Re: Parents - How much tech time do your kids get?
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 7:41 pm
We're very relaxed about screen time with our boys (17 and 14).
These guys are in school on their computers all day, they do homework online, and then school transitions into social life with their friends (usually mediated through Steam and Dischord) in the evening.
As long as they get their school work done and accomplish other tasks that need doing (walking the dog, various chores, some form of exercise, etc), we don't clock the non-school screen time other than making sure the computers are off before 10 pm.
In practice, this means they get to do a lot of gaming, but it's usually social with their friends, and friends are important. Since we also make time for a sit-down family dinner every night as well as board games, etc, it doesn't feel TOO unbalanced.
These guys are in school on their computers all day, they do homework online, and then school transitions into social life with their friends (usually mediated through Steam and Dischord) in the evening.
As long as they get their school work done and accomplish other tasks that need doing (walking the dog, various chores, some form of exercise, etc), we don't clock the non-school screen time other than making sure the computers are off before 10 pm.
In practice, this means they get to do a lot of gaming, but it's usually social with their friends, and friends are important. Since we also make time for a sit-down family dinner every night as well as board games, etc, it doesn't feel TOO unbalanced.