Restrictions came in if my kids started to become obsessed and put screen time as their most important thing. For the most part my kids were happy to turn off the screens when asked

Lockdowns have made it almost impossible to limit screen time.

My kids are 3 and 5 and they have limited screen time at the moment

This is quite hard full time these days. Every parent with school kids have this issue. Kids need to do every thing on their learning on online. My kids already started eye glasses because of this home schooling. Their eye sight getting worse day by day.

I never had that issue with my boys. They much preferred being out with their mates than watching television or being on phones. I do think it’s best to limit their use but not sure how long for

Interesting that it’s found that screen time can be worse for female teens, over their male peers !

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  • • Ellen replied
    • 21 Aug 2021 , 6:12 am

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  Putting teenagers on the reigns is very hard and can be cause of great resentment against you. Personally I’m not one who would take the devices away from my teenagers (age 16 and 17yr); however talking about responsible use YES

This isn’t new information. I am 100% going to stick to government recommendations regarding screen time for my kids (video chatting and documentaries watched as a family the exception).

Now our son is a young adult, he gets to make these decisions. Prior to that it drove me insane the amount of time he was on his phone. However, nowadays everything he needs to do is on his phone eg. work rosters, socials, bookings for his gigs. It’s the world he lives in and I worry about what that means for the future.

I agree, the amount of time we spend in phones and tv is too much. Physical activity is so important.

Physical activity and getting out in the fresh air is the key and screen time often puts a stop to this. Get out of the house as a family and walk the dog or even work out together!

I don’t have any teenagers but something to be aware of

Some parts are a bit far fetched

I’ve two teens age 16 and 17 yrs old. I wouldn’t think about taking their phone off when they come home and return it when they head back to school !! That goes far to far to me.

Easier said than done when lockdown is happening and can’t even go outside the home. Kids are going crazy

With lockdown it’s just so hard to limit, and I’m referring to myself!

I used to set limits when they were younger. Once they hit their teens, I loosened the reins a little. My son watched a lot my daughter not really much at all, they both turned out fine

We have pretty strict limits, but it’s hard to police when they’re doing “school work” during lockdown.