u/Simple-Education7577

My kid does ok at school. She studies without prompting when she has tests, and does her homework on time without prompting.

However, it seems she's spending all her free time on her phone & seems to have lost interest in reading as a hobby. She hardly reads anymore except it's homework or for a test. I find myself complaining about her phone use & she gets upset easily once it's brought up. I've tried to set a rule that no phone after school till she's done 1hour of reading/ study, but somehow gradually it has been ignored.

Am i being overbearing? Should i trust her to get the job done when it needs to be done? She does fairly well in school (As, Bs & Cs), but i think with some effort she can do better.

How do you handle sexual frustration when your wife is not in the mood (or generally has a lower desire than you) and you want to respect her denial without giving off a bad attitude? Is masturbation acceptable (non-sinful) in this case? Or should the approach be to reign in the frustration, channel energies elsewhere & work on building self control?

What are some things/habits you make your teenaged (or younger) children do for their own good?