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My kids get about 40 min. to an hour of TV, after dinner (and Homework.) There’s currently only one desktop computer (a Mac) which has time limits for the kids’ accounts. The DS is primarily for the car.
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I have been limiting game play a lot lately with the school year still going. I will allow my daughter a bit more time once the school year is over. Right now it’s about a half hour that I let her get away with.
samsakara@twcny.rr.com
We definitely allow more screen time during the summer than during the school year (when homework cuts into the evenings). My 8y isn’t allowed anything electronic w/o asking permission and then we set a time limit for that day.
I tweeted your giveaway http://twitter.com/delora/status/2106287080
My older boys (11 and 14) can play a computer game/Playstation on the three weekend days for an hour a day. This is pretty consistent during the school year and the summer. Their Nintendo DS systems are primarily used on long trips in the car. My four year old has recently found two Playstation games he likes, so he can play for 1/2 hour most days of the week, but it’s not as intense playing as his older brothers.
We’re very laid back year round. My oldest son is very active in sports and with his friends and his first choice is always to be outside. During the school year he can play if his schoolwork or whatever else is done. During the summer I work all day and he’s not home so he’s allowed to play when he gets home.
valmg2 AT gmail
Tweet!
http://twitter.com/valmg/status/2111695420
We homeschool so I feel that we just keep a balance all the time for “screen time”. I love having different options for them to choose from. Technology rules and is used in most everything we do. We have found though that now that it is summer their public school friends are home now during the day and they want to chat more,etc. So we have talked about 15 min or so at a time online. If they have that much to say I have them set a time to get together “for real”.
I tweeted!!!!!
http://twitter.com/susieqtpie/status/2111904119
We limit TV during the school year to about 30 minutes before bed time. In the summer it is pretty much unlimited.
Tweet!
http://twitter.com/simplyandreah/status/2111915464
We use a trade off system – 3 hours of other activities (either educational, like reading, or physical, like bike-riding) earns back 1/2 hour of “screen time” that can be used at their discretion. Also, we use a “community” game system – all of the games are stored together, and only one can be “checked out” at any time.
WOW…other parents are much better at patroling than I am. We have no limits on TV, computer or DSi…eek. Things do get taken away when they do not listen or follow instructions.
I don’t have a little one in the house, but my grandson gets one hour per day during the week and can earn extra on the weekends and in the summer. He also gets to take his DS in the car and play when they are going somewhere.
I tweeted this giveaway.
http://twitter.com/sendtocindy/status/2114352759
we make sure that they get no more than an hour of screen time a day. Sometimes, they’re rewarded with a couple of extra minutes if they show especially good behavior.
bonniekim108@yahoo.com
MFJ:
To minimize screen time, I have reading time set aside. Reading for an 1 to 2. Then we count up home many books read during the summer for a prize. Also day summer camp.
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Screen time is really not limited here. We Home School so they use the computer ALOT for that and then once school work is done they usually play and limit themselves. But at night the Nintendo DS’s do come out and are played with instead of them watching TV.
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We haven’t had to worry much about limiting screen time as ds is five– but I see it coming. His friends at summer camp all have DS’s so I know he wants one. That will be something we have to tackle by the end of the summer, I feel certain!
Going to tweet now @debunot