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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see a lot of comments on here about people who just don’t do screens/ video games for their kids.

I just don’t know how that is possible.  I really hate screens for kids but realized [b]by resisting I was making our DS (9) the weirdo in his class as one do the few kids he knows that doesn’t play video games. [/b]Most of his social life revolves around discussing games/ tv shows.  If there are kids who don’t get screens - where are they?  Even school is screens all day!

We limit video games to 1-2 hours a week and do 30-45 mins a day of other tv/ videos.

With the modern world I just didn’t see another choice. We do lots of other stuff ( sports, outings, reading, board games) but some times the kids want video time and now it’s here to stay.  I do feel them pushing for more and more. I know it’s addictive and i hate to see their little brains getting wired towards addictive type behaviors.

Part of me wants to go cold turkey and cut the screens.  But I am not sure I could do that to my kids.  I honestly felt like moderation was the key- but now I am not so sure.

I really feel myself longing for the 1990s before cell phones and when video games weren’t so “good”.

One thing my kids don’t do is “nothing”- I feel like when I was a kid I would spend a few hours every day just chilling in my room or just reading. Maybe we have our kids so much attention they can’t live without it.

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Actually really easy for my family: this wouldn’t be a school we attend. [/quote]

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