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@jjlames I do feel like television is different than tablets / phone screens for two reaons: The screen is actually way less of your field of view. A TV is maybe 10% of FOV because you sit further away. A phone may be >40% of FOV because you hold it so close even though the screen is tiny. Much...

@mommyof31977 I wasn't going to talk about it, but we've already run out of compost bins to store the bodies in out backyard. I keep talking to them about "good knife skills" and "bad knife skills" but they just don't listen.

Yeah, it's really "no screens for the kids + no parent phones when the kids are home. I work on the internet all day during the week. :)

@godstweetybird When they're home and not in bed, I am only really on screen to read them kindle books. My son did point out today that it's not fair I use screens all day and I replied I earn my living on screens because I'm a knowledge worker. He replied that he's a knowledge worker too, but...

@thecostofthecross Once kids got over about 3 years old, yeah. No TV for us grown-ups because if we have TV on after bed they're just gonna come out and demand to watch

@gosd Yes.

@mfearghail There are times you gotta do it, especially when you only have 1 kid. If I'm cooking dinner (or my wife is and I'm in the office) and the kids are all home, we've taken a literal 20 liter tub of art supplies and put it into the middle of the living room. They can all color and draw...

@mfearghail My dad has ADHD real bad. His parents fixed it by sending him to a military boarding school where they beat the hell out of him for 8 years until he learned some way to cope with his ADHD. I was, uh, not willing to pursue the same tactics for my boy. My wife insists I have a lot...

@whiteisfamily I agreed--initially. When you've got a disregulation issue like ADHD, you literally cannot learn these things until the prefrontal cortex develops a little better.

@pastorjdh I'm in Canada. So, like, .68 RealBucks to the MooseBuck.

@pastorjdh It sounds like you're either lucky enough to have really cheap after school programs for your kids or you've got good enough financial situation that you can pay for after school stuff. To give a salient example: for just my son, we're spending $400 a month for a 1x / week tennis...

@4givengal I feel ya. With that big an age gap, it's like you have a singleton. There are times you gotta make the devil's bargain and let 'em veg. One thing my girls have gotten into since the screens ban is a Fisher-Price record player from the 80s + 50+ read-along stories. That's...

@4givengal I do also think playing with one's siblings is more likely to give you, I dunno, memories of an interesting childhood than just "here are all the shows I watched in elementary school" :D

@boodus I think it's super different when you have 1 and when you >1. The inertia is very different. :P

@skycastle Appreciate the insight. :)

@skycastle You are not wrong. Routine is important at that age--and we have one. We've even agreed upon it (as much as the

@nevay Me? I keep it in my pocket. Well, when they aren't home because they're at school I use it. I do, also, read them storytime off the phone screen sometimes.

@jules61 Keeping him unaware of YT seems like the best move, yeah. Sadly, Other Kids will inform him of it. Or (in our case) daycare workers did by the time he was 3.

@jules61 I'm curious because I've noticed a big difference between TV and YouTube / tablets: do you mean your 3 year old can watch literal television or do you mean "screens in general"?

@courtneyatzn I can't manage perfect. Best I can do is "a little better". That I can talk with the 9 y.o. about this and honestly say, "Look kiddo, this has a bad effect on you and we need to find a way to make it work. Let's make this change for a month and see what happens" is as much...