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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am on the opposite end from most of you.  My son is 13 and for the last two years has had no restrictions on screen time.  We made a deal that I would take all the restrictions off screen time if he was completely responsible for his own homework, getting up for school on-time, organizing everything for school (including tracking field trip slips, lunch, after school arrangements for activities or get-togethers, etc.).

He rose to the challenge and is getting great grades.  I think that learning to manage one's own time and schedule are important precursors to success in college.

I do, however, still make him go to bed at 9:30 pm.  He voluntarily gets up at 6am every day.

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This is the approach I'm going for, though we're not there yet with the unlimited screen time for my 11yo. But, I try to hear him out and let him take control of his life, so that he is learning to be responsible for homework, etc. But, we did go through a relaxing phase, based on a request from him, so we do allow screen time during the week. In fact, he's on the internet now researching a project.

I'm also trying not be a "do as I say, not as I do" parent. They see us on screens (though not TV) during the week. Sometimes we even watch a funny You Tube video after dinner. My kid also will show us social justice-y videos that he was assigned to watch for class because he thinks they're interesting.

I do let him ride in the front seat because at 5'3" and 100+lbs he is bigger than his pediatrician.  :D

I don't have a lights out time because sometimes we play board games after dinner, or something comes up. Though we try to have the kids in bed by 9. He will often be reading a good book and will stay up to read. I love doing that myself, so it's hard for me to tell him to stop. Though I would if he didn't get up on his own in the morning, or with a single wake up call.

GL OP![/quote]

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