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What Do You Consider "Grounding" and What Do You Make Exceptions For?

So my knucklehead 16-year-old son has been grounded since the beginning of May for saying that he was sleeping over a friend's house and spending the night with his girlfriend and another couple instead. In the aftermath of that I found inappropriate texts and pics from his girlfriend as well. I took his phone and iPad, he can use the family computer only with permission and supervision, and he is grounded for 3 to 6 months (3 months initially with gradual restoration of privileges over the next 3 months as we see changes in attitude and...