My 12 yr old son is screen obsessed. He has ADHD which obviously doesn’t help as he finds it hard to manage and self regulate. Phone and fifa, he would literally not leave the house if he didn’t have to, and I need to rethink how I organise things at home. He’ll have the phone until 7.30/8pm on a weekday and plays fifa on his ps4 after school. I’ve always had screen time limits but his dependency has got way worse in the past 6 months and tbh it drives me nuts. Will sit in the car on a long journey glued to TikTok and you tube. Is late downstairs to meals as he’s ‘just finishing a game’. Doesn’t hear me a lot of the time and I end up repeating/nagging/getting cross. Picks up the phone at every opportunity and seemingly can’t go longer than 5 mins without it 😥
Can anyone share how they manage screen time for their 12/13 yr olds? I’d like to reset the boundaries if I can! Thanks.