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[quote=Anonymous]DS, 11,  is allowed 2 hours of Youtube and 1 hour of video games in the weekends. He is pretty good about tracking it on his own but we will set a timer if he goes over on a day. He knows that time will decrease if he keeps going over the time. This works well on a normal weekend because he has other activities that keep him busy.

During vacation we allow the same amount of time daily and tell him he needs to do something else for an hour to spend 30 more minutes on screens. That means reading, practicing his instrument, doing some math puzzles (he likes the math puzzles), building a Mark Rober kit (Christmas gift 2 years running), or something physical.

We have no problem with his complaining about being bored or giving him some chores to do. He often asks to have friends over or ends up at a friend’s house. We have planned a few activities out of the house on the days that one of us is not working.

Some of it is just telling them to turn it off and find something else to do. We do have our list of activities that allow for extra screens on the days that we are both working. He helps us come up with the list. [/quote]

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