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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I finally bought 15 yo DS an i-phone.  I would like him to continue the habit we have been trying to instill since birth of reading at bedtime, but he now likes to keep his phone next to his bedside.  This summer I have found him up texting or participating in social forums through apps or the internet as late as 2 am.  I have tried insisting he put the phone in my room after 10 pm and would like to have this rule during the school year, because I think the temptation is just too great to answer every text, check facebook, etc., and completely lose track of time at night.  But he objects because he says this is babyish, and also that all his music is on his i-phone, and listening to music helps him sleep.  Should I buy another i-pod for music and enforce the no phone at bedtime rule, or is he too old for that?  Is there a way to disable the phone after a certain hour, the way you can with some computers?  Or is 15 1/2 old enough to make his own mistakes?  TIA for any suggestions.[/quote]

We keep a docking/charging station off the kitchen and the teens are supposed to put their phones there by 9 during the school year.  One of them didn't remember the rule so well.  So for her I needed to add a disabling parental control from Verizon for $4.99 per month.  She couldn't send/receive texts or calls (except to/from "safe" numbers that I controlled) from 9pm until 7:30 am during the week and 11 on the weekends.  It's been working great.

I didn't know I could disable her computer after a certain hour.  How does that work?  [/quote]

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