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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe this is hopeless, but I’d try and push forward with the conversation:

You: I’d like it if you’d do something with DS rather than just give him the ipad. 
Him: you can do something with him if you want. 
You: yes, and I do. In the last three days we’ve done X, Y, and Z which has been great. But because whenever you’re in charge he does screens, I never feel like I can give him a screen when I’m in charge, because that’s too much screen time. That doesn’t seem fair to me. How much screen time do you think he should get in a week? 
Him: I dunno
Y: You’re his parent, that’s not a fair answer. Can you take a moment and think about what’s reasonable? 
H: I dunno, maybe 5 hours a day? 
Y: that feels like a lot to me, but sure, let’s do that. We already discussed you being in charge tomorrow afternoon. Since you’re taking half the day, you get half the screen time - that’s 2.5 hours. But you’ll have to find something else to do with the rest of the time.

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Then, the next day, stick the kid on the iPad for 2.5 hours during your time and relax!

Note that there is give and take here. You can’t make choices unilaterally- if your acceptable amount of screen time is a quarter of your husband’s, too bad. Go with his number for a while. Let him be an equal on the decisions, and he can do his half of the enforcement. [/quote]

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