{"id":16674,"date":"2019-09-12T12:40:03","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T12:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-get-the-rest-of-the-family-to-reduce-screen-time-in-the-evenings\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T15:43:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T15:43:05","slug":"how-do-you-get-the-rest-of-the-family-to-reduce-screen-time-in-the-evenings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-get-the-rest-of-the-family-to-reduce-screen-time-in-the-evenings\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you get the rest of the family to reduce screen time in the evenings?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Claire I.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">We leave our home. We go for evening walks, sit on the bench under the stars or eat out. These activities help distract my family members from wanting to take their phones out. <\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"thefa-test2 thefa-entity-placement\" id=\"thefa-2895527062\"><div id=\"thefa-1083811087\"><style>.thefa-test2 {margin-bottom: 24px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"banner-content-position light-viol\">\r\n<div class=\"banner-text max400\">Start living your best life<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/start.thefabulous.co\/onboarding\/fabulous-initial?utm_source=community-qa&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=afterfirstquestionoranswer-purple-achievegoals\" class=\"banner-cta red w-inline-block\">\r\n<div>Try now<\/div><\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Katherine Z.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">1. Set a schedule<br \/>\nSome parents choose to set a specific daily duration and time when kids are allowed to play on their iPad or watch a show. That\u2019s what works in Jaclyn Thornton\u2019s* home in Winnipeg. Her four-year-old son, Josh, is allowed to watch for 30 minutes while Thornton showers and gets ready in the morning, and then for another 60 minutes while she\u2019s prepping dinner.<\/p>\n<p>2. Select binge days<br \/>\nConsider choosing a day or a few days of the week on which TV or other technology is allowed. For Kelly Palmer\u2019s three kids in Toronto, TV days are Tuesday, Thursday and sometimes Saturday. Her kids, ages seven, four and three, are allowed to choose some Netflix shows to watch on those days, but at any other time, they know not to even ask. That said, Palmer will occasionally break the rule, but on those days, she gets to choose the content they watch\u2014which means Planet Earth documentaries. \u201cThey start out hating it, but they always end up loving it,\u201d says Palmer.<\/p>\n<p>Many families choose to have no screen time at all during the week, as it interferes with homework and bedtime, and allow it more liberally (or without any limitations) on weekends. Regardless of which days you choose, Matthew Johnson, director of education for MediaSmarts, a Canadian non-profit focused on media and digital literacy, likes the idea of only allowing screens at certain times. \u201cWhat makes this beneficial is that kids go into adolescence without the expectation that there are going to be screens every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>3. Make them justify their use<br \/>\nWhenever your kid asks to jump on to a piece of technology, ask \u201cwhy?\u201d suggests Johnson. \u201cOne of the most important things we can do as parents is to ensure that when kids are using screens, they\u2019re using them for a reason\u2014that they\u2019re not just turning them on out of habit.\u201d It\u2019s not that you\u2019ll definitely say no if their reason is they simply want to be entertained. But asking why encourages kids to think of other things they can do on the device\u2014like making a movie or playing an active video game\u2014that might make you more inclined to say yes. This strategy can also open up a conversation about why we use screens, and it gives you an opportunity to suggest a different activity if your kid is simply bored.<\/p>\n<p>4. Download a tracking app<br \/>\nThere are many screen-time tracking and parental-control apps that will monitor which apps are being used in the household, for how long and by whom. Schafer suggests simply starting by collecting data on all users, including parents. \u201cBe curious and investigative,\u201d she says. \u201cAsk yourself, Is this a good life? Is this balanced?\u2009\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve gathered the information, decide if you might want to use the app to set limits on what can be accessed and for how long. Jonathan Lebi and his wife use the app Qustodio to keep track of how much time their four kids, ranging from age seven to 14, are using their devices, whether it\u2019s in line with the family\u2019s predetermined screen-time rules, and whether they need help managing and regulating screen time. For example, their older kids are allowed 15 minutes in both the morning and evening on their devices for social media or entertainment, so when Qustodio showed their son spending 70 minutes on Snapchat, it was a good opportunity to talk about whether this was a good way to be spending his time. The Lebis choose not to use the app to control the amount of time spent on different screen activities, but you can use apps to stop allowing access after a set period. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claire I. We leave our home. We go for evening walks, sit on the bench under the stars or eat out. These activities help distract my family members from wanting to take their phones out. Katherine Z. 1. 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