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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is it so hard for so many of you to just say no to screen time, at all?[/quote]

I do say no.  Every now and then, I declare the day is a screen-free day.  And we have no screen use at dinner, or on family vacations (with some exceptions)
  
But aside from that, why should I limit my teen's screen time?   He goes to school from 8:30 (bus arrives) to 5 PM (bus drops off) 5 days a week, comes home and does homework for about an hour, eats dinner for 30 minutes, and attends 4 before or after school activities.

Weekends he does outings with Boy Scouts, plays in a sport, does more homework.

So for free time.... he uses his laptop.   He plays interactive games like Minecraft or some other games; lately he's been watching YouTube videos to learn magic tricks with cards; he watches Netflix movies with me and his sister; he Skypes with his team mates on one of the after school projects he's working on; he taught himself how to use Photoshop; and he's teaching himself how to build a website for his Boy Scout troop.

Why should I limit this?[/quote]

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