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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't even get OPs beef. She said kids need to be bored but also her kid has no one to play with. So, kid is probably bored. Isn't this what OP wanted?[/quote]

No, ops can probably can entertain themselves and handle boredom, but it's always better and more fun for kids to have other kids around. [/quote]

Great things happen when bored teenagers get together. [/quote]

Once again, not all teenagers do thos things. They ate capable of just being kids and have fun. I'm sorry for kids who aren't.[/quote]

Are you sorry for the ones sitting at home bored who start chatting with strangers on Discord?  https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1192713.page[/quote]

Sitting around chatting with strangers on discord I'd not a great idea or something that I'd allow.[/quote]

How about Roblox?  The linked article describes how perpetrators have groomed kids as young as 8 years old whom they met in Roblox chatrooms.  https://wapo.st/4cb7bi9[/quote]

These online games make me nervous. So far my kids haven't asked and don't have an interest. Not sure how I'd handle if they did.[/quote]

Now imagine your kid is in middle school enjoying free time at the playground with other kids whose phones have full access to discord or snap or Roblox. Now your permission is not needed because it’s not your phone.[/quote]

I don't know how I'd handle that. I think parents give young kids way too much access to these things. Still doesn't change my stance on letting middle school kids be kids and have free time.[/quote]

You might not handle it at all because you won’t know about it. When you idealize free time around the neighborhood, be aware that kids (including w athletes enjoying free time - this goes for everyone) WILL be on screens (that may not have limits you’d approve of) when you think they are biking, at the playground, at a friend’s house, at the arcade, at a cafe. It is what it is and your ability to counteract that is very limited.  I’m seeing a lot of what feels like judgment from some younger-kid moms here who don’t seem to understand how big of a challenge it is even when you’ve set limits in your house.[/quote]

Haha I used to be one of those judgy no screen moms. We read books, did crafts, took walks, planted a garden, everything and anything but screens. My kids were in elementary when Covid started and I lost the screen time battle. They are now in middle and high school with phones. They were both the last ones in their friend groups to get a phone. My 13yo has 1 friend whose parents are holding out. While the boy doesn’t have a phone, he has an iPad, gaming computer and Apple Watch. [/quote]

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