Please don't flame me - I know I'm failing with this one.
I've always tried to limit screen time (my daughter doesn't have a tablet or anything we just have the TV), but recently screen time has become a bit of an increasing habit, and because I have been so snowed under with work and very stressed/exhausted I've let things slide.
So I always had a rule of no TV in the mornings but after school a film is fine. But then after one morning of giving in she now expects it every morning or else all hell breaks loose. I know the answer is to just stay firm and not give in but does anyone have any tried and tested methods to make this go a bit more smoothly with less tears and tantrums ???
It doesn't help that at her dad's she has a tablet and she's on it A LOT of the time.
I engage in a lot of play with her and she loves it at the time, but as soon as I go to do something else and she becomes a tiny bit bored she reverts straight back to asking to put the TV on.
Shes a really good kid, polite and on the whole well behaved. But I just need to crack this because I'm concerned it's a slippery slope and I know it damages their development and imagination etc.
Please help me - any advice very welcome even if a bit harsh !