My 12yo DS wants me to ask you all?!

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Do you allow your 12+ yo DS and DD to have their phones / devices in their rooms at night?

Do you allow your 13+ yo DS and DD to have their phones / devices in their rooms at night!

No, not at that age.

My 17yo does, I think he's old enough to sort himself out, though if he had problems with getting up for college I'd take it away.

No ( much to DS's annoyance)

In fact I now remove 17 year olds devices at 10pm on week nights too as she was not managing her screen time at all well!!

No

Because he'd be on it instead of sleeping and ergo do shit at school

No, no telephone or any other electronic devices in the bedrooms.
Not at 12, NOT at 13.
This will only happen when I know for a fact
1- they won't be spending their days on it
2- I can fully trust re where they are going in the internet

This is standard advice anyway and the one they have heard at school re internet safety.

Yes DC aged 13 has her phone in her room, she uses it as an alarm and it does not have internet access on it, it's not a smartphone.

Alla smartphones, tablet type equipment is not allowed in bedrooms at night.

12yo ds - no because he is too easily distracted and really needs his sleep. This will continue for the foreseeable
14yo dd - yes because she doesn't get distracted, makes sure she gets enough sleep and gets herself organised in a way that ds does not.

It's about personality, not age.

user actually you do have a point there.
None of us have a telephone in our bedroom either....

Not until mine were 16,then I did.

No, my 12 year old isn't allowed to. He's happy with that rule too

Yes. But he's never been ott with his phone. He's 14 now though. And normally asleep by 9.30 10 very latest.

13yo no
15 yo yes
13 yo doesn't know how important sleep is atm
15 yo goes to bed at 9 to face time 'the lass' and is asleep by ten!

No, 12 year old and 15 year old being theirs downstairs before they go to bed. No electronics allowed in bedrooms overnight.

14y dd's charger is in her room but it is at the other side of the room, and her phone and/or iPad have to be plugged in there, set to silent ( no vibrate) and Do Not Disturb overnight, and laid on the side table. They're not allowed to be left on the chair and not on/near the bed - fire risk.

Although it's now in her room - it wasn't until this year and only as she has proved she doesn't/won't use it overnight - it's not in reaching distance. And I reserve the right to have it removed if she is found to have used it. It charges there for practical reasons.

14yo ds - no

no

Nope - phones and iPads charge downstairs at night,

DD is 13. No screens after 9 pm. No electronics in her room at all at any time of day or night.

I still check her email/browsing history etc as well, although not often.

Yes to her phone now she is 16 she used it for the alarm I can't guarantee she doesn't chat all night with her friends but I can guarantee she gets up on time so she doesnt do it often no laptops or tv's are in there rooms

Ds is 15 and absolutely not!

Yes. 14 yr old DS. But if the attitude continues I will be keeping in my room overnight!

No.

Ds aged 16 isn't allowed his on a school night either (may change this shortly when he's 17)

15 yr old - no, except weekends and school holidays.

Other dd is now 18. I started allowing her to have her phone at night when she started 6th form (at 17). By that time she had shown me that I could trust her, and it was time that she learned to regulate her own usage.

No to 12 year old DS & also no to 15 year old dd.

Phones handed in to me at 9pm.

I'm impressed at all of you with dcs you trust not to be on it at night !

12yr old DS - no screens upstairs and that is how I intend it to stay. No TVs in bedrooms either. (Which he thinks is desperately unfair!!)