Do you take your tween/teen phone at night ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope - I want my kids to monitor themselves. They are tired at bedtime and go to sleep. Their phone is their alarm n the am.

+1. I might reconsider if they seemed to be having some sort of behavior issue that might be linked to the phone, but thus far I have not taken any of my kids' phones at night.

[Anonymous]

I don't take it, but he plugs it into the charger station before going to bed. We've never had a problem with fights/tantrums when it comes to devices, so we let him self-monitor. I know this is often not the case.

[Anonymous]

All phones go in charges downstairs at night. No electronic devices upstairs. I am the alarm clock - so far. Hope to transition to phone as alarm clock - someday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Heck, I'm an adult, and even I have a hard time not reaching for my phone if I'm having a hard time falling asleep, doing one last check for notifications/messages/etc. before lights out, etc.

Maybe because when you were younger you did not learn how to just put it in the charger and not reach for it.

Our kids are learning that early and one of the main reasons I don't take it. It's a learned habit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would you let them have a landline and a tv with cable? Because that's basically what it is.

Ha! It's more than that. Just go on Periscope late at night and see tweets/teens flashing and exposing their genitalia to hundreds is followers.

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We do - too tempting for them. In summer I'm lax but school year they know they have to hand over at ten. What do you do? Of course I have one teen who says "nobody does this mom!" Sigh ....

Phone always gets plugged in downstairs at 9 p.m.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would you let them have a landline and a tv with cable? Because that's basically what it is.

No, I disagree. You can see if a television is on when they should be asleep. You can hear a voice if they are talking on the land line phone. It’s way too easy for them to be under the covers texting and using social media when they should be sleeping.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Phones don't belong in the bedroom- even for adults.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Heck, I'm an adult, and even I have a hard time not reaching for my phone if I'm having a hard time falling asleep, doing one last check for notifications/messages/etc. before lights out, etc.

Maybe because when you were younger you did not learn how to just put it in the charger and not reach for it.

Our kids are learning that early and one of the main reasons I don't take it. It's a learned habit.

NP. This is just flat-out bullshit.

[Anonymous]

My kids (12 and 11) don't have them, but if they did I totally would.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don't take it away. They use it as an alarm. I do remotely lock it with a parental app to avoid late night or early morning usage. The can still use the phone and calendar when it's locked down. I also lock it to push them.

What parental app?

Ourpact and I meant to say - punish him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Heck, I'm an adult, and even I have a hard time not reaching for my phone if I'm having a hard time falling asleep, doing one last check for notifications/messages/etc. before lights out, etc.

Maybe because when you were younger you did not learn how to just put it in the charger and not reach for it.

Our kids are learning that early and one of the main reasons I don't take it. It's a learned habit.

NP. This is just flat-out bullshit.

I fall asleep with the phone, don't see any problems with that

[Anonymous]

My DD plugs her phone in the kitchen at about 9 each night. She's 12. There are plenty of her peers who sleep with their phones. I know because she sometimes gets texts from then a 10, 10:30, 11 and later on school nights! I'm sure their parents think they are sleeping....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD plugs her phone in the kitchen at about 9 each night. She's 12. There are plenty of her peers who sleep with their phones. I know because she sometimes gets texts from then a 10, 10:30, 11 and later on school nights! I'm sure their parents think they are sleeping....

Not all parents care or have early bedtime