Ok this minecraft thing over summer hols??....

[suntansally]

OK it drives me mad but my 10 and 6 year old love it ,( they are similar children) highly active intelligent etc but how long is long enough on here,please give me good tips at how to say NO to this 'enjoyment' of theirs,I know it shouldn't be any different to NO of any other nature but Find it soooo hard,the down side is that they are struggling to amuse themselves without it,they used to play actively but now appear lost without the thing......how long is long enough??is it any different to me watching a&e ALL the time?we do have lots of other things going in I have had MC as downtime I.e sitting still but am unsure where yo draw the line,especially with hols coming up x

I would say 1hr a day but I'm quite harsh I think. If you set the rule from the start of the holidays and are consistent in enforcing it, hopefully they should grow to accept it.

The main thing I did when setting a limit on iPad use was giving a consequence for any stropping - basically if they threw a wobbly when it was time to stop, then they would lose their time the next day. Then the next day I would make them tell me WHY they weren't allowed it - their sheepish faces only had to happen a couple of times and they got the idea :)

My 3 boys ages 11, 9 and 5 are all the same. If they're not playing on it they're talking about it, or trying to make games in the garden of it (youngest 2 mainly). Every song I play they change the words too - it really does drive you insane :)

I try to limit their time but am a softy and cave in ....... A lot!

Fuzzpig you stole my answer, one strop at come off time and it was no ipad next day.