I do not take the phone away from my 14 yr old because she is very responsible and wakes up at 6 every morning. She goes to bed by 9:30. She uses her phone as her alarm clock. My 12 yr old son still needs to be monitored. I think it depends on the maturity of the child, because when my daughter was 12 she still had the same schedule that she has now, and she has always been more mature than most kids her age.

She doesn't live with me. When she sleeps over though, yes. It charges overnight in my bedroom. I don't look at it.

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Anonymous wrote:FYI, if you have your kids put their phones downstairs at night, many of them sneak down later and text at all hours. They are sneaky!

Honestly, maybe some do but most actually sleep PP

I am up until at least midnight and my kids never go down there. It is also an incentive to get out of bed in the AM.

Agree! When electronics are out of the room, not only do they sleep but they get up when the alarm goes off and get their cell phone downstairs. By then, there is no time to snooze.

Anonymous wrote:FYI, if you have your kids put their phones downstairs at night, many of them sneak down later and text at all hours. They are sneaky!

My house is too small, and the stairs too squeaky, for my children to do much sneaking around, LOL.

Anonymous wrote:FYI, if you have your kids put their phones downstairs at night, many of them sneak down later and text at all hours. They are sneaky!

Honestly, maybe some do but most actually sleep PP

I am up until at least midnight and my kids never go down there. It is also an incentive to get out of bed in the AM.

FYI, if you have your kids put their phones downstairs at night, many of them sneak down later and text at all hours. They are sneaky!

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Anonymous wrote:We don't take it away. They use it as an alarm. I do remotely lock it with a parental app to avoid late night or early morning usage. The can still use the phone and calendar when it's locked down. I also lock it to push them.

What parental app?

Ourpact and I meant to say - punish him.

I'm the other OurPact parent and we use it for consequences too.
I'd take away the phone at night but she likes to listen to audio books as she falls asleep. I lock everything except that app and the clock.

Kids' devices downstairs and charging at bedtime (or earlier if not needed for homework).