Dear Queenie,
Our teenage son is always on his phone talking to someone or playing with one of the apps. Sometimes he doesn’t get his homework done because he was busy on his phone and sometimes he doesn’t wake up in the morning when the alarm clock goes off because he was up so late the night before playing on his phone, and then he gets to school late.
We don’t want problems with the school or other authorities because of all this.
Queenie, what can we do?—Worried parents
Dear Parents,
You have to set some rules about your son’s phone use and make him stick to them. Take his phone away when it is time for him to do his homework and do not let him have it back until the homework is done. Then take it away again at bedtime and do not let him have it back until he gets up in the morning and is ready to go to school.
I am willing to bet that the prospect of getting his phone back at these times will motivate him to do what is required of him in a timely manner.
