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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Screens and devices duh.[/quote]

Actually I have found the key to be never letting kids use devices in the car. You give them paper and crayons, you listen to podcasts and music, you tolerate them saying "I'm bored." When they whine you tell them "when I was a kid I passed the time by looking at books or daydreaming." Eventually they learn to read and they read in the car, or draw, or listen to podcasts and music, or talk to each other or you.

Relying on devices guarantees they never figure out how to occupy themselves in the back of the car, it in a plane, or waiting in line, or during adult swim at the pool, or after school, or pretty much ever.

It's a short term solution and a long-term problem.[/quote]

To each their own but this is an insane theory. Turns out you can both daydream and have time to use iPad!

I've found that the folks that put the most restrictions on iPad and screen use end up with the kids that are the most glued to them when they get them and then their kids are always asking to use them or for more time. When iPad use isn't reserved for special times or as a treat, it works out better for everyone. [/quote]

PP here and it's not a theory. Time tested my friend.

But in any case I never said we didn't allow screens at all. Kids got screen time at home and we allowed it on long plane rides and at the destination. But early on we decided no screens in the car and no screens at restaurants or other social events (I think there was one wedding where we let our youngest spend most of the reception on a device because it enables the rest of us to enjoy ourselves). We just suffered through the tough years and the kids acclimated and as a result we have never struggled to get kids to self-entertain. They get phones and iPads now but they self moderate and will even tell us "hey get your nose out of the phone" instead of the other way around.[/quote]

I would never have friends like you.

But anyways, you can’t compare a long road trip or airplane ride to using an iPad at a restaurant or wedding. I get not wanting to use iPads on short drives but this isn’t that. [/quote]

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