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@moshil Oh totally- when we’re at dinner or at a restaurant, it’s a no phone zone. Surprisingly this has never been an issue for us. Maybe not ever pacifying her with an iPad at dinner was the key in this instance. Maybe a shower if you were solo parenting you brought out Pingu or Yo Gabba...

@gmeyers1944 What model phone? We’ve successfully used Apple’s Screen Time” to limit our 14yo bedrotter’s time on the phone. She was really good evading at our earlier attempts and somehow found every loophole- but we’ve got it dialed in now. Can’t install apps (so there’s no snap, insta...

@phonix we're trying that angle - so far it hasn't worked, but she didn't totally dig her heels in.

@rafalle777 What I have learned is that when I was 16, my parents shouldn’t have let me stay out that late. I was a stoner and would party with the wrong crowd sometimes. I’d go with 11pm. No later.

@vesivian I feel this. Our 15yo daughter has similar issues; not a lot of kind, “sane” kids. I was hoping she’d find her crew in the theater kids but she has too much stage fright to join up (which wasn’t an issue in elementary school, but around 7th grade she started opting out). Our girl at...