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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can make all your dumb little no screens rules when kids are young, but they'll just double down on technology when they become tweens.

My all wood toys, no screen niece and nephew never look up from their phones as young adults.[/quote]

Amen sister.

I laugh at these rules. [/quote]

-parent of a teen, rolling my eyes and chuckling softly.[/quote]

Yes, you can make all sorts of rules when they are young, and then when they are young adults they make their own choices. That doesn’t mean you should never have had those rules. An example would be soda. I don’t allow my kids to have soda ever. I understand that when they are an adult, they may choose to have soda daily (like myself). I don’t expect my rules for them as kids to necessarily carry over into their adulthood. But I think we can all agree soda isn’t good for kids. It’s not a bad rule when they are young.[/quote]

Are you saying you don't allow your kids to have soda ever until they are adults?[/quote]

No, that’s not at all what I said. My point was about that rules when they are young don’t necessairly carry over to adulthood. Meaning, the kids may not internalize them and may decide to be soda drinkers.

My kids are 9 and 6 now. I’d probably allow some soda around high school.[/quote]

That's good. Because when your kids are in high school, the drink you worry about is unlikely to be ... soda.[/quote]

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