How long reasonable a day for child on iPad?

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Never used to mind until so started getting upset and cross when we try to take it from him. Have started limiting to 30 mins a day but he's still getting annoyed and says he'd prefer to stay in than go out. He's only 5.

I wasn't allowed TV when I was little. At all. It made me go outside and have adventures. I'd take it off him completely!

I refuse to own one for this reason, my nephew refuses to stay with me because I don't allow Ipad and DS or sitting in the house all day. His loss, and the root of his mothers frustration and bank charges after he bought loads of app thingys without her knowing. I'm quite strict if I'm honest and only allow maybe half hour to an hour of TV before bedtime story. Don't believe kids need to be on an Ipad

A child definitely doesn't need to use an iPad! My colleague mentioned to me that her 4 year old tried swiping a photo frame and got confused when the photo didn't change. I think that's just too much.

Mine are limited to 30 min on a weekday evening of their choice and 1 hour on each of Saturday and Sunday.

It is screen time, so I would go with whatever the recommended screen time for the age group. 30 min sounds fair, but then TV has to be restricted, otherwise the screen time cumulates.

We don't have one because I know it would cause tantrums. DD(5) and DS(3) get between 30mins and 1 hour of TV per day. We might watch a film once at the weekend. It is a priviledge that can be removed I need it as leverage.

Kids need to be kids. They need to learn to play independently without staring at a screen. I'd rather my two were scrubbing about in the garden, doing jigsaws or dressing up than sat alone.

30 minutes seems perfectly reasonable to me but IMO I would stop it completely if the tantrums were getting silly.

Agree, if he is getting screen rage I would put the ipad away for at least a week. Is the ipad yours or his?

DS is 5, iPad or TV make him very grumpy when his time allowance (30 min on week ends only after lunch while I put his sister down for her nap) is over. I put a clock in front of him and explain when he has to switch off, it works when I am around to remind him to watch the clock. He has been screen free for 2 weeks now after a mega tantrum, he has 2 more weeks to go, he has learnt not to insist, he does ask when he can watch again, I reply honestly, 3 weeks, then 2 weeks.... And he accepts the answer.
It is hard on parents not to allow screen time but imo the later the better.

Our DCs have ipads which were given to them by the GPs for Christmas. Some days they don't play with them at all, this weekend for example we have been out and about or busy all weekend so they haven't played at all with them. Quite often during the week if they have something after school then there isn't time before bed. So they can go 7-10 days without playing on them. I don't allow them to play on them if they have friends over.

I alllow up to one hour usually, DS started by having mini tantrums but I warned him that if he makes a fuss at switching it off that he won't play on it again. That has worked, he rushes to hand it to me now when I tell him time's up . I give a 5 minute warning first and then tell him to finish whatever game he's on.

My two (4/6) have half an hour each. It was an hour each, but seeing how they tend to curl up together and watch each other play, I decided to halve it because otherwise they were both watching it for two hours.

Any tantrums or stropping when it's time to turn it off means they lose their time the next day (and then I remind them the next day why they lost it) - only had to do this a couple of times.

They don't have their time every day BTW, they are allowed it every day if they want but if we've been busy and they don't ask, I don't remind them!