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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't take the phone. [b]It is impossible to do school without one[/b] (that is where my kid has his daily planner).

The issue here is the attempt at cheating by a stressed out kid.  It is time for a discussion.  If you punish, your child will just become more secretive in his communications.  If you show some empathy, you may have success at learning why the kid chose this path, and you can work with your kid on ways for him to seek help sooner.

Treat this seriously, but don't treat it like an abuse of the phone.[/quote]

Not true.  If he needs a daily planner, he can buy a paper one and write his assignments/tests, etc in it.  People have been successfully doing this for years including me.  OP-  Did he text friends to get the answers?  If so, I'd absolutely take the phone away.  Not only is he trying to cheat, he isn't smart enough to remove the evidence of it for everyone to see.  Imagine if he left that evidence for his teachers at school to see?  Duh![/quote]

Of course we used to do it this way, but it is not the standard now and won't teach him the right lessons if we force him to be a Luddite.  The "crime" here isn't the technology, but the attempt to cheat. Punish in a way that reflects the infraction and encourages good academic behavior (including texting the friend earlier in the day for help when fixing the problem is still an option).

And FYI the teachers often post the homework/changes to the assignment electronically.

His friends said "no", so we don't want to discourage those friendships.[/quote]

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