5yo, we let him choose up to one hour of 'want' (eg YouTube or sub service shows), then it's up to 2hr terrestrial TV max(often far less). Weekends dad(me) and

5yo, we let him choose up to one hour of 'want' (eg YouTube or sub service shows), then it's up to 2hr terrestrial TV max(often far less). Weekends dad(me) and son will play upto 1 hour of his non-interactive game during not good outside hours(raid/dark). Some times we will whip up a SNES emulator and play some DK or similar(taking turns mum, dad, son) until the preset lives are out. We mix this with lots of outside play(at least an hour a day), where he and I play with balls, throwing toys, climbing equip etc. This is at 5. At 4 we had a NES emulator and Super Mario, half time and half tv time. When the weather is good we go swimming in the ocean, or some other outdoor activity. He had a smartphone(offline) for controlling the Chromecast but after seeing him passively swipe while watching tv made me remove that. I plan to move him through consoles as I did, at an accelerated pace, and his first PC will have many sub optimal parts which he can work off to 'earn' upgrades. If he can figure out how to install them. At the same time, I will be teaching him to hike, surf, fish and whatever else he likes. Is this hard? Hell yeah, I'm freaking exhausted XD