Be honest- how much "screen time" do your kids get per day?

[Anonymous]

And that includes ipad, TV, and movies in the car. Mine aged 2 and 4 probably get in total 2 hours a day in broken up chuncks- 30-45 minutes in the morning and the rest after school/nap. Struggling if this is too much or just the way of the world now. Thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Younger kids (preschool) tend to watch way more than older, ES kids.

During the week, ES barely get anything at all, except the occasional computer use for school. We don't have a policy against it -- they're just too busy.

On the weekends, TV is on a lot.

It's all good.

[Anonymous]

During the week: 20-30m of tv in the morning (no tv in the evenings.) DS/iPod - 30-45m in the car en route to school and 30-45m in the car en route home from school.

On the weekends: I have no idea. They definitely watch/play more, but it is also broken up with soccer, trips to the park, play dates, errands, Legos, etc.

DSs are 6y and 7y

[Anonymous]

Between the shows she watches in the morning while I drink coffee/catch up on news/straighten up the kitchen, and the show she watches in the afternoon after nap, probably 2 hours total. In the middle we are out and about, playing, then she naps, then we're out again in the afternoon, and once it's evening, the news is on and not her shows and she plays with her toys and doesn't pay a bit of attention. Some of you might be shocked by that number but screen time is just not a huge deal to me. We do so much with her on a day to day basis that I just don't mind if she wants to sit and relax and watch Bubble Guppies for a while when we're home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Between the shows she watches in the morning while I drink coffee/catch up on news/straighten up the kitchen, and the show she watches in the afternoon after nap, probably 2 hours total. In the middle we are out and about, playing, then she naps, then we're out again in the afternoon, and once it's evening, the news is on and not her shows and she plays with her toys and doesn't pay a bit of attention. Some of you might be shocked by that number but screen time is just not a huge deal to me. We do so much with her on a day to day basis that I just don't mind if she wants to sit and relax and watch Bubble Guppies for a while when we're home.

PP how old is your DD?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Between the shows she watches in the morning while I drink coffee/catch up on news/straighten up the kitchen, and the show she watches in the afternoon after nap, probably 2 hours total. In the middle we are out and about, playing, then she naps, then we're out again in the afternoon, and once it's evening, the news is on and not her shows and she plays with her toys and doesn't pay a bit of attention. Some of you might be shocked by that number but screen time is just not a huge deal to me. We do so much with her on a day to day basis that I just don't mind if she wants to sit and relax and watch Bubble Guppies for a while when we're home.

PP how old is your DD?

3

[Anonymous]

It depends, but on average during the week I would say 1 hour. On weekends about 2 hours. My kids are 4 and 16 months. The TV is really for the 4 year old but the 16 month old ends up watching whatever the 4 year old watches.

[Anonymous]

ES age - during the week maybe an hour for the whole week, if that (not a restriction, just little time) and on the weekends maybe an an hour and a half a day, more if we hole up and watch a lot of movies or play a lot of Wii/iPad games. If kids are sick, the numbers skyrocket.

[Anonymous]

Still at zero unless you count looking at photos (and family videos) on the computer. DS is 2.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Still at zero unless you count looking at photos (and family videos) on the computer. DS is 2.

Impressive!

[Anonymous]

K boy.

20-40 minutes each night during the week.

About an hour a day on weekends.

(This should go down soon-- I think he's now seen almost every Curious George episode on Netflix...)

[Anonymous]

Probably 30 minutes to an hour on school days now that he's started kindergarten. 1/2 hour while I get ready in the mornings, and 1/2 hour after dinner. But that time after dinner may not happen. We may be playing something else or go out for frozen yogurt instead.

He used to watch more when he had a later bedtime.

Can watch 2 hours a day on weekends, depending on what we are doing.

Ipad for movies or games is allowed in the car for long trips. But he has to ask for it; we don't just give it to him. And often he never asks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still at zero unless you count looking at photos (and family videos) on the computer. DS is 2.

Impressive!

I know! I am proud of myself. My kid may not be eating pad thai and Indian curry, but he's not watching TV!

Mostly I do this because I don't want to start another thing to have a battle over. He has seen a few minutes of sports (but seems indifferent when it gets turned off). I know he would love TV because when we get haircuts, he is transfixed by the Thomas or Elmo videos they show.

I'm also influenced by relatives who used TV a lot with their twins. I don't judge because I know it was hard when they were babies and refused to eat/drink milk unless it was in front of the TV (and they were severely underweight so every calorie counted). But they were really obsessed with TV. I didn't want to go down that road until I had to.

[Anonymous]

7 yrs old

M- R - none

Friday/Saturday/Sunday - unlimited for TV but we are on the go so much that it ends up being maybe an hour and half each day. iPad maybe for an hour over the whole weekend.

[Anonymous]

Two kids three and under. We probably average about 30 minutes a day.

I totally agree with 9:55 that it's harder to limit it once you start. Hold off as long as you can! When we've gone through a period of lots of TV/computer/iphone time, my three year old seems to whine for more all the time. When it gets to be too much, I enforce a screen-time diet for awhile and the whining levels off.