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Anonymous wrote:We got a safe with a 4-digit combination to lock up iPads and other electronics overnight after our 10-yr-old was sneaking late at night. He then tried all 4-digit combinations until he landed on the combo … twice.

Seriously? He should be getting zero access to electronics at this point. You have a huge problem on your hands.

I know. He doesn’t have a phone, and we moved the iPads to our workplace outside the house. But he still needs to do homework on a computer. His computer has every site blocked except for homework, but he can get around that too. We have tried grounding and other punishments. We have explained how electronics are clearly too addictive for his young brain and that sleep is important for health. Only thing that has somewhat worked is packing his schedule with extracurriculars so that he doesn’t have too much idle time.

I’m honestly shocked parents are locking things up in safes and the trunk of cars! That 8s bananas. If my child was breaking rules surrounding their phone and computer to the point where they were waking in the night and sneaking it- I’d just take it away completely. If your kid isn’t trustworthy and mature enough to follow simple rules, they shouldn’t have a phone. They truly don’t need it. It’s not like you are taking food and water away from them. They will be fine without it for a year or so or whenever you feel they are ready to be trusted and follow rules.

Anonymous wrote:We got a safe with a 4-digit combination to lock up iPads and other electronics overnight after our 10-yr-old was sneaking late at night. He then tried all 4-digit combinations until he landed on the combo … twice.

Seriously? He should be getting zero access to electronics at this point. You have a huge problem on your hands.

Anonymous wrote:Wow. You naive parents that allow charging in the kitchen or in your own bedroom. Come on. Your kids are clearly able to circumvent these lame controls.

I have a biometric safe that requires a retina scan along with secondary saliva verification in order to gain access to said devices. Anything less is criminal.

Please be better as parents. /s

Where can I get this safe? I assure you there is a market.

Wow. You naive parents that allow charging in the kitchen or in your own bedroom. Come on. Your kids are clearly able to circumvent these lame controls.

I have a biometric safe that requires a retina scan along with secondary saliva verification in order to gain access to said devices. Anything less is criminal.

Please be better as parents. /s

We do this - but with parental controls that disable all the electronics overnight.

Anonymous wrote:No but devices are never allowed upstairs to bedrooms at any time. Phones automatically do into downtime at 8pm on school nights. I tend to wake up if anyone walks downstairs in the night since my room is right at the top of the stairs.

This is what we do, too.

No, our kids are reasonable so we don’t need to be wardens. Dear God.

Anonymous wrote:Kid devices are on a "guest" wifi that turns off at 9pm, and the apps all have downtime starting then. So even if they tried to use them they wouldn't do much of anything.

So no data? For teens? Just WiFi

Don’t waste your money. Lock them in the truck of your car. Sleep with your keys. That’s what I did when I wanted them completely off limits and not even in my bedroom. But mostly I just charged in my bedroom. Those were the worst times of middle school for one kid.

Don’t do downstairs or the kitchen, they will get up after you go to bed.

Yes

We did until this year. Our ds is almost 18 with ASD/ADHD. We are now letting him have his devices at night. He has been admitted to college and we feel he needs to learn how to regulate his usage. We would rather do that now while we still get notified on every graded assignment and can react if his grades start to shift.

Kid devices are on a "guest" wifi that turns off at 9pm, and the apps all have downtime starting then. So even if they tried to use them they wouldn't do much of anything.

No. I have always had an informal no-device rule in the bedrooms at night. So when it’s time for bed everything stays downstairs. I guess when/if my kid starts sneaking his phone into his room I might reconsider.

We got a safe with a 4-digit combination to lock up iPads and other electronics overnight after our 10-yr-old was sneaking late at night. He then tried all 4-digit combinations until he landed on the combo … twice.