Straight-up banning them probably isn't productive, because yeah, it's nice to sit back and watch some TV sometimes. It might be a better policy to just limit t

Straight-up banning them probably isn't productive, because yeah, it's nice to sit back and watch some TV sometimes. It might be a better policy to just limit the amount of consuming time. My parents had limits on consumer computer/TV time when I was growing up (interestingly, both drew from the same pool of time even before internet TV was A Thing). If I wanted to hop on the computer, I'd always get asked what I was planning on doing with it (and then they'd drop by the computer station later to check in on whether I was actually doing that). If I was doing something educational, like reading up on a hobby, doing schoolwork, or programming, then I wouldn't be subject to any screen-time restrictions (other than those that came with it being a shared computer). Though to a certain extent, kids just get stroppy if they don't get their way, and sometimes they just need to learn to deal. Which sucks for everyone involved in the short-term, but oh well. :/