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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. So I am having a hard time with the length of confiscates electronics because this is the primary way our DS communicates with friends. DS is exclusively DL’ing and is not in any organized activities because of covid. Sigh.[b] DS needs the connection with friends.....but how do we enforce a natural consequence? [/b]COVID times have turned our normal parenting techniques upside down. Any suggestions? This mamma needs help.[/quote]

He can use screens to communicate but has lost his privacy for a bit since you need to monitor his interactions? So you will read his texts/chats/whatever until you are convinced he can handle it.

Especially do this if he overreacted to not being included in something. DS (16) has a friend who regularly blows up at the peer group over not being included. I've seen some of what he texts to them and it is shockingly vile. I've known him a long time and what he writes is not consistent with his behavior the rest of the time, but the other boys don't like it and then, unsurprisingly, leave him out of more things. His mom only hears about him being left out, and she rushes to sympathize with him. This cycle has been going on for years, and what the kid is not getting is feedback from an adult that he is contributing to his own rejection with his behavior. It's sad.

Of course, this may not be happening at all with your son, and his text may have been a one time thing, but I think it's worth keeping tabs on. [/quote]

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