People Call Mother 'Strict' After She Showed How Her Daughter Sneakily Took Her Confiscated Phone Back

A mother shared her daughter's genius trick to steal back her confiscated phone. However, this is not what grabbed people's attention.

This mother named Melanie had taken her 14-year-old daughter¡¯s phone at 8.30 pm and left it to charge outside her bedroom door. When anyone looks at it, it feels like the phone is in its stipulated place and charging properly outside the bedroom. But that is absolutely not the case.

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On closer inspection, however, Melanie realised her daughter¡¯s very clever plan.

Even though the phone case was still outside the bedroom door, seemingly attached to the charger, the actual phone had been removed. In its place, Melanie¡¯s daughter had just coloured in a piece of paper to look like a phone camera and stuck it in the hole in her phone case.

She then placed her charger into the slot at the bottom of the case to make it look like her phone was on charge.

Melanie shared her daughter's very smart trick on her TikTok @meldownes1983, where she said: "When your 14-year-old daughter has to hand her phone over at 8.30 pm and leave it on charge outside my bedroom door¡­ Trust no one!"

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After being shared, the video quickly garnered over 5.8 million views. However, people were less interested in Melanie¡¯s daughter¡¯s clever scheme and more interested in slamming the mother for her very strict parenting.

¡°Strict parents raise sneaky kids, trust me¡±, said one, while another wrote: ¡°Your kid wouldn¡¯t be so sneaky if you weren¡¯t strict - ingenuity proves it.¡± ¡°My mom did this. You¡¯re not making her a better person, just a more sneaky one¡±, added a third.

However, after these comments criticizing the mother, she clarified that's it's not a permanent thing and she doesn't normally confiscate her daughter's phone. She said: ¡°I should¡¯ve clarified she¡¯s having her phone confiscated because she¡¯s misbehaved. It¡¯s not a permanent thing.¡±

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But many parents even agreed with Melanie's parenting style and dissed other's for bringing her down.

¡°Why are people mad she¡¯s actually parenting her child¡±, asked one viewer, while another wrote: ¡°Parents are supposed to parent guys! The kid doesn¡¯t pay for the phone and there still has to be rules to follow in the household.¡±

Internet is a weird place. Anything can be interpreted in a completely different way.

What do you think? Was Melanie right to confiscate the phone or was it her daughter?

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