How to lure your teen off their phone

6 tips for parents of teens

Do you have a teen who is addicted to their phone?

Are you also constantly checking it?

We are all seeking connection right now because being separated from our ‘tribe’ is and always has been, inherently ‘dangerous’.

So here are some tips, some ideas to try.

1. Instead of restricting your teen, allow them to spend as much time on their social media as they need.

When we restrict something, it becomes more desirable doesn’t it? Have you ever dieted, I have, and you want what you can’t have, even more. The fact that you can have mountains of veg doesn’t appeal when what you want is cake.

But if you could eat cake all day, it palls after a while and you seek some variety and other ways to meet the same need.

Experiment, if you allow your teen to be on social media as much as they want, will they tire of it and come downstairs seeking some ‘real’ conversation? Will they hear you and the rest of the family laughing at a comedy on TV and wonder what you’re watching? Will they hear you chatting…