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Teenagers

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What a morning..!

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Rosebud2005 · 22/03/2021 10:22

Just venting really... ds 15 will not go to bed, will not come off screens, I go to take them away, husband does not back me up so I never get the message across. This morning after another all nighter missed the bus as he was so knackered. I ended up running him to school after leaving him to try and shut his eyes for half an hour. I’ve said absinthe this needs to change, screens are being removed at a certain time. He did have things on his mind he needed to talk to me about even though it was really late but we’ve seruoiss RE lt for to get a routine Going here or I’m going to be done in too..!

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Rosebud2005 · 22/03/2021 10:24

I need to stop typing on my phone...! Hmm

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justanotherneighinparadise · 22/03/2021 10:31

You have a DH problem.

BunnyRuddington · 23/03/2021 18:15

Exactly what Just says. You need to talk to your DH and get him to back you up. If he can't, then you've got trouble.

FATEdestiny · 23/03/2021 21:47

I have DD16 and DS15. I find that while my teens will stomp and grump against my rules (of phones on charge downstairs from 11pm), they actually like having that boundary.

It's like they can "blame" me..so if mates are staying online all night, then rather than feeling they have to stay online too, they can blame me when deep down they do in fact prefer getting some decent sleep. So it becomes my fault they have to log off at night. Whereas if it wasn't my fault, they would lose face to their peers by logging off at bedtime, so wouldn't.

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