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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So many of you are clearly so uncomfortable with the idea of just letting your kids be.  Exist.  They have to always be busy, busy, busy with some outside structured activity.  Then you can pat yourselves on the back for being such great parents without ever actually having to parent.

The DMV is a sick area.  14 years olds don’t need jobs or volun(told) hours.  Just let them be kids for awhile.[/quote]

I don’t want mine hanging out on video games and it’s a good time to explore their interests.   [/quote]

There’s nothing inherently wrong with video games.  And most of you mean it’s a good time for your kids to explore YOUR interests.[/quote]

Not in moderation. But 14 year olds don't do moderation. [/quote]

Mine gets extremely bored with video games after an hour or two.  Or maybe an hour or two of video games is extreme to you, but moderate to me?[/quote]

Me too, and hour or two seems perfect to me. I was like that back in the day with Nintendo. I don't get kids who could be glued to it for 8 hours straight if allowed.[/quote]

I think that most kids wouldn’t play 8 yrs of straight video games.  But 2 hours definitely, plus another couple hours of YouTube short garbage, or scrolling social media, or another couple hrs of endless texts to friends.  Most teens could easily spend multiple hours on screens doing various things if left to do whatever they want all day while parents went to work[/quote]

And how much time do YOU spend on screens, Mom?  (Oh I forgot, DCUM is so much healthier than video games and you for sure only check in for five minutes once a day.  Give us a break.  If you’re on this site railing against screen time your kids know darn well that you’re a hypocrite.)[/quote]

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