[em-bee]

yup, taking away the computer from my kids (they have no phones) until they clean up their room works for a 6 year old and a 12 year old.

there should be a law that mobile phones for children should not be allowed without parental/guardian guidance and supervision. which would give foster parents the right to control that.

[pizzafeelsright]

I doubt more law is the solution.

Aligned incentives with effective consequences has done me well.

[em-bee]

of course. i was only talking about preventing or overriding rules that don't allow foster parents to take away a childs phone.

for some issues like this appropriate laws are helpful, for others more flexibility is needed.