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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC is interested in writing, animating, movie editing, programming, games, etc...Was thinking about having DC's computer in their room. Would probably prefer having the computer in the family room but we also have a 5 year old who enjoys bothering the older sibling.

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Mom of teens:  NO NEVER

Your kid will not be 10 forever and creating new rules is near impossible.

Electronics are not allowed upstairs in our house, since our kids were little.  I cannot even try to imagine if they were allowed and I needed to create that rule now with my teens.  Compliance would be hell.

fyi studies also show kids do better if they do homework at the family table.  it's less lonely and they won't stop doing homework and go to fun websites (games, or porn, etc) when they hit that math problem they can't answer.  They'll yell "mom/dad, what's x divided by y squared?" instead.[/quote]
Wow, so your teens have had the same rules since they were born? Amazing! Do they mind that you are at their friends birthday parties? Aren’t you tired of cutting their meat?
I’m obviously being sarcastic. Rules change all the time. At 4 my children would not have knives at meal time. As teens, they do. At 5, I still went to birthday parties with them. At 10, no. It’s not that different with computers.[/quote]

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