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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]My kids are 9 and 12 (so JUUUUUUST outside your age range). They each get an hour a week. During the school year they get none.

Sometimes they want to watch different things and I pretend not to notice if the 12 yr old is watching during the 9 yr old's hour and thus getting two hours.[/quote]

Wow. So if your 12 year old wanted to watch a movie, she would have to watch it over a two-week period? Sounds fun![/quote]

The kids don't watch movies at home. [b]We're a very low-screen household[/b]. [/quote]

What do they do all day?[/quote]

They come over to our house and beg to play video games instead of playing outside. At least, that's what the no- and low-screen household kids in our neighborhood do. My DS hates when those kids come over and don't really want to play, but are just looking for a long screen fix, unbeknownst to their low-screen parents.[/quote]

That may be true of your experience but not all cases.  My oldest is slightly out of the age range, and we are a low-ish screen household -- more than some, much less than others.  In DC's case he's come home this summer, sometimes early because his friends in high-/unrestricted screen households just want to play video games.  He likes them but not to the exclusion of actually doing something IRL.  It comes down to the kids and some sort of balance point which is different for every family.  Forbiding the screens can make it a forbidden fruit, while allowing too much can turn a kid into a lump.[/quote]

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