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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't want to derail the party thread, but a couple people mentioned having teens/tweens leave their phone and bag at the door when socializing.

How does this work in practice? You tell your guests to leave their phones? Or have your kids do it? A pile of backpacks in the entryway? If a kid wants to keep theirs with them, do you say no?

[b]I actually think my oldest would like this since she complained about get togethers when everyone is staring at their phones and she doesn't love the TikTok culture that a couple of her friends are getting into. [/b]

Should I just have her throw me under the bus and say "my mom came up with this lame rule that you can use your phone in the kitchen but they stay in this basket there when we go hang out"?

I don't have drug or alcohol concerns yet, but better to start the policy before I do, right?[/quote]

I didn't read the rest of the thread because DCUM.

OP, my son and his friends all loved their phones. Then at some point they started to talk about how boring it was to hang out while everyone was on their phone. For a while it became a "thing" that they didn't use their phones when they were together, or they had some contest about who could not look the longest. Now I think they all keep their phones, but they are mindful of use. I'm not really aware of the specifics because I wasn't involved in any of these decisions and just heard my kid talking about them and/or observed different things.

In other words, learning to navigate this is a life lesson in and of itself. You can help your kid talk through some ideas. If she really wants to use you as an excuse for "no one can use their phone" that's fine, but she needs to be clear with kids before they come over that that is the rule. Once my son had his own phone most of my texts about him went directly to him and I would have needed a head's up if his phone were going to be confiscated once he arrived.[/quote]

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