What should I do?
Hey people,
This will be longer:
My younger brother (12) and I (16) share a room because we're currently building a house. And when my mom is at work in the evenings, he likes to be on his phone, gaming, and watching TikTok late into the night. And there's nothing I can do about it. When we argue, he sometimes hits me a little. And when I hold his arms, or legs, etc., he starts to "cry," but there are no tears; he's just acting. He's very good at tricking and does everything to his advantage. Whenever you want something from him, the question always comes up: And what do I get out of it? I never know if he's just pretending or if something's really wrong. I always try to protect him from the mistakes I've made, so he doesn't have to endure what I've endured. But he doesn't let anyone take anything from him, and when I want something, he doesn't care; the main thing is that he has peace and quiet and can play games and watch Netflix, etc. I don't know how to handle this. I just want to help him and prevent him from making the same mistakes, but I think he's just using me. He comes when he needs something, but when I need something, he's too lazy and doesn't do anything. He also likes to play games with me. How should I behave? What should I do if he's on his phone in the evening and no one else is there but me?
Best regards
Tim
Again as demand, so that he looks up to the night Tiktok etc. bothers you because you want to sleep or?
Jap, and he’s messing with us all the time and taking advantage of me
My sister is exactly the same and we always have the same fight. When she was much younger, I just turned off her phone so she thought the battery was empty, but for a long time she didn’t believe it anymore. Then I changed the Wlan password, which worked well because she didn’t even know I was, and then she couldn’t cry until I gave it to her. In addition, I told my mother, and she called her sometimes in the evening and clashed with her, often though it didn’t work but sometimes with the right “threatening” she made her phone.
I don’t think I can do much more
No problem and good luck!
Thank you for your help!
Talk to your parents about this. It can’t be in her interest that you don’t get any sleep and the little one is shocking half night. If there’s an emergency, you’ll have to take his phone off at night.