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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't control what my kids do at their friends' houses. If I talk to the parents I do mention I don't allow the kids to play on screens in our house. That way if they want to enforce that rule at their house they won't worry about my kid saying "But I'm allowed at home!"

We keep a basket by the front door/kitchen where everyone drops their phone when they walk in. If the kids want to use their phone, they go stand there and use it. But they don't take it into my kids' bedroom or anything. [/quote]

I love the basket concept! Reminds me of the take off your shoes when I was a kid. Will have to keep this one in mind.[/quote]

Keep it in mind if your goal is for your teen boy to have no friends over. I’m fairly strict with screens in general but I’ll let it go when my sons have friend over. They all have a blast, cheering each other on and figuring out plans for the game together. Why not just let your kids have some fun and make your home the place their friends actually want to be? What’s the real benefit of denying them some hours of fun together? My friends and I all played Atari together and had a blast. I came down the other day and found my son and his friends playing monopoly. They’re great kids, why make this harder than it has to be? [/quote]+1. I wouldn’t come to the collect-my-cellphone house.  And how’s that teaching independence and building trust?  Moreover, as the parent, I don’t want the liability of holding someone else’s cell phone.  No way.  [/quote]+1 I agree I would not feel comfortable going to my friend’s house where their mom confiscated my cell at the front door.

Yeah my kid doesn’t give her phone to other people.  Sorry lady.  That’s her personal property. It’s her 2021 security blanket to text me if she needs too. I know you think you are so cool or whatever but you’re not. My child has autonomy [/quote][/quote]

If your kid needs to text you she can walk over to the basket, pull out her phone, and text you. It’s the same as my insisting shoes are taken off when they come in and stay near the front door. [/quote]

Oh you're the shoe troll.[/quote]

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