Teen/preteen boys’ sleepover

This was never an issue before -- never.

We and the other parents within the friend group actually dragged our heals on getting them devices. This was an in purpose decision.

Then the pandemic hit, everything was online, and there's no turning back.

We all (all the parents) have put timers on, parental controls, -- all of it and they have systematically figured ways around it. We take phones/tablets/laptops at night -- they use their gaming systems to go around it. We block their access from the modem -- they've figured out how to use the neighbors wifi.

No matter how much "protection" you think you've put in place --- they Google how to undo it.

/r/Parenting Thread Parent