Anyone lockup devices overnight?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We got a safe with a 4-digit combination to lock up iPads and other electronics overnight after our 10-yr-old was sneaking late at night. He then tried all 4-digit combinations until he landed on the combo … twice.

Seriously? He should be getting zero access to electronics at this point. You have a huge problem on your hands.

I know. He doesn’t have a phone, and we moved the iPads to our workplace outside the house. But he still needs to do homework on a computer. His computer has every site blocked except for homework, but he can get around that too. We have tried grounding and other punishments. We have explained how electronics are clearly too addictive for his young brain and that sleep is important for health. Only thing that has somewhat worked is packing his schedule with extracurriculars so that he doesn’t have too much idle time.

He is 10. He can’t possibly have that much homework. He can bring home his school Chromebook and I would stand over his shoulder and watch him do it

[Anonymous]

These parents that think their kids are trustworthy - your kids are the ones who are texting other kids at midnight, 1, 2 am....

We have all the computers and devices charge in our room at night. My high school junior sometimes keeps his school computer in his room if he's doing homework later than our bedtime, however. I suppose he could be doing stupid stuff on it until the wee hours but he needs to start learning about the consequences of that (being exhausted in the morning).

I think no access to technology overnight is a complete no-brainer. These devices are intended to be addictive and just leaving them in a kid's bedroom overnight is foolish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We got a safe with a 4-digit combination to lock up iPads and other electronics overnight after our 10-yr-old was sneaking late at night. He then tried all 4-digit combinations until he landed on the combo … twice.

Seriously? He should be getting zero access to electronics at this point. You have a huge problem on your hands.

I know. He doesn’t have a phone, and we moved the iPads to our workplace outside the house. But he still needs to do homework on a computer. His computer has every site blocked except for homework, but he can get around that too. We have tried grounding and other punishments. We have explained how electronics are clearly too addictive for his young brain and that sleep is important for health. Only thing that has somewhat worked is packing his schedule with extracurriculars so that he doesn’t have too much idle time.

If he doesn’t have access to electronics it should matter how much idle time he has. He is 10! He doesn’t need a computer at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m honestly shocked parents are locking things up in safes and the trunk of cars! That 8s bananas. If my child was breaking rules surrounding their phone and computer to the point where they were waking in the night and sneaking it- I’d just take it away completely. If your kid isn’t trustworthy and mature enough to follow simple rules, they shouldn’t have a phone. They truly don’t need it. It’s not like you are taking food and water away from them. They will be fine without it for a year or so or whenever you feel they are ready to be trusted and follow rules.

You can't take away a school-issued laptop, for example. Some people can't take away a watch either, for logistical reasons. If the main issue is that a kid lacks impulse control and devices are problematic at night, interfering with sleep, then locking them up overnight is a reasonable solution.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m honestly shocked parents are locking things up in safes and the trunk of cars! That 8s bananas. If my child was breaking rules surrounding their phone and computer to the point where they were waking in the night and sneaking it- I’d just take it away completely. If your kid isn’t trustworthy and mature enough to follow simple rules, they shouldn’t have a phone. They truly don’t need it. It’s not like you are taking food and water away from them. They will be fine without it for a year or so or whenever you feel they are ready to be trusted and follow rules.

You can't take away a school-issued laptop, for example. Some people can't take away a watch either, for logistical reasons. If the main issue is that a kid lacks impulse control and devices are problematic at night, interfering with sleep, then locking them up overnight is a reasonable solution.

A 10 yr old doesn’t have hours of school homework to do on their computer issued device per night.

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m honestly shocked parents are locking things up in safes and the trunk of cars! That 8s bananas. If my child was breaking rules surrounding their phone and computer to the point where they were waking in the night and sneaking it- I’d just take it away completely. If your kid isn’t trustworthy and mature enough to follow simple rules, they shouldn’t have a phone. They truly don’t need it. It’s not like you are taking food and water away from them. They will be fine without it for a year or so or whenever you feel they are ready to be trusted and follow rules.

I’m the one who locked them in the trunk years ago. If you are shocked by that, you either have rule following kids or ones that don’t argue. Mine are very verbal and I got sick of hearing their debates so they were out of the house.

Thankfully we are past those years and nothing is in the trunk now.

Well, as i type this I think there is some Halloween candy in my trunk but it’s because DH and I don’t have self control and I keep forgetting to bring it to work. So maybe I still do it.

[Anonymous]

I shut down all Wifi and use the Parent controls to lock the phone

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m honestly shocked parents are locking things up in safes and the trunk of cars! That 8s bananas. If my child was breaking rules surrounding their phone and computer to the point where they were waking in the night and sneaking it- I’d just take it away completely. If your kid isn’t trustworthy and mature enough to follow simple rules, they shouldn’t have a phone. They truly don’t need it. It’s not like you are taking food and water away from them. They will be fine without it for a year or so or whenever you feel they are ready to be trusted and follow rules.

Wow you must be Mom of the year. Unfortunately the phones are incredibly addictive for both kids and adults. Have you been out in public lately? Everyone is staring at their phones constantly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Kid devices are on a "guest" wifi that turns off at 9pm, and the apps all have downtime starting then. So even if they tried to use them they wouldn't do much of anything.

So no data? For teens? Just WiFi

After 9 the kid devices are essentially bricks. Our devices are on a separate WiFi that still works.