As someone who got her phone taken away by her parents many times, I feel like it has had no beneficial effect on me. In fact, every time they do it, it just makes me angry and deteriorates our relationship rather than making me feel like I have to behave better. Most parents do this because they don't know how to communicate proeperly with their children, and think that by taking away their "happiness", children will internalize that next time they need to behave, or they will not be "happy". Basically, the same effect that they think physical violence has.
In order for us children/teens to learn from our mistakes, parents need to put effort into understanding and communicating with us rather than doing these "quick fixes" that are nothing but harmful.
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