Reply to Could you please keep your kids off the screens when family is visiting?

Forum Index » General Parenting Discussion

Reply to "Could you please keep your kids off the screens when family is visiting?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did Op say how long they are staying? Good behavior can only be expected in 2 - 3 hour increments.[/quote]

Depends on how you raise your kids. At 5 and 7 good behavior is an all day thing in my house. They are in school all day without screens and good behavior. They should be able to get along with cousins for more than 2 to 3 hours.[/quote]

No child is perfectly behaved all day at 5 or 7.  Some parents prioritize adult conversation over managing squabbles and misbehavior.[/quote]

You give in pretty easily I guess.  We didn't have devices (we had screens because we did watch group movies) for the week of Thanksgiving as well as the week of Christmas.  Somehow our 5 and 7 year olds managed just fine and we had a ton of adult conversation.  Your kids actually probably do need screens to behave now because that's how you've conditioned them.  Mine have managed to sit through dinners out and spend time with family without them.  They're not expected to act like adults but they have a million other things they can do besides play on an iPad.  We have never taken a device out to eat and we eat out a lot.  We have also never allowed them when company is over, but they get them so sparingly otherwise it's not an issue.  You've created the problem and now you have to keep feeding it.  [/quote]

+1.  If screens are an option--even some of the time--kids tend to rely on those to entertain, relieve boredom, etc.

If they're never an option, kids will tend to come up with their own solutions.  Like all of us did when we were kids.

We see it play out whenever we're with a younger relative who has been conditioned to rely on screens, even for 20-min car rides.  She pulls out an iPad as soon as we get to a restaurant, for example, while my younger kid draws or does something else.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics