Bad Mom Again...lol

mrweb

Iron City
...and the texting...

Jumping in late here but slightly post teenage kid of mine came to the dinner table and sat there with head in lap, texting, ignoring Mom and me and just picking at dinner. :boxing: There was a not so gentile reminder as to who pays for that cell phone. He who gave did take away at that moment. :coffee: Problem solved.
 

Cheeky1

Yae warsh wif' wutr
Jumping in late here but slightly post teenage kid of mine came to the dinner table and sat there with head in lap, texting, ignoring Mom and me and just picking at dinner. :boxing: There was a not so gentile reminder as to who pays for that cell phone. He who gave did take away at that moment. :coffee: Problem solved.

:yahoo:

Parents with a pair....yeah!

Did you take it to the next room sporting a sledge hammer?...you get extra hard ^ss points for that...
 

Cheeky1

Yae warsh wif' wutr
Daughter sent the son an iPod for his birthday. I got tired of repeating myself three times as he was listening to his music; plucked his ear buds out and took away the iPod and ear buds for the rest of the weekend.

He has a TV with a multitude of channels and a laptop. Tune me out with an iPod and it's war.

I will send the gift back to his sister or will destroy it myself.

I remember the headgear (walkman?) in the 70's but I never had one.

This iPod music and kids tuning us out is not acceptable to me.

Am I being too strict?

I think he ought to EARN it back... If he can't, or won't, earn it back, then he shouldn't have had it in the first place, as a gift or not. Those things are expensive, are they not?
 

AcuaFreshVW

New Member
If you think the volume is a culprit, and he just can't hear you because he has it turned up too much, you can set parental controls so that there is a "maximum volume". He would not be able to listen over that volume.
 

my-thyme

..if momma ain't happy...
Patron
In a reversal of roles, kids and hubby gave me an Ipod for my birthday a couple years ago. I have it loaded with music, but really enjoy listening to audio books on it.

The kids sure get mad when I'm plugged into it while fixing dinner or washing dishes and don't hear them attempting to talk to ME! They threaten to take it away from me!

:killingme
 
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