What age do you stop no phones overnight?

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Phones/iPads have always been left downstairs at bedtime. But what age have you felt you could relax this rule?

Didn't let my kids have theirs in rooms overnight till A levels finished

Same here, once they’ve finished their GCSEs.

My (almost 16) DD voluntarily leaves her phone in the kitchen charging every night - she knows she needs proper sleep, and is aghast at the time she sees soem of her friends have been online. It it's a holiday or sleepover situation I don't insist but it's her habit now.

Never had a rule about it.

We did have a rule about it. Kids are 13 and 18. Neither of them have ever complained and 18 year old is better at regulating screen time than I am.

When GCSEs were finished in year 11 as well.
We've been a bit more relaxed over the summer (ds2 going into year 11 this year) in that he can keep his phone as late as he wants, as he is still chatting to friends after we're in bed, but still expect it to be plugged in on the landing before he goes to bed.

Ds 12 has his on charge next to his bed overnight and his alarm set for school on it. It's never been an issue so it'll continue unless it presents an issue. Same with bedtime, he's given some autonomy with it on the understanding that he's awake and alert on school mornings. Again, it'll continue unless it presents an issue

We never had this rule as neither of our kids were phone obsessed. If they were, I think after GCSEs.

I am finding this thread strange. While personally I agree that phones should not be accessible throughout the night, there have been threads on MN recently where posters say that is draconian not to give your kid the time and space to have sex with their boyfriends/girlfriends in the safe space that is their bedroom - when their kids are 14/15 (the 'normal' age supposedly for having sex).

I would be so disappointed in my kids if they had sex at that age but then to read that posters have issues with phones has blown my mind.

I never had this rule at all.

In this house we all use our phones as alarms and we like it that way. It's been many years since I used an old fashioned alarm clock, although I do have one which I have never set an alarm on. I just like it for its large digital time display which I can read easily in the dark.

My DS14 leaves his downstairs, DD16 and DS18 have theirs in their rooms.

I gave up at 14, when i discovered DS had a second phone. I just turn the wifi off.

Never had this rule 🤷‍♀️

Possibly as I didn't really think about it as I leave my phone downstairs and can go hours without checking it. My two kids are most definitely not like this though!

This. Good sleep hygiene is really important.

My Ds 17 is definitely addicted to his phone so it was after GCSE’s .. His absolutely still struggles with phone regulation.

Surely he’ll just use 4/5G instead of Wi-Fi?

After GCSEs. This has worked well here and DS has developed an excellent level of maturity so he isn't up on his phone all night and is going to sleep at a decent time.