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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mine are about the same ages as yours and we limit but maybe not quite as much as you do. We let them have 1 hour/week on average but most weeks none during the school year and some weeks 3-4 hours.

I don't plan on giving my kids smart phones. I've read too much about that. I hope people like you are in my community so my kids won't be such outliers. I know it'll be a lot of work on my part, but I know how much unhealthier I am because of my phone (working on it) and I am terrified of doing that to their developing brains. [/quote]
Actually, that seems high, maybe more like 2-3 on heavy weeks which happens I'd guess 5-7 weeks/year. They do get too much from grandparents periodically though.[/quote]

OP here. We have an acquaintance who is 8 and hooked on video games, iPad, phone, TV . . . it's a little intense, because he can play other things for about 5-10 minutes but then starts saying he wants the games. In that sense, for me it's almost less about the screens in and of themselves and more about giving them the chance to develop other habits, skills, and interests that they might never discover if they have the easy entertainment on tap. Whatever it is -- reading, building, art, music, playing games that involve face-to-face interaction -- I feel like I don't want them to miss out on all that fun.

Really hoping that there will be other families in our community who share that approach, but I realize it is hard. I wonder sometimes if they'll feel socially left out.[/quote]

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