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My wife and I don't allow much screen time, but for our toddler, with a lot of things... My wife is inclined to give "bonus minutes". I'm inclined to give warn
by citizenkeen 8y ago
My wife and I don't allow much screen time, but for our toddler, with a lot of things...
My wife is inclined to give "bonus minutes". I'm inclined to give warnings, as I've found the effect the same. My wife will come out and say "It's been ten minutes, we're moving on to X" and toddler will struggle so she'll say "two bonus minutes". I'll remind him after eight minutes that "he's got two minutes left". He'll ask for bonus minutes, but when I say no there isn't much of a struggle.
- zrail 8y agoThe nice thing about a timer is that it moves control away from you, even though you ultimately decide when to start the timer and how long it lasts. Seems like they’re less likely to argue with something that they initiated.