Abby Watts

2 months ago | imom.com | Abby Watts

“Who left chicken nugget crumbs in the air fryer again?” I shouted across the house while getting dinner ready. “Sorry! That’s on me,” my 11-year-old shouted back. I called him into the kitchen and reminded him about bugs and needing to clean up after ourselves. This wasn’t the first time he’d done this, so I suspended his air fryer privileges. The next day, when he wanted an air-fried snack, I reminded him that part of growing up is learning to take responsibility for cleaning up after himself.

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"I've never seen her so angry. It was like she was possessed," my friend Kristi said as she described her 14-year-old daughter Peyton's reaction when she took her phone away. "She screamed at me from her bedroom and slammed her door so hard the house shook." Kristi's eyes filled with tears. I could tell she was hurt and scared that she was losing her girl to her phone.