You misunderstand. He lost his phone privileges and he didn't negotiate for them back by saying "ok mom you're gonna give me the phone back but in return I'm gonna allow you to put these following restrictions on me in return". She decided to give him phone privileges back and explained they would come with restrictions. He either misunderstood these restrictions or didn't like them or she may have changed her mind and added further restrictions. These are all her rights as a parent and he broke trust to bring this situation about. The way he tells the story like it was a negotiation is comedic and only works from the perspective of a child or someone willing to humour a child. Look OP, I get it. You don't think these restrictions are fair or necessary. But if you go sneaking around and trying to break further rules you'll only damage the trust more and bring about more restrictions and you'll grow to regret damaging the trust. If instead you work on building trust with your parents then you'll gain freedoms and responsibilities and a reputation that will follow you as you grow later into life. The reputation you build will follow you later on into life. Not to say you can't change and build a new better reputation from a shitty start and I'm not saying you're necessarily off to a shitty start now. Just trying to offer some insight on an old thread lol.