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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just trust my kids. If they haven’t given me a reason to think they are misbehaving, I trust them. I don’t track them. [/quote]

I am the OP. I have lost trust in my 15yr old when I sensed something was off and did a deep dive on their phone.  That is the problem. So when they got their phone back after 2 weeks, of course I am going to track them, which we always had as a family and I rarely looked at. But it sounds like kids are hacking life 360 to sneak out, leave school for lunch, staying after school, etc… so I just wanted to be one up on it. They also get around ring cameras.

They can already not do sleepovers and to the person that said check their bed at 3am every night, thank you. Caught again last night after coming home at 11:00pm, even when life 360 said they were home. So punished and loss of phone again.

And for those judging. I am trying. We live in a normal 4 person two parent home and my 17yr old is nothing like this. We are pretty flexible and never helicopterish. This is a new friend group and it’s been hell since Sept. [/quote]

Op this is more than a phone problem.
1. Get kid in therapy.
2. Change kids school or homeschool.  3.  No more of that friends group.  Escort kid to all activities.  Enroll kid in sport/hobby/skill at least three nights a week.  Quit your job if you have to.

This is the critical drug/alcohol period.  Your kid needs you.  Yes they will hate you.  In ten years they will thank you.  [/quote]

OP here

They are in therapy and on a new medication as of a month ago

Trying to get them away from the friend group but they are also in their school

I can’t switch schools. It wouldn’t matter.

They are in a club sport that starts Jan until July so hopeful that will help. Will be with team a lot.

I hate taking away phone but it’s what needed to happen.

I work from home PT. I am the driver almost all the time. The biggest thing was taking away sleepovers.

Thanks for the suggestions - honestly. 
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NP a little off topic to just say I’m sorry and others can’t possibly know how bad it can be until they live it.  It sounds like you are doing everything you can.  Post in the special needs forum if you need more support from us who have been there and understand.  Teen behaviors can be hell.  My entire family hit rock bottom (I hope) last year when my kid got involved with a different group with some very bad consequences. We made drastic changes but it didn’t happen overnight and now are dealing with social isolation and homeschool but no drugs or crimes or other terrible things that were happening.  You do the best you can to get through these years.   [/quote]

Thank you. I really appreciate this reply

-OP[/quote]

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