Reply to Recently moved 4 and 5 year old to the same room and it’s going terribly. Help!

Forum Index » General Parenting Discussion

Reply to "Recently moved 4 and 5 year old to the same room and it’s going terribly. Help!"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We used to let the kids watch Netflix cartoons on the iPad between when they woke up and when we woke up, but if they woke us we took the iPad away. Set time limits (we didn’t let it unlock until 6:15) if you don’t want them waking up early on y purpose for screentime. [/quote]

Wait, are we allowed to do this? [/quote]

If you are asking whether you can lock the ipad until a set time, the answer is yes. Go to Settings -> General -> Screentime -> Downtime[/quote]

No, I'm asking if checking out of parenting in this way is socially acceptable. I limit my kids to less than an hour of screentime a day, when I need to keep them occupied so I can cook dinner. I'd love to just throw them an iPad and sleep in every morning but I was under the impression that it's bad for their development. [/quote]

NP. Yes, welcome to adulthood. Different parents are allowed to do different things. It's not "checking out of parenting" - it's called doing what works for your family, just the way you do it while cooking dinner. There are parents that involve kids in cooking rather than "just throw them an iPad", but its perfectly ok if you aren't one of those. I am inclined to imagine that you are a PITA kinda arrogant person, but then again "I was under the impression that it's bad" to judge others based on just one thing.  :D [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics