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Something that's trivial to one person is important to another person.
What irks me is when siblings refuse to share and fight over one electronic device, so parents solve the problem by buying another electronic device instead of teaching them that you can't get everything in life. Well, I suppose if you have money, then you CAN have everything in life...
Our kids grew up in the 90's-00's. The family rule was that they could not own a video game, but they could play them at arcades, at friends' houses, etc. By the time they were 16, each one thanked us. Now in their late 20's and early 30's, they each say they will have the same family rule. They have no regrets.
Screen time changes the way that children's brains develop. We had definite ideas about what we thought was best for them, and we didn't worry about whether or not they liked the rule. It gave them a different focus for their money, and we never had any arguments about how much time they spent on gaming. Similarly, there we no TV's in the bedrooms, and no TV after supper on week-nights during the school year. No arguments about when they had to stop watching, although we did make exceptions for important broadcasts. They didn't have a problem with that either.
We're outliers, but it's important to know that life can exist without gaming.
Our kids grew up in the 90's-00's. The family rule was that they could not own a video game, but they could play them at arcades, at friends' houses, etc. By the time they were 16, each one thanked us. Now in their late 20's and early 30's, they each say they will have the same family rule. They have no regrets.
Screen time changes the way that children's brains develop. We had definite ideas about what we thought was best for them, and we didn't worry about whether or not they liked the rule. It gave them a different focus for their money, and we never had any arguments about how much time they spent on gaming. Similarly, there we no TV's in the bedrooms, and no TV after supper on week-nights during the school year. No arguments about when they had to stop watching, although we did make exceptions for important broadcasts. They didn't have a problem with that either.
We're outliers, but it's important to know that life can exist without gaming.
I don't get this line of thinking. Life can exist without gaming? Well, why stop there? Why not teach them life can exist without cell phones, life can exist without a car, life can exist without a computer, heck, why not just live in an Amish community? Pretty harsh to deny something fun just because you're too lazy to parent.
And I call total BS on the bolded.
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