I imagine we're quite strict about the amount of screen time DS has - we've always put a daily time on it, but have tried to grow that time in line with age.
I feel like he gets enough but he will drive us MAD for more. He has a v wilful personality He doesn't seem to know how to amuse himself without or else it will take him hours of moping around before he finally lands on something like drawing.
He's got a friend here for a sleepver. They watched a film, did lots of gaming, messed around, went to bed at 11. Got up at 7 and did another 2.5 hours. After that, I said screen away and he was immediately really really combative about it.
I want a life where we find a balance - I don't want to be constantly on him. I realise that his world and the place screen plays is different to when I was young. I accept all of that. But equally, if I didn't have boundaries, he would honestly be on it all the time.
The summer holidays loom. How do I find that balance in an effective way? And please, before you all tell me about your incredibly compliant children always accepting your decisions and you're the boss etc - he's very aware we are the parents, but he has a very articulate, assertive personality and unless you parent a wilful child, you don't realise what 'war of attrition' really means...