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PeteC
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A small blip on the BBC this morning got me thinking about this. For decades we've been warned by psychologists about the amount of time kids spend in front of the TV. Now with computers, IPads, smartphones and the like the issue becomes even more critical and the warnings more dire. Schools are reinforcing use of and relying upon electronic devices for homework and many learning processes.

How do you balance things and try to give a kid a life away from an electronic screen? How do you make kids want to do other things themselves that will be more interesting to them than having their nose in a computer 24/7? Do you lay down the law with an iron fist, bribe them, cut off the electricity :shock: ?

No easy solutions and it would be interesting to learn how others with young, impressionable kids have approached the issue. Pete :cheers:
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I bought them one of these and now can't get them out of the ocean: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=20568

Beats a PlayStation hands down :thumb:
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