Son, 13 is brilliant most of the time - well behaved, good manners etc etc We only ever argue over bedtime and getting up /ready in the morning. To try and solve it, we said he has to be in bed and ready (teeth done etc) by 9.45 then he can have 15 minutes relax time on his phone or reading a book in bed. If he's not in bed on time )he doesn't have that extra time) and his phone goes until he's up and completely ready for school the next morning.
Last night, he wasn't ready (just faffing, watching tv etc - he was warned). This morning, he got dressed then he went for his phone, (Hair, teeth, bag etc not done) I told him he needed to be ready before getting the phone back. He went back to bed! I tried reasoning /explaining where it was leading,, talking him round, persuading, threatening with loss of technology etc and he stayed there for about 10 minutes. Made his dad late leaving for work (lift) and went without breakfast. He is sooo stubborn and hates being told what to do. My WWYD is 'do I lock the technology away' tonight (Xbox is his thing) as punishment for making everyone miserable and late this morning and have another miserable night or let it go and start afresh? Kids!! Why dont they come with an instruction manual?!