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Do you ever restrict them from doing one thing, such as video games, too much?
by selestify 8y ago
Do you ever restrict them from doing one thing, such as video games, too much?
- photojosh 8y agoThere was a period when they were 5-7 years old where they did want to play a lot more, and we had to limit it and cut them off. One notable experience: we make them watch their own time limits, and there was a time where they went 20 minutes over, so we banned gaming for 2 weeks, and it hasn't happened again. It arises sometimes during school holidays, but more often than not, they themselves decide it's time to finish up and go get some outdoors time. I acknowledge that this dynamic is likely to change significantly when they get a bit older and particularly getting into teenage years, but I don't think we could have done this initial groundwork any better, IMHO. (And another key component is that all screens are in shared family spaces, not in bedrooms.)