Am I being a mean mum....
I'm sick of hearing the play station screaming when he's left it on, and walked out thr door for hours to play.... rule is now, if I catch it left on more then twice in a day, I take the cord. Well it's now hidden.
I check up on snap accounts, he is only 12.... he sent a photo of his brothers crotch (fully clothed) sent it to a girl with a caption "hory hory, this is """" dick" so, I just told him he's banned from snap chat.....
Apparently I'm mean and bullying him, typical pre-teen reaction I guess. I feel he's lucky all I did was confiscate snap over the photo. I explained what kiddie porn is, sex registry and so on. The girl he sent it too was not impressed
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Actions have consequences. That's a lesson that's better learned sooner rather than later!
You haven't acted unreasonably here.
I know it sucks when it feels like your kids hate you but it's important to remember that parenting isn't a popularity contest.
Nah he’s got no discipline if he thinks he can say that when he gets pretty straight forward consequences for pretty abhorrent behaviour. He wouldn’t be getting his cord back until he can tell me why what he did was wrong.
I’d rather be the mean mum that is teaching my kids respect for themselves and others, than be the mum of a spoilt brat that thinks they can do whatever they want and get away with it.
the photos on the phone is a way bigger issue. Is the phone in your name? you the adult are no the owner of child porn. You can be held accountable for that. So make sure kiddo knows the risk. I must be the devil if that's mean. We have screen time limits, have taken phones away for bad choices. Every action has a reaction so we praise good stuff and shut down rubbish. That's our job and the digital world is just a bit harder to manage
I’m a primary school teacher….. parents for the love of god STOP giving your kids social media. Snapchat, instagram, Facebook, Tic Tok. They are not mature enough for these apps. He should not get it back until he is old enough,
I can’t not stress how much issues all of these apps cause. In and out of school.
No child should ever have snapchat or other socail media at that age. My daughters school had to get police involved due to snap chat when it spilled over to the school computers. Explicit content of the kids themselves. These kids are 11 and 12. Some may now face charges. You don't want that for your son and he is on that path.
My sister in law is a police detective and the sheer volume of cases such as this (and worse) she deals with that involve young kids is horrific. In her option snap chat should be banned completely.
Taking this off your child is a good thing and you should never let him back on it.