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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really don't think an 18 year old needs to keep their phone in the kitchen at night time, wow.

He should also be able to choose his own bedtime at this point. Assuming he can get up for school and not be late, he needs to figure out bedtime on his own.  Holy cow.

If these 2 things were eliminated, I bet he would feel a lot more empowered and not complain so much about other rules in place that actually matter.  [/quote]

No need to manage bedtime and phone usage. You let them manage it.  However, they are responsible for getting up in time to get to school and getting good grades.  The natural consequences of not doing either of those is that phone usage might need to be looked at.  But the bedtime, your kid needs to learn to manage all of that now, while living at home, with consequences for their mismanagement.  Bad grades---equal not hanging out with friends on weeknights and an earlier curfew on weekends, especially if all homework/studying is not done.

But really you should have been teaching him those skills gradually thru HS, not just as he turns 18. 
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