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[quote=Anonymous]So my kids wander around the house watching netflix on their ipad, reading the news and books from the library, and listening to nonstop audiobooks.

On top of that we have a nightly routine of the whole family watching some movie or HGTV or cooking show.

I know they said "let loose of the screens" but I feel like we may be lilting too far off kilter.

But at same token, they aren't watching terrible youtube or tiktok videos, and even the shows run more on the spectrum of Pinkalicious, Property Brothers, and Madame Secretary, so maybe I should be patient with this weird phase.

We don't have a real playable backyard, just a small patio, so they will take their ipads out there and read/watch outside which is nice though I wish they would take a real book or magazine, or just play catch with a baseball.

But I want to cut them off, I want to give them the gift of boredom to spur creativity, but they do all their schoolwork and chores, and I worry taking this away won't spur creativity but instead a general strike and resentment.

How are people managing now that screens are our lives (I mean, I'm working all day on my computer, or grocery shopping, or bill paying, so hard to lead by example).[/quote]

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