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[quote=Anonymous]My (almost) 11 year old always has had time limits, but for a while there, I thought I would try taking off the limits, to see what she does. At the end of a week of experimentation, my DD begged me to put her limits back on, because she was spending all her free time on a screen, and she wasn't able to self regulate. She gets 2 hours of screen time, daily, which is A LOT, after spending all day long on a screen, for school. I think that part of the reason she wasn't on screens so much pre-pandemic, is because her non-school time was packed with other activities, and some days, we didn't even get home until 9:30 PM. So, we decided to put her in more activities, so that while that's technically screen time, it is more productive than say, Roblox, or watching a million YouTube videos. For the last two months, she has been taking art classes through Outschool. When that ends, I will sign her up for more art classes that she wants to do. One thing I've noticed is that the class kind of acts as a prompt for her to do more, during her free time. We also got her a membership at the Rec center, so she can swim (OP, your DD is old enough to use their equipment as well), because she is injured, and unable to do her normal sport. This week (today, actually), she starts an extra violin class once a week; while that basically takes the place of her normal daily practice, it also gives her more social interaction with kids that have similar interests, and guided practice tends to be beneficial to her. Anyway, it's my long-winded way of saying that you should probably explore ways in which you can keep your child engaged past their school time, even if it is with more online activities, because at least those would play to her interests, and not be the usual nonsense.[/quote]
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