kids turning in techno gadgets at night?

Is it safe to put the kids in the room in a long time?

hi macdingoliner I have a fourteen year old daughter, yes she has a laptop, cellphone, itouch and ds light. Since she is in school for five days she wont be able to use any of them except maybe the laptop for her research. Otherwise these are all weekend gadgets and no tv during school days. am I too strict?

I think this is a great idea. I think more parents need to start doing this. B/c when I was that age I thought of alot of things to do and realize that if I had a cell phone back then I would have got into much more trouble. B/c the cut off time for phone calls was 9:00 and seeing kids now a days....... What is there to talk about on the phone all day long? Nothing. I don't think kids should have cell phones b/c parents cannot monitor what they are texting or seeing over a text (pic).

I believe it is highly important to set rules and limits when allowing kids to use electronic devices. Video games, computers, cellphones.. and whatever else kids might use should definitely have time limits set to them. Kids are not responsible enough to know when enough is enough. If I let them, my kids would play their video games 24 hours a day non-stop. There are some nights I let them stay up playing them, because it keeps them quiet and gives me time to be on the computer without interruption. Well, we all get involved with what we're doing, and next thing I know it's 10pm and the kids are still on the video games, not even thinking about going to sleep yet!

thats a very good idea. my daughter used to let my grand daughter keep her cell phone at night and im telling you, she'd be on it till 3am or so, then be sleepy for school next day and whining around. she was supposed to be in bed by ten, but would sneak under cover and talk almost all night.

Sounds a good way to do with teenagers so they get enough sleep at night and they also learn self-control and discipline. My children are only allowed to use the computer and tv on weekends and they never complain. My eldest son who is 16 get extra more time but we didn't have to make rules on texting because he's not much into it.

GREAT idea! More people should be like her with their kids. cdrxo

I think that this is a wonderful idea. My daughter is far from being a teenager, but she does have an addiction to the same kind of techno gadgets that you are referring to. When we moved into the house she was allowed to have a television and DVD player in her room and those were on a timer so she couldn't use them at night. Then as far as the computer goes, it is downstairs so that it doesn't give her temptation at night.