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[quote=Anonymous]I think this is easiest done when there are REALLY firm boundaries. If you let him watch TV one afternoon when he's been good, you're going to hear whining for it all the time (or at least that's how it works in our house). Going cold turkey worked for us. One day I just told them we weren't watching TV/playing on tablets during the week any more. I had put off doing so for a longtime, but once I did it, things went relatively smoothly. I let them know that they could watch on Sat/Sun morning, so they had something to look forward to (and something for me to threaten taking away if there was too much whining about TV!). We're less strict now then we were at the start, but our general rule is still "we only do that on the weekend." The end of the school year might be a good time to switch to a new routine.[/quote]
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