We have both agreed he can have a phone.
Oh is adamant that DS has to earn a smart phone on a contract, wants him to use an old noxia for the time being. Says he needs to be able to trust him. I get that but he is doing it to punish DS for the fact he lost his place at breakfast/after school club. He lost it because they couldn't cope with his behaviour, his meltdowns when anxious.
Don't get me wrong I think we need to get to the route of this behaviour (very recent asd diagnosis, so hoping to understand him more) and I don't think we should say the behaviour is okay but the end result is that he is going to have to walk to and from school, hence moving up the original time of letting him have a phone. Originally for the start of yr7 now the last term of yr6 instead.
I think that contracts can actually be quite cost effective and DS is anxious about being on his own and would really benefit from a phone that he can listen to music on.
I have agreed that he would need really clear guidelines, he would need to do jobs to pay for his contracts and he wouldn't have unlimited time with his phone.
I honestly don't know who is in the right here, I suspect neither of us are entirely right or wrong but we only have a just over a week until term starts so it really needs to get sorted out.
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EnglishRose1320 · 08/04/2017 16:10
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