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[quote=Anonymous]I'm excluding homework because writing a paper I don't characterize as "screen time".

When I mention "screen time" below, it is only for leisure.

My 8 year old son can earn up to 30 minutes of screen time per day for good behavior/instrument practice- which he can only use in the car when I am driving him to school the following morning.  He has a 30 minute commute in the morning. He attends a private school.  In the car, he is also required to do a few things before he gets screen time (math, geography, spelling) etc.  Any screen time, he doesn't use during the week is rolled over into the weekend.

My 11 year old daughter who is a 6th grader could care less about screen time most of the time so it isn't even something we discuss.

On the weekends, I'm still fairly strict with screen time.  My son generally spends about 1-1.5 on the pad during the weekend.  They both generally watch some TV on Friday with my husband until I get home (maybe an hour or so).  Saturday's they usually don't watch anything unless they have been particularly good/we don't have a lot of extra obligations.  Sunday's they are not allowed to watch TV.

FWIW- My kids are very strong students.  My expectation for my older one is that she will always get straight A's in the highest level classes offered. My younger one is expected to get A grades on tests.  Unfortunately, the grading system for my younger one is meaningless- similar to MCPS where "ES" are magical unicorns.

I think when you are asking anonymously for advice on screen time,  I think you would want it from parents who have similar values to yours or least understand their perspective in terms of child rearing first.  I'm not sure how my values stack up against yours.

Since your daughter craves screen time and is a strong student, I would probably figure a way to allow a nominal amount each day.  You could structure it as I'll let you have screen time on the way to practice IF you do XYZ.  If XYZ is not accomplished, screen time is lost.

Good luck!
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