to tell them Youtube is broken

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I usually love to let my children do what they want in the holidays.

They are 10 and 7

This year, they are doing sports camps while I'm working (9 to 4 everyday) which is more or less a school day.

Every other spare minute they want to watch chuffing Youtube videos of some numpties playing video games. I would prefer them to play the chuffing things.

They don't want to do anything else. No playing, no reading, no cooking, no drawing, no boardgames ... NOTHING

If I turn it of DS1 immediately moans he's bored.

I wouldn't mind if they were watching a film or something but its just so mindless I'm concerned it's actually rotting their brains.

We are about to go camping for a fortnight and they will have no Wifi.

Should I just leave them to it or insist they do something else.

I don't think a 10 or even a 7 year old would fall for 'YouTube is broken'c

Personally I'd go with ' you've had enough time on the tech now go and play outside or something' while taking the tech off them and putting it away in a high shelf.

Take charge for gods sake you're the boss in your own home. You,don't have to trick them or negotiate with them, they're children!

I've put my foot down. (Gently).

YouTube only allowed on the morning before sports club (8:50).

When they come home they're allowed to play on Xbox if they want but no Squid and Stampy

Well done. Tonight will be cold turkey mayhem.

Is it bloody Stampy? I fucking hate that man.

Mine are 6 and 8 and love watching YT videos of others playing games too. Mental. They have a strict time limit though, or else they'd be happy to sit watching for hours.

You can block individual websites as DH once blocked mumsnet and when I tried to go to the site it came up with a message saying 'stop wasting time on mumsnet and clean the house!!'

Go out and catch Pokemon with them.

Brie your husband is an evil genius.

To be fair I had been moaning for days about how I really needed to get on and clean the house so he was doing me a favour, I do tend to waste hours on mumsnet!!