Kids Get Middle-of-the-Night Revenge On Screen-Monitoring Mom

Her tweet describing their ploy went viral
Parents everywhere struggle with their kids’ addiction to their devices. In a world in which our children rely on smartphones and tablets for everything from communication to education to entertainment, making sure our kids don’t melt their brains is harder than ever.
One mom thought she’d found a solution, but her kids turned the tables.
In a tweet that has gone viral in a big way, Twitter user @MGigger explained how she tries to make sure her kids don’t use their phones and iPads when they should be in bed.
Unfortunately, they found a devious way to make her plan backfire.
They know that Mom takes their cellphones and other electronic devices into her room overnight, and one night, in anticipation of the confiscation, they planned a little surprise for her:
Alarms.
I collect all cell phones and iPads from the kids at night and keep them in my room.
Last night those little ***holes all set alarms to go off at various times throughout the night.
I’m impressed with their ingenuity and team effort.
They’re all grounded.
— Devil's Agvocate 2.0 (aka Michelle) (@MGigger) March 13, 2018
“I collect all cell phones and iPads from the kids at night and keep them in my room.
Last night those little ***holes all set alarms to go off at various times throughout the night.
I’m impressed with their ingenuity and team effort.
They’re all grounded.”
Her tweet has nearly 150,000 likes and 47,000 RTs as users marvel at her kids’ ingenuity and also, in typical 2018 fashion, bash her parenting.
Some people responded to her tweet and accused her of violating her children’s trust, some that she doesn’t trust their judgment, and others objected to her calling them “little assholes” in her tweet. But she stands by her parenting.
A high school teacher, she knows how detrimental late-night phone usage is for kids trying to learn the next day, so, like any well-meaning parent, she’s trying her best to prevent her kids from spending all night playing Candy Crush.
Sounds like a good strategy to me! She just needs to turn off the volume next time.