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According to their rules, "screen time" is not equivalent to "using computer". It seems like a reasonable way to limit unproductive, pure-entertainment compute

• dsr_ 12y ago
  Yup. If they want to program, that's different from watching other people play Minecraft on Youtube. I also expect these rules to change along with the kids, not remain static. If we're successful, then by 16 or so I expect that the rules will be down to "Don't wake up sleeping people."
  • jmccree 12y ago
    Ok, I'm glad you clarified that. It looked above as if programming would count as screen time. My parents never limited my computer access since we got a 286 when I was two, but I also never had youtube as a temptation. At age 11 I was spending every night working on my website, hanging out on freenode, and playing TFC. As long as my grades were good, my parents didn't impose any time limits or even bed time. I was expected to manage that myself. I often wonder if those of us who first experienced computers in the 90s (And remember DOS->Win 3.1->95->98->XP) are the last generation for who a computer was a fascinating thing to learn, as now things seem to be moving to computers/tablets/smart phones merely being consumption and social sharing devices. There were several of us that learned HTML in elementary school for our angelfire pages. I can't understand the fascination people have now at watching other people play games on youtube/whatever that other site is. Oh well, C'est la vie.