Curious to hear how much other parents of elementary and middle school kids let their kids spend online and watching TV during the week?
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Twisty Noodle writes: I have a 7 and 4 year old. I let them watch an average of about an hour a day... a little more on the weekend. If it's nice outside they may watch no TV that day, if we have a rainy day it might be 2 hours. We have a no video games policy during weekdays.
Nicola @ Twisty Noodle
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tkbarabe writes: I have a 7 year old and he is allowed to watch approximately 1 hour of television a day. It really depends on the weather. We like the outdoors...
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dmunesinghe@hotmail.com writes: There is a rule in my household where there would be no TV and electronics from Mondays to Thursdays. Friday evening, I allow my son to use the electronics or watch tv for approximately 2 hours and Sat, I leave it flexible as long as he spends 1 hour reading a book and Sunday, by 1pm, all electronics and tv is taken away from him.
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jenwer writes: Since our oldest was little (she is now 20 and in college), the rules have been a half hour on the computer, other than homework time, and a half hour of TV per night. Very rarely do my three kids utilize their TV time as they are all busy with homework and extra-curricular activities. The weekends become a little more relaxed, but they still only have an 1 1/2-2 hours of screen time per day. We encourage activities like Wii to satisfy their techno desires.