How much time does your teen spend in front of a screen?
My 14 year old DS has just saved up his pocket money to buy himself a laptop. He also has an IPad. He doesn't have much of a social life - is quiet and self contained - but he seems to be happy online.
During the week he isn't allowed on computer games, but he seems to spend every waking weekend moment glued to a screen of one sort or another, conversing with other gamesters from all over the globe.
Tonight I gathered all 3 DC together and suggested that a couple of hours or an afternoon every weekend are consecrated to us doing something as a family - eating, cooking, chatting, playing a board game, going out!
I'm conscious that in 3 years DS will be gone, and we all seem to co-exist independently, shut off in our own little worlds.
Am I being too ambitious or prescriptive? What do you all do as a family with your teens?
Any advice would be very welcome.
Thanks.
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trulymadlydeeply · 02/02/2013 16:57
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