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[quote=Anonymous]We are on a nearly complete screen ban because entirely on my younger child’s inability to regulate when getting off and almost addictive behavior towards them.

My older child had a harder time at the younger ones age but not like this and they really don’t have trouble regulating around screens anymore, plus tend towards higher quality choices. We have allowed older DC to continue their limited texting with their closest family member (non-local) and using one educational app they like for a short time each day. Despite these additional privileges, I was completely unprepared for how strongly older DC is convinced they are being punished unfairly and how strongly they resent their sibling over this. To some extent I can’t blame them. We framed this as a change to our rules rather than a consequence to younger DC, which felt right at the time but now I’m questioning it.

Part of why we did this is older DC has a lot of activities and an increase in homework this year so it also sort of made sense. But they are not wrong that this was primarily driven by their sibling’s behavior and I don’t want to gaslight them. What would you do?[/quote]

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