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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have had this trouble too.  The school gives him a Chromebook and nothing else to do and then acts shocked the tenth time he does something thoughtless and dumb (never mean or threatening).  He doesn’t misuse screens at home so I feel powerless where the school won’t do what I know works (limiting screens; keeping him engaged in other things).

Can’t wait for summer.  No real ideas, just commiseration.

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As a teacher, I will tell you that most students do not do thoughtless and dumb things when presented with a Chromebook. Limiting screens at home is not having the effect you think it is having. If you raise a child in a home with only health foods, they will gorge on sugar the first time they encounter it. The child needs to learn judgment and impulse control. [/quote]

We are seriously screen limited at home. My kids' teachers never complained about their computer usage. They did come home with stories about stupid stuff other people did on their school issued laptops though.

There are other ways to learn both judgement and impulse control than unlimited temptation. [/quote]

The teacher was talking about the extreme parents. The ones who remove all screens and think they are nothing but evil. Or the ones who have their kids in front of screens everywhere .   Being in the middle is always best.

And I wouldn’t be so sure that stupid stuff your kids tell you about is “other people”. [/quote]

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