Reply to Kids and “work before play”

Forum Index » General Parenting Discussion

Reply to "Kids and “work before play”"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a kid each in elementary, middle, and high school. At no time during the school week were they ever allowed to turn the tv on or be on electronics.

Order of things when they get home is put stuff away (bags, lunchboxes, etc.), snack, do homework if not yet done, and chores if they wanted to. Then they read or play.

Do they get bored? Of course they do. But complaining about being bored means I give them additional chores. Like going through the toys to make a pile of toys they want to give away since they’re “bored” with them, or cleaning the bathrooms or yardwork. I can’t recall the last time they’ve complained about being bored.

Sometimes they ask to watch tv and sometimes I’ll say yes but only if they can all agree on something to watch without fighting. [/quote]

We let our HS seniors use unlimited screens once all their college apps were in. We figured it gave them time to figure out how to self regulate with a bit of input from us, before they were off at college with total freedom/access.[/quote]

I am PP of the post you responded to and that’s something I’m considering. My HS did not get a cellphone until HS but he’s gotten more screen time than his siblings as he’s gotten older. but we are gradually increasing it so long as he is showing signs that he is self regulating well. By senior year at least, I think we’d like to be at a point where we no longer restrict it.

So we are trying to build healthy habits like keeping their sleep area screen and phone free and having designated no-electronics study space, etc. [/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