I have 3 children age 5-8. 2 can manage screen time I think appropriately -do lots of other things; sports, Lego, games, reading, toys as well as watch tv and play some switch games. My 8 year old DD however would be on screens 24/7 if I let her. She plays Roblox with her cousin and 3 friends from school under my supervision and really enjoys it, laughing all the time and chatting via video call at the same time. She also likes to watch what I call American Brain Mush on YouTube. Kids just opening boxes of plastic shit or trying on clothes.
I am not happy with her dependence on screens and as a result we seem to be 'at war' a lot of the time. With me nagging her to get off screens or her begging me for more screen time. She doesn't have any friends to play with where we live which makes me feel guilty for taking away her mode of socialising. She says everyone else has unlimited access to screens and that I am making her 'weird' to her friends. I just don't know what to do. Am I a dinosaur mum? Do I need to move with the times?
tonight I've taken away her iPad as she refused to end her game and have a shower ready for school tomorrow. I'm planning on keeping it hidden all week for us all to have a reset. Am I out of order? She's a lovely kid with a gorgeous heart and I don't want to be upsetting her but I feel I have a duty to keep her screen time in check. Help!