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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am in this boat, too, though my kids are younger. We were doing really well until baby 2 came along. Now our older son gets between 60 and 90 minutes of screen time a week. I’m hoping to cut back once we are done breastfeeding.

When I taught, I noticed that the language varied between families. The better behaved kids tended not to own technology in late elementary. Instead, they spoke about “the family iPad” or “ mom’s phone”. Obviously not a hard and fast rule, just an anecdote.[/quote]

OP here. You're in survival mode, wouldn't sweat it! I think the main thing is the family culture like you said, not number of minutes clocked in any given period. Btw not sure if your son will be into this, but mine loved books on tape for that second baby period also. There are so many good ones nowadays -- all the Arnold Lobel, James Herriot, Curious George treasury, etc. I would get the books as well so he could look at pictures at the same time.[/quote]

We were so purist about screen time until we had a second kid.  Then all bets were off...[/quote]
Don't be down on yourself PP. Even with one kid all bets are off once they start elementary.. they have friends who have xbox at home or hear things from older kids..[/quote]

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