Restricting holiday phone use

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Would I be aibu to only allow my 15 year old daughter access to her phone for an hour a day on holiday . Otherwise her head will be buried in it all day long . However is it a bit strict? Any suggestions . We also leave our phones back at the hotel until the evening . Thanks .

There are a few wee kids on here, who are stuck to their electronic devices

Not sure where the leap is in people's minds either between using a phone on holiday and being addicted or stuck to it, what a strange way of looking at things! Oh well just add phone use on holiday to the list of things some people on MN get judgy about. Will never understand the "oh what did people do without Internet and phones" either, I know what my Gran used to do in the day before she got an automatic washing machine she wouldn't have wanted to go back to thst when washing machines came along!

There is a half way house between being glued to your phone and leaving it behind.

We just went on holiday with DS15, we all had our phones. None of glued to them, bit in the evenings we moocher about and used phones, did puzzle books, read a bit.

Bit we also went for lovely coast walks, played games, had meals out, are ice cream, went to a pub quiz, did kayaking and harbour jumping.

The phones didn't get in the way, but we're used to take Photoshop, get directions, look up a go surgery, chill out etc

I'd rather mine read books or did activities than stare at a phone for the hols

Me too! We always have a giggle when we see the whole family sitting at a table in a restaurant on their phones. DD wanted to take a photo of them with her camera......

I never have rules around phones. They and we can use how we like.

And I remember pre-paid cards and, worse, several horrific hotel phone bills - hundreds of pounds - because hotels could charge what they liked and if you needed to call home for an emergency you had no choice.

I think it's a great idea and that you are a very caring mother.

Good grief, yes, it is unreasonable. She wants to be in contact with her friends, to socialise, and not to be bored. Let her! Time and time again, it's been proved that phone use and screen time is not harmful. It's far better than her being isolated and miserable on holiday - a time when she is supposed to be enjoying herself.

I remember going on holiday at that age before mobile phones and I just had my head in a book for two weeks instead. I remember my mother telling me to engage with the holiday, but to this day I hate beach/pool holidays and board games and cards sound my idea of hell. I don't spend a lot of time on my phone because we are out doing things, but I can see how I might be if I was stuck on the beach or beside the pool.

I think it is about maybe having a few days on the holiday where your DD picks the activities and then say she can do so on the proviso she is on her phone less during that time. It is a difficult age really, she will want to talk to her friends and she will be pulling away from parents naturally.