u/FireSpreaderIO

I’m eager to hear what approaches and patterns have worked for you and in transparency where you feel like things could be different/better.

On our end, we have daily chores, required reading & "touch grass" time, but otherwise allow for free play outside of these things. The older boys (10 & 11) are clocking 4-5 hours of screen time on average days when we don’t have activities going on outside the house.

I know it was similar for me growing up in the early days of the internet and mass gaming, and from what I can tell this is fairly average. We do have some restrictions on games and media. We banned Youtube and Roblox. Youtube video recommendations were scary/brainless, and most of the popular games on Roblox just seem like straight dopamine harvesters. I sat down to play Roblox games with them every once in a while and God did it feel mind-numbing.

How do y’all decide what to allow access to? Anything banned or limited in your house?

I’m eager to hear what approaches and patterns have worked for you and in transparency where you feel like things could be different/better.

On our end, we have daily chores, required reading & "touch grass" time, but otherwise allow for free play outside of these things. The older boys (10 & 11) are clocking 4-5 hours of screen time on average days when we don’t have activities going on outside the house.

I know it was similar for me growing up in the early days of the internet and mass gaming, and from what I can tell this is fairly average. We do have some restrictions on games and media. We banned Youtube and Roblox (Youtube video recommendations were scary/brainless, and most of the popular games on Roblox just seem like straight dopamine harvesters).

How do y’all decide what to allow access to? Anything banned or limited in your house?

I’m eager to hear what approaches and patterns have worked for you and in transparency where you feel like things could be different/better.

On our end, we have daily chores, required reading & "touch grass" time, but otherwise allow for free play outside of these things. The older boys (10 & 11) are clocking 4-5 hours of screen time on average days when we don’t have activities going on outside the house.

I know it was similar for me growing up in the early days of the internet and mass gaming, and from what I can tell this is fairly average. We do have some restrictions on games and media. We banned Youtube and Roblox (Youtube video recommendations were scary/brainless, and most of the popular games on Roblox just seem like straight dopamine harvesters).

How do y’all decide what to allow access to? Anything banned or limited in your house?