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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not OP. Even when we have play dates, the kids want to be on screens. They will play with toys, etc. but it is not their 1st preference. 1st preference is always screens.

I don't know why that is. My kids would also be on screens all the time if they could. [/quote]

Yes, this drives me nuts. Kids will come over, play for an hours, then come to me asking to watch some TV show or movie on streaming. The first couple times it didn't bother me because my kids don't get much screen time usually so watching a bit of TV with a friend doesn't sound bad to me as a one off. But over time I've started saying no more because it's obvious they get reliant on it. They'll play for a bit and then the first sign of boredom or disagreement over what to play, it's like "well let's watch TV." My kids have plenty of toys and we have a yard with a play house, swings, and a climbing structure. There's just no reason to resort to television.

I actually think some of the kids lost interest in coming to our house after I started saying no to TV more. They still want to hang out with my kids, but now they ask to host more, and a lot of these playdates are billed as "movie nights" because that's what they do. Again, I'm not particularly worried about my kids screen time, so this is fine with me. But I think it's such a bummer that so many of their friends just don't know how to play. these are still young kids -- 7 and 9. [/quote]

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