Some parents confiscate their teenagers phone as a punishment. Is that a good or bad idea?

I guess that depends on why they confiscated it if it was because they where contact people who where a bad influence and are creating problems for the teen then yes it is a good idea also if it was distracting the teen from homework also yes but it could also cause problems if it was taken when the teen goes somewhere and an emergency was to happen or the teen was to get lost

This hasn't been punctuated coz I'm lazy

i think thats bad idea because that children can do anything that he or she want outside the home and without virtual things but it is good to control

the time of surfing on the net for children and talking is the best way; 0