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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have always had this rule during the school year.  Lately she is really upset about it.  She says she just "wants to be normal".  She says she is the only one.  She cried herself to sleep about it 2 nights ago.

She has daily homework and gets it done without problems.  She plays soccer 3 nights a week.  She has lots of screen time Friday-Sunday.

She says we baby her and that our rules are abnormal.  She still sits in the back seat, and is outraged about that too.  She also has a "in bed by 8:45, lights out by 9pm" bedtime.  She says this is also crazy.  She has to get up at 6:15 for school start time of 7:30 so I worry about her getting enough rest.

Also, my hope is that if she doesn't have access to screens, she'll read.  She used to be a voracious reader, but now there are so many things competing for her time.  I feel she has stopped reading for pleasure and I worry that her vocaulary will not develop.

Is no screens M-Th excessively strict?

I do notice that virtually all of her classmates and soccer teammates sit in the front seat.  I think she is actually the only one who sits in the back seat still.  She weighs 80 pounds.

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I know someone who had a rule that his kid could have unlimited screen time during the week if he made straight As and played a sport (and maybe something else). The kid ended up at Carnegie Mellon AND as a professional gamer! :-)

My DH has noticed that the kids who succeed the most are the ones without screens.

I say stick to your judgment. It only gets worse. Talk to my kid - he's the only 7th grader without a cell phone, supposedly.  [/quote]

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