coolwaterNJ
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Spy Kids 2018
Mar 16, 2018 5:36 PM
coolwaterNJ
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losersarethenewwinners
That’s genius
PassiveAggressivation
She looks pretty but also a little evil too, like her kids
secretoaster
The Kids? or My kids?
foregonecontusion
My kid found a digital metronome, set it, and hid it under our armoire. Took us 2 days to figure out what was making the clicking noise.
Cranbananarama
That's why you put them in a soundproof lockbox. The devices can also be kept somewhere where they won't bother you.
pylatt
The same thing happened when my English teacher took my iPod Touch...
PassiveAggressivation
Why wouldn't you turn them off?
pr0toc0l
Good job at actually being a parent! more of thats needed these days. Brilliant strategy Kids, keep up the diabolical thinking!
d3jake
I know some kids who won't get them back in the morning.
Imalwaysready
Is it more impressive if they all did it as a team, or if each one individually came up with and implemented the idea on their own device?
Need2Vent
"Factory reset"
Xenarion
You should have turned them off.
AtsaMattaForYou
with jumper cables?
squirrelkng
Times have changed, I remember saving for a year to get a mini-tv in my room, I didn’t even have a Cel till after I was 21.
GuW69
As a kid, I used to tune the SW/MW/LW bands on the radio after bedtime and read books, I still do, but I used to, too... Fuck I'm old...
wibblewobbledibbledabble
What an alarming message they are sending you
thegates
Before I realised they are her kids I thought she was some kind of reversed evil tooth fairy or something.
IllegalDuckling
Parents are just reverse evil tooth fairies.
Balisarius
Hah! Fight the power you little bastards!
LeadByBadExample
(Fight the power!) Fight the powers that be!
HaberdasherInGold
Hack the planet!
glitterage
Amateur. I change the wifi password every bedtime and only give the new one out to my kids when they do their chores and their homework.
apbadogsZ
Just power them down.
cassafrasquatch
That doesn't affect alarms that are set, they'll still go off
Syntox94
phone ask if you want to turn the alarm off when you shut down the phone
NuggetsForKitty
My android phones always do the alarm when turned off unless it's off because its dead.
espressoandpostrock
Lol?
saberd58
Is this true?? Do Apple products do this? I must know
LeadByBadExample
All my phones from the earliest Nokias to my OnePlus have this functionality.
Nathanyel
I wouldn't put fuckery like that beyond them.
flyelectro8888
IIRC, you can set up Android devices to switch on and off at certain times too.
CaffeineManic
Good to know you're raising smart(ass) kids.
Swiggy1957
Just passed it on to my granddaughters. Heh heh heh.
zma123456
I wouldn't ground my kids for this, for this clever behavior I'd probably take them out to some place they would like.
IMayOrMayNotHaveTroubleFindingAndOrChoosingAUsername
and leave them to pay the bill (or do the dishes).
SithElephant
At 5:30AM
secretagentdoubleobeaver
Perfect
DreadCarcass
Thats bad parenting... they acted maliciously based on you denying electronics at night, thats a grounding not a reward
EconomyWarf
Depends on their intentions/context. They might have just did it as a joke (and a quite funny one at that).
CompassBear
I'd hardly call playing a prank like that malicious.
InRetrospectIShouldveLearnedToSwimBeforeBecomingaSailor
Exactly. Now if they did it to someone else, thats a different story...
TheMightyJoe
why the fuck does a kid younger than 12 need a phone for? oh yeah lazy shitbag parents
BabblesTheBirdKing
How does that make them lazy shitbags?
TheMightyJoe
here take this bright screen to interact with instead of me, your parents.
ReadySetBake
"Siri, delete all alarms". Cancelling the alarms works as well (turns them off but doesn't delete them).
NerdN1
What's the password?
Lokicik
No need to know. Long press Home button and tell Siri to cancel them.
excellentBalls
Why would she take away their phones? That's an excellent way to make your kids hate you.
CompassBear
Why do they need their phones at night, when they should be sleeping?
excellentBalls
Have you ever been a teenager? Seriously.
Reidsb
The job of a parent isn't to make their kids like them all the time.
OobedoobScoobyDoobyBenubi
How about just not giving kids those things in the first place? They don’t need those things til they’re at least 14-16
Blackheartedsilphy
TracFone till they're at least 13. In the event that they get seperated, or need emergency help.
justanotheravocado
Unpopular opinion prompt
wouldntyouliketobeapeppertoo
A lot of public schools have them as young as kindergarten for teaching/learning purposes.
wouldntyouliketobeapeppertoo
And if they can't have those devices then why not also take away their Xbox, PlayStations, and computers right?
LurkMasterP
Play all their games, lose all their progress.
coderpete
That seems ... disproportionately cruel.
Muricanmania1
lawideas
"Well, I couldn't get back to sleep after that alarm, so I played your games all night. Sorry about your progress."
thelucideel
Vicious
MisterD90
Or stab them
Mechlai
That's actually a pretty good idea.
MyMiddleNameIsAllen
Goodbye, sweet rare shinies.
HMRyuuza
Parental Control - Data/Wifi - set schedule - roll 2d6 for as many times as you please. They'll find something else to do with total lockout
HMRyuuza
While making the data/wifi cut out a seemingly random, will keep em using it longer >:)
Sbotkin
How can you do it without unlocking the phone first?
BinaryDomain
Wow, easy there Satan.
LivingWaters
mumumumumysharona
warmNchewey
Whoa there Satan. Gaming is serious for some of us lol. A judge may look past a murder case over that.
TheLonelyRoseGamer
Agreed.
twocatsgluedbacktobacktodefyphysics
Just not plebian mobile gaming.
NateintheNorth
*factory resets everything*
iLikeBlue
delete any backups first!
herekittykitty69
Damn boo, that's next level savage.
NateintheNorth
OH YEAH
LurkMasterP
"Hey, I, um, got you a new phone. Kinda."
Macewindow54
They have demonstrated teamwork planning and ingenuity. There are more of them than you. Are you sure you want to start this war?
feeltheice
I started it with my roomates kid. She learned that I was serious about throwing away toys that didnt get picked up.
mattman324
Do that, and it's not a war anymore - it's pest control.
NateintheNorth
tomyironmane
That's not starting the war, that's *ending* it.
Macewindow54
This won’t end it. This will just provoke them.
tomyironmane
then you have failed to teach them the consequences of escalation.
LetumComplexo
“Sorry, I couldn’t figure out how to turn the alarms off.”
faelmist
I and my swimming team did this to our coaches when we were racing abroad. From then on they'd collect the batteries alone.
EconomyWarf
My swimming team and I*
faelmist
Cheers. It really didn't sound good but I couldn't put my finger on it.
NerdN1
How many kids had spare batteries?
BishlamekGurpgork
Lots of devices don't have removable batteries anymore. Powering them down as you collect them is easy enough.
faelmist
Not for alarms though: your phone will ring even if turned off.
BishlamekGurpgork
If you lock the phone, it'll ring, but not if you power it down.
NickRivieraMD
uh... thefuq kinda phone you got? it'll ring if the sound is turned off but not if the device is, on most phones.
Revnis
Little shits wouldn't be getting them back
Xenarion
That would be theft.
CompassBear
Can't tell if you're joking or in 6th grade...
Xenarion
Huh, neither. Teachers can't permanently keep something that belongs to a kid (or their parents).
Revnis
Since this was the parent...
Xenarion
... I seemed to have mixed up threads. I thought your comment was still under another talking about teachers. Forgive me.