2013-01-02, 03:55 AM
Words Wrote:Reasonable for who? And for what purpose?
Yes, they're suggestions but it's also a "YOU MUST DO THIS", or else it wouldn't be a contract.
You have to remember : The kid is thirteen years old. He's highly under the influence of a lot of bad things at that age. Most kids that age don't have the thought process going through their head to make a proper judgement call. They just follow what their friends or other people do. She wants her kid to be a good student, a good kid, and eventually a mature, responsible adult. While the kid may not have the understanding for every reasoning behind each of the rules, they're perfectly acceptable for a mother to impose on her own child.
Sure, it's a contract. Do you think she'll really take his phone away if he doesn't play word/brain teaser games? No. No, I don't think she would.
I know for sure, even if I were the best, most responsible kid in the world at age 13, my parents would never let me have an iPhone or some high tech gadget that you can use for all sorts of mischief and impure acts - at least not without rules similar to these.