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I'm A Child Therapist – Taking Your Kid's Phone Away To Punish Them Won't Work
Parents editor at HuffPost UK
Your teen still hasn’t done their homework (despite you asking five times already) and you’re 10 seconds away from officially losing it.
Then you spot their phone or games console, glinting on the sofa right next to them... Do you take it away?
While plenty of us would probably just swipe the tech and offer it back once they’ve done their homework, therapist Catherine Knibbs believe it’s the wrong approach and a “common mistake” parents make.
“The phone isn’t just a phone,” said Knibbs in a TikTok video which has been viewed more than six million times.
“Like it or not, your child’s phone is now their connection to their friends, to what’s happening in school and afterwards. If you take away your child’s phone, you are essentially isolating them as punishment.”
@cath_knibbs Should you take away your child's phone or games as punishment? Here's my advice as a child therapist specialising in technology use. If you want training or........