Do you let your Yr 11 son keep phone overnight in bedroom?

[Wickedwitchofthewest73]

We never have. He's always complied until tonight when he's had a mini strop. Said he's the 'only yr 11 who has to leave his phone downstairs'. I obviously don't believe that but said I take on board his opinion and will think about it. I also said once he's left school and in college that's up to him. At the moment on school nights he has to leave his phone at 10pm. Weekends and school hols he has it. He says he always goes to sleep then around 11.30 - 12 but I have no way of knowing as I'm asleep. Aibu?

Anyone saying that they trust their child are FOOLS. Absolute fools. It's got nothing to do with trusting children. When you give them a smartphone you're opening Pandora's box, making all the porn available to them, exposing them to the adult world and content. Apps and algorithms are designed to suck them in, grab their attention, leave them wanting more.
As adults we struggle with our focus and concentration with phones and SM and screens, how on earth can we expect children and teens to self regulate their curious, malleable minds when we can't ourselves?