Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 20:19     Subject: Eliminating screen time
Only screens on the weekends in our house. It’s a pretty hard rule.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 20:14     Subject: Eliminating screen time
Anonymous wrote:No screens at all until Thanksgiving Break. If they’ve kept their grades up then it moves to 1 hour per weekend.


I admire this approach but what do they do after school? Yes my kid reads with us before bed and we do homework and he plays with legos but sometimes I have to cook dinner and can’t entertain him!
Anonymous
Post 09/06/2025 22:51     Subject: Eliminating screen time
Anonymous wrote:So what replaces the screen/TV time?


Books, games, music, creative play.
Anonymous
Post 09/06/2025 21:34     Subject: Eliminating screen time
Anonymous wrote:So what replaces the screen/TV time?


Outside play, inside play, long baths, dance parties, reading books, arts and crafts…the house is messier but it’s worth it!
Anonymous
Post 09/06/2025 21:33     Subject: Eliminating screen time
When my kids were in elementary school, we only had screen time on the weekends. The hard and fast rule helped eliminate the discussion and negotiation. It helped with bedtime and overall physical activity and creativity (in my opinion). Now that they have phones we do have limits but it’s not as easy. I say keep them off screens as long as you can manage! It’s much harder when they’re older and it ties them to their friends and social life.
Anonymous
Post 09/06/2025 21:25     Subject: Eliminating screen time
So what replaces the screen/TV time?
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2025 12:44     Subject: Re:Eliminating screen time
Why elimination and not just cutting back?
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2025 11:12     Subject: Eliminating screen time
Anonymous wrote:No screens at all until Thanksgiving Break. If they’ve kept their grades up then it moves to 1 hour per weekend.


Sick
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2025 10:23     Subject: Eliminating screen time
Cold turkey. We allow some screen time on weekends but that's it. We've done this for several years and my kids adjusted well.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2025 07:54     Subject: Eliminating screen time
No screens at all until Thanksgiving Break. If they’ve kept their grades up then it moves to 1 hour per weekend.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2025 07:54     Subject: Eliminating screen time
Cold turkey. Tantrums are the same intensity but for fewer days.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2025 07:49     Subject: Eliminating screen time
Cold turkey, they know that once school starts screen time is for weekends only.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2025 23:07     Subject: Eliminating screen time
Anonymous wrote:It’s only been a few days (started on the first day of school), but we just went cold turkey. I think it depends on your kid, but for mine (boy, 6years old), just turning it off completely was the way to go.


Thanks! My son is 7 and I think this is the way we need to go too.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2025 21:39     Subject: Eliminating screen time
It’s only been a few days (started on the first day of school), but we just went cold turkey. I think it depends on your kid, but for mine (boy, 6years old), just turning it off completely was the way to go.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2025 20:52     Subject: Eliminating screen time
Did you reduce gradually or just go cold turkey?