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In reply to the discussion: Rules for using an iPhone (from a mother to her teenage son when he was given the iPhone) [View all]dvhughes
(50 posts)and I have had to resist the temptation on many occasion.
However... I am stuck in the a strange place being the "step dad" and his real Dad who pays for the phone likes the arrangement because it keeps the kid out of his hair and occupied.
While his Mom coddles him and tries endlessly to "discuss" why it is rude. (It has been several months now of this approach, so far... no luck.)
The whole thing is just stupid and the practice could be ended tomorrow if it were up to me.
Unfortunately, I would face the wrath of not only the kid, but the two parents. (And maybe even a couple of Grandparents.)
So...I basically avoid reasons to talk to the boy because I am tired of being dismissed to a text.
And I hate to say it, my marriage is suffering because of it and may even end because of my wife's refusal to set boundaries.
She claims I am asking her to choose her kids or me.
But I am not.