safe is large enough to fit school-issued laptops and a toast rack phone charging station.

But. Our kids have ADHD and impulse control issues. We didn't get the safe until we tried other methods and consulted with a good therapist. A safe is not a silver bullet. If you want something that locks but is cheaper and lighter, you can get an electronics charging locker.

[Anonymous]

Lock up, no. But all devices go downstairs to charge 2 hours before bedtime (bedrooms are upstairs).

I know parents who have had kids sneaking their devices when they were supposed to be asleep (like midnight-ish), and if I have any evidence of that happening, I would keep them in my bedroom or lock them up.

[Anonymous]

Yes. We have a locked room (our storage room) and it has a charging station. But what 10:02 says works too.

[Anonymous]

I did this until they were 18.

[Anonymous]

Lock up no?
But all devices charge in my room overnight.
Tried the kitchen and DD 13 with adhd got sneaky when I went to sleep.
Phone/tablet go in my room at 830pm. She gets them back after school when homework is done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes we do this. Our safe is large enough to fit school-issued laptops and a toast rack phone charging station.

But. Our kids have ADHD and impulse control issues. We didn't get the safe until we tried other methods and consulted with a good therapist. A safe is not a silver bullet. If you want something that locks but is cheaper and lighter, you can get an electronics charging locker.

Thank you. One of my kids has ADHD with low impulse control, while the others are just typical kids who are addicted to their devices and struggle to manage their screen time. I wish our ADHD therapist had recommended this solution; it seems so obvious now that I think about it.

[Anonymous]

Lock up? No. If I took the devices out of their rooms intentionally at night and they know this and they were sneaking them from my room or downstairs, they would lose them completely. I don’t play games

[Anonymous]

Someone I know had no idea their teenage daughter was texting and on social media for hours at night.

When she started to have some major mental health issues, they realized she was getting out of bed, getting the phone and somehow getting past the parental controls that blocked phone use past 9 pm. It's a tough world out there.

[Anonymous]

No but devices are never allowed upstairs to bedrooms at any time. Phones automatically do into downtime at 8pm on school nights. I tend to wake up if anyone walks downstairs in the night since my room is right at the top of the stairs.

[Anonymous]

Actually locked up? No. But the kids’ phones charge in our bedroom. We are light sleepers and would know if they came and got it overnight. FYI, even my 16 year old said she appreciates that she doesn’t have to be tempted to check it. If she has ever forgotten to put it in sleep mode, she receives notifications from friends *the entire night, all hours, even on school nights*.

At this age, we are the only ones in my friend group who still do this but we get zero pushback on it. We will not enforce it much senior year, as she needs to learn to manage this in college.

[Anonymous]

Not locked but all devices are charged downstairs overnight. My DH is a night owl so he's up past the kids especially on the weekdays so no worries about anyone sneaking down for devices. Plus we are very upfront about the rules and consequences. If they broke the devices downstairs at night rule they would loose them so fast. If you feel like you need to physically lock them up it seems like you have a bigger problem than what type of safe to buy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually locked up? No. But the kids’ phones charge in our bedroom. We are light sleepers and would know if they came and got it overnight. FYI, even my 16 year old said she appreciates that she doesn’t have to be tempted to check it. If she has ever forgotten to put it in sleep mode, she receives notifications from friends *the entire night, all hours, even on school nights*.

At this age, we are the only ones in my friend group who still do this but we get zero pushback on it. We will not enforce it much senior year, as she needs to learn to manage this in college.

+1 Our kids phones are locked down with parental controls after a certain hour, but I'm always shocked by the hours at which messages are being sent. I assume the parents know nothing about it.