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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I struggle with this too.   It’s way too tempting for kids.  I have to say ‘it’s time to take a break from ipad’ or it will almost never happen.  If they complain or tantrum I tell them they will lose it for the whole day or 2. They already lost one day this break so they know it can happen. [/quote]

It works better to work with them to find a stopping point that has to do with the game like find one more coin or finish this challenge. Then talk to them about game details when they are transitioning from the video game to the next thing. When we say one hour or 20 minutes and set a timer, it will never be a good time to be interrupted, and you would likey feel the same way about being interrupted by a time limit vs. a game challenge/show limit that is more natural to the activity.[/quote]

I use timers and when it goes off, it's on my phone so no noise, I finish the task or if it's a long quest find a save point or save depending on how the game saves. This could be a way they could be more independent about time management. For YouTube it could be finish current video then stop.[/quote]

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