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Screen time - be honest

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freespirit333 · 04/02/2023 15:34

How much screen time do your kids get in terms of games - tablets, consoles etc? Realistically!

DS got a Switch for his 7th birthday which he loves, we’ve limited it to Friday-Sunday and occasionally a short time on a Wednesday.

He does clubs 3 week nights and one weekend (all sports or swimming ones except for Beavers) so happy he gets plenty of other activities, and he’s great at playing with Lego etc, but the weekends have gone a bit lax in terms of the switch. Not all day but a good few hours over the two days.

I had a lot of screen restrictions as a kid so have a skewed idea of what’s normal for today.

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Deadringer · 04/02/2023 20:02

I have never set limits on screen time. As long as my dc do other activities, spend some time outdoors and have their homework done they can spend their free time as they wish.

DragonflyLady · 04/02/2023 20:29

No limits here. Although daughter didn’t have any screens in her life for the first few years. She’s not glued to screens and can self regulate with them. I don’t have any problems if I tell her to come off. Unlike her cousin who has strict limits and is very jumpy waiting for her time to come round and causes a fuss when she has to come off. Daughter’s had my iPad all day but has been listening to an audio book whilst doing something else. We’ve watched an hour of TV together tonight.

Mammyloveswine · 04/02/2023 21:36

Indiaplain · 04/02/2023 15:48

Honestly, if we are at home we are quite relaxed. DS 11 happily regulates screen time by also playing Lego/reading/chatting to us but DS 9 could game all day so I do ask him to come off if he has been on for a couple of hours straight. Realistically he probably has 5 hours per day some weekends - this is a mix of gaming, watching you tube and Netflix .

We go out every day for a walk or to the park, or swimming or something. We often see friends at the weekend. But if it's just us at home I let them use screens without too much pressure to come off.

They both go to sporty clubs in the week so I think it's ok for them to relax with screens when at home.

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Frodedendron · 09/10/2023 10:11

I couldn't have it on as background noise, that something my partner used to do but I can't bear it. I find it varies a lot. We can have a couple of weeks of hardly any tv, then a week when it never seems to be off. I'm not averse to an afternoon of tv after a hard week and she usually has 30-60 minutes after school. Probably average 10-15 hours a week altogether, more if there's a major sporting event we're following. No tablet at all though.

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