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[quote=Anonymous]I’d take the watch away for a week bc you have to maintain authority and follow through , but honestly your rules were ridiculous. A watch can only call and text, teens want to maintain and develop friendships outside school (you state you want him to do that but then you try to control how he does that) and you are giving him zero autonomy.

Also - he sounds perfectly normal and any lack of motivation is probably bc he has a parent that is a critical control freak - self motivated kids do not develop in environments like this, as they generally will only do the minimum to keep you off their back. You need to lay off the criticisms and micromanagement.

As for what to do - I agree with the above comments, after his punishment, do a redirect. Instead of the 2 hour limit - have watch free time. Bedtime with phone plugged in somewhere you can oversee, have him select a time he has distraction free homework, and discuss him having it at school maybe one day a week - tell him you’ll check his log and texts to make sure there is no activity during school times and he can earn extra days by following it.

Again the watch can only call and text. He’s trying to connect with peers. He will never learn self control the way you are doing it [/quote]

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