What are your holiday screen rules?!

[Flippertyfeckerty]

How do you regulate screen use with your tweens & teens in the holidays. During term time dd14’s lap top and phone are expected to be outside her room by 9:45. School holidays have started for us and she wants her phone and computer in her room till 11pm. I’ve said I absolutely don’t mind her staying up later (she can read/whatever else) but screens should be out of her room by 10pm? Can I ask what the rules in your house are? Am I a dragon?!

We don't have rules they stopped about age 14
However if they take advantage stay online till the early hours, have stinking attitude the following day or days due to being knackered then. I remove tech super early ie 7pm.

A few times of this and they now are Much more sensible.
Don't get me wrong, even now many years down the line we have blips but not often.

Thanks @NeedToBookAGetaway ….I can see the value in them self regulating but not sure I can face the day of minging attitude that may follow…

I think her suggestion of 11 is very reasonable, particularly if she’s good about sticking to the rules in term time.

The vast majority of her friends won’t have any restrictions. You have to meet her half way IMO.

I think 11 is reasonable at 14.

On actual holiday (away from the house) we have always had a no screen rule and view it as a two week break for us all. They all do it without complaint.

During the holidays at home we try and hold it down to about 3 hours a day. Harder as teens but they sort of stick to it. Usually have the odd very late night but not regularly as turns them into monsters.

I think only giving her an extra 15 minutes is pretty dragon like. 11pm is reasonable, especially if she is good about sticking to your rules.

Thanks for this. Yes, she’s very good during term time so perhaps I’m being mean😬. It’s just the incessant crap that gets watched that worries me - it’s just hours and hours of 60-180 second videos of random bollocks …..if she was watching films, whole tv series etc I think I’d feel a bit better about it!!