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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No way. Why do parents in this area always think they know how to parent your kid better than you? Such a weird power move to take away teenagers phone. I would be furious if this happened at one of my DC’s friends house. Actually furious.[/quote]

Why is this about imposing different parenting styles, rather than different houses/different rules?  [/quote]

Because the phone belongs to the teen and not the host, IMO this is something that should be told up front and not sprung on the teen when he shows up to hang out.  Let the teen decide in advance if he is ok with it or prefers to hang out with your kid somewhere else.  [/quote]

Your shoes belong to you too. Do you want a heads up if someone asks you to take off shoes in their house?[/quote]

YES I despise rapid shoes of households. I’m a new poster to this thread. My kid would leave/call me if asked to do this. This is a direct violation of my family’s safety contract.  Your “house rules” DO NOT supersede my family’s carefully thought out safety contract. [/quote]

By all means, your kids shouldn't violate their safety contract with you.

Fwiw, a new study just came out that said the more support a teen receives from parents, the more the teen suffers from internet addiction.

Maybe this thread shows why.

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-parental-linked-teen-internet-addiction.html[/quote]

Isn't it our role to support our kids? What are you going on about? [/quote]

Read the article.  Does supporting our kids mean encouraging or requiring them to have a phone all the time?  Or putting limits on the phone?  Which would a teen think is more supportive?  Which would a parent?[/quote]

My kids know that if they have a problem all they need to do is call.  I don't want them to have to figure out unknown things on their own, especially if it might be life-threatening or puts them or others at risk.  [/quote]

How are your kids going to make it out in the real world.  I mean honestly.  Phones die, there lose service, the battery runs out, kids lose them.  During major catastrophes like 9/11, tornadoes, and earthquakes, there is no cell service.  I mean are you really this enabling of your teen?  They have to be able to call you at all times 24/7.

How did every other generation of parents survive parenting kids they couldn't reach 24/7 to "help and guide them for any tiny little problem in their lives"  And we wonder why this generation has so much anxiety and mental health issues.  They literally have no idea how to manage social situations, have no street smarts, and absolutely have no autonomy to make any decisions in their lives.  So many of them are tracked by mommy and daddy 24/7 anyway.

This is the first generation of parents addicted to cell phones raising kids addicted to cell phones and wow so many of you come off as super unhinged about it.  [/quote]

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