I want a Mom.

Our son asked for his phone to go out with his Dad. He was going to sit in the lobby at work while Dad had a meeting, or in the car, or walk around. So “Mom, can I have my phone? For communication purposes?”

Here’s the thing. I forgot I loaned it to him. So, when I went to bed and checked the charge on his phone. It was only at that moment that I realized the phone had been checked in.

O.M.G. The Phone Repo is working! This is the self-regulation we were hoping for.

Another ah-ha moment Me: A couple of days before “You know you can still receive messages on your iPad.”

J: "Mom, turns out I don’t want to. I don’t want people beeping me at any time." Wow, what an awareness!

💡🗣 it from the rooftops “Like I said, I want what he has.” Why isn’t there some responsible adult that helps me to check myself before I wreck myself? And oh how I wish I appreciated it more when I was a teen!