Anonymous wrote:DC is interested in writing, animating, movie editing, programming, games, etc...Was thinking about having DC's computer in their room. Would probably prefer having the computer in the family room but we also have a 5 year old who enjoys bothering the older sibling.

5 year old gies to time out if he doesn't stop bothering. He has to stand next to you the entire time sibling is working if he csn't behave

I don't have a computer in my room? Why in the world would my kids?

I always think of parents like the Dursleys or Salts when kids are allowed tv, computer, phones, in their rooms whenever they want. They are ones that can't be bothered and rather give their kids things to stare at instead of time. It forms an addiction and fosters social immaturity.

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Anonymous wrote:I have 3 kids(15, 14 and 10) they all have their own chromebooks. My high schoolers also have school chromebooks that they carry in their backpacks each day. Teens have phones as well. All 3 have used their devices in their rooms. We’ve gone with the idea that we will talk to our kids about making good choices etc and then step back and see how they do.

They all have chrome books and phones and unlimited in their rooms? 10yrs old too. Yikes. You wait and see how it goes? Haha. You have already missed what is going on.

Hahahaha!! Yep! You keep treating your kids like there’s no reason to trust them while they sneak behind your back and I’ll worry about my kids. Lol! Mine are all straight A students who choose not to have social media and aren’t obsessed with their phones and computers.

Anonymous wrote:I have 3 kids(15, 14 and 10) they all have their own chromebooks. My high schoolers also have school chromebooks that they carry in their backpacks each day. Teens have phones as well. All 3 have used their devices in their rooms. We’ve gone with the idea that we will talk to our kids about making good choices etc and then step back and see how they do.

They all have chrome books and phones and unlimited in their rooms? 10yrs old too. Yikes. You wait and see how it goes? Haha. You have already missed what is going on.

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Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. The only computer is in the den where I can see what's going on, and that won't change even when I have teenagers. We also don't allow televisions in bedrooms.

So what are you going to do when your 17 year old has homework they need to do on their laptop and they want quiet time to work?

NP. They are going to go into the family room, dining room, kitchen or another place in the house where it's quiet. But not upstairs.

We live in the 1940s vintage colonial, if you are downstairs in the kitchen it's not acquired, there is no family room, the only quiet place Nouse will be upstairs. With the families with similar layout of this do? Send them to our half finished basement?

I'm a PP with teens who don't use computers in their room. We live in a small colonial built in 1937. My kids do their homework in the dining room usually; sometimes they read in the living room. We have a small finished/heated porch off the living room where our tv is, so it's possible to have quiet in the dining room while someone is watching tv on the porch. It works for us, but I can certainly see how it would be problematic if we had younger kids running around. You just have to do what works for your family.

I have 3 kids(15, 14 and 10) they all have their own chromebooks. My high schoolers also have school chromebooks that they carry in their backpacks each day. Teens have phones as well. All 3 have used their devices in their rooms. We’ve gone with the idea that we will talk to our kids about making good choices etc and then step back and see how they do.