My child say yes to my rules, didn’t follow the rules, keeps breaking them, and has become sneaky and lying about their screen time

Jessie Liew SP
3 min readMay 10, 2023

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One of the common questions I got is “My child say yes to my rules, didn’t follow the rules, keeps breaking them, and has become sneaky and lying about their screen time”

One of the common mistakes I shared is many parents use technology use rules to get their children to put away their devices.

Let’s dive into why your child didn’t follow the rules or even break the rules.

There are many possibilities but two of them are

1) Your child disagrees with the rules but could be saying “yes” so that they can get out of the situation.

When you use rules, it means to follow “what you say”. But your child may disagree with you and didn’t voice it to you as he/she feels it is not safe to tell you.

When you don’t get your child to work collaboratively with you, your parenting journey is going to be difficult.

You have to realize in some domain of your life, be it business, career, parenting, or love & relationship, you need collaboration from other people to make it successful.

You need to get your child to be on the same page as you, then they can see your perspective and you see their perspective and that’s when two of you can work collaboratively.

2) Your child could not meet your expectations.

Perhaps your expectation is too high for your child or maybe your child did not understand what you wanted in the first place.

So there you are.

I have a webinar where I share 20 painful mistakes that Parents Regret Making In Their Child’s Screen Time and How to Avoid Them.

Here are the 20 mistakes.

Today, we cover one of the mistakes which is parents use technology rules to get their child to put off their devices.

If you are thinking technology rules work, you could be wrong!

To learn more, come to my webinar by registering at Free Webinar “20 Painful Mistakes That Parents Regret Making In Their Child’s Screen Time”.

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Jessie Liew is the founder of Digital Parenting Coaching and a mother of 4. Her previous career included working as a cybersecurity specialist, where she protected clients from the harmful effects caused by online hackers and predators. In her spare time, Jessie enjoys reading, playing games, and adventures.

If you would like to learn more about Jessie and her work, please visit her website at https://www.neverfightwithyourkids.com/.

You can also find her on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn as Jessie Liew SP.

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Jessie Liew SP

I help parents to empower their children to use the screen/Internet responsibly and stay safe online. Join my free FB group http://bit.ly/FBGRPDPC