Today was the last day of a punishment that DS13 was on for getting caught on his iPad late at night at his dads house (ipad is usually here, neither of us even knew he had taken it). He'd had a phone ban apart from for school, ipad ban, xbox live ban and a delay on getting the new fifa. All was to be back to normal tomorrow.
Reason his dad was so harsh (in my eyes - I felt bad about the fifa ban as it was the day he was meant to get the new one) was that he has form for using his phone past bedtime when he knows he's not to, but, my hands up, I am not good at keeping on top of it i.e. removing it from his room at bedtime. Sometimes he does it without even being reminded though.
Tonight he happily placed his phone in my room. Hour and a half later I saw the flash of the screen under his door. At it again. But lied and lied and lied, even wanting to pinky promise me he had "only checked the time". Turns out he was on his Snapchat.
So what's the punishment now? He was getting fifa tomorrow, waiting on new football boots being delivered. had asked to go to a sleepover at the weekend, and we've just forked out £100 deposit for an almost £700 school trip. I went off on one and basically said none of that's happening, because I'm actually quite hurt by the bare faced lie and attempt to manipulate me. So whats the reasonable reaction here? Apart from this he's actually a really good kid! And the trip can't be cancelled anyway, I shouldn't have even said that.
And trust me, I won't be taking my eye off the ball with the screens at bedtime again.
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thedeathofme · 04/10/2018 00:23
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