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Parents turn to smartwatches for their children amid global phone screen-time pushback
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We were all kids once. You know as well as anyone that kids bullshit their parents all the time. Just because your kid might tell you where they're going, doesn't mean that's where they're going.
Sure, and that's how they learn. When I catch them (and I have), they lose my trust, which means losing privileges for a time until that's rebuilt.
My kid took a bike outside of the agreed area, so I took the bike away (partially disassembled) until they rebuilt my trust. A week or so later, I put it back together and told them I'm going to trust them again, and it hasn't been a problem since. I didn't put a tracker on the bike or anything, but they now know I'm serious about consequences. I've since expanded the area they're allowed to go because they've earned my trust, and they've asked when they want to go outside the area (I usually say yes). I explain why the rules exist, and I'm pretty reasonable about being flexible.
I'd much rather they learn that when they're young instead of getting used to working around filters and whatnot. Teach them discipline and consequences of making poor choices, if you keep the training wheels on too long, they'll never develop it.