Caught my 12yo on TikTok at 2am
I'm actually furious. Found him scrolling through TikTok under his blanket at like 2 in the morning. We have a rule - phones stay downstairs after 9pm. Obviously that's not working. Confiscated the phone for a week. Now he's mad at me and my wife thinks a week is too harsh. I don't care if he's mad. He needs to understand sleep is important and this secret scrolling thing freaks me out. How are other parents handling the nighttime phone sneaking? Parental controls aren't working if he just turns them off.
lol welcome to 12yo sleep math. They're convinced they can sneak around it. Have you considered a charging station OUTSIDE the bedrooms? Game changer. No phone = no 2am scrolling.