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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1st grader - we do not set a limit. DD most often watches maybe 30min of tv a night during the week (right after school, she needs the downtime). Then it's homework, playtime, scooter riding, reading, etc.

Weekends it's definitely more between some tv and games, but she'd rather be doing other things. If we have a playdate I can immediately tell those kids who don't get much screen time. If there's a TV on they are GLUED to it. They rarely want to do anything else. On the flip side those who don't have limits seem to prefer playing with other kids in general, and can easily ignore the TV.
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I've had the opposite experience. Kids with lots of screen time defaulting to it in their own homes (although they seem to have a good time here without it).

Anyway, I don't get this logic, as if-- even if it were true-- it proves unlimited screen time is awesome. IME, most kids with unlimited screen time cannot "take or leave it" at home-- at least, they spend a lot more time on screens, on average, than kids with limits. (I guess that might seem obvious, but a lot of parents without limits imply their kids don't use screens all that much because it's not ~*forbidden fruit*~.) So what if a kid who watches an hour a week is glued to screens at the house of a kid who watches 3 hours a day (especially when you average in weekends)? Of course, quantity is not the only measure of what is healthy-- but 1 hour/week at home + 50 hours/year on playdates (probably not nearly that high, but okay) = ~100 hours/year. 3 hours/day x 365 days = more than 1000 hours/year.[/quote]

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