More Screen Time?

More Screen Time?

This morning I listened to: Good Kids: How Not to Raise an Asshole, How To Balance Screen Time While Kids Are Stuck at Home and just thought many of you parents, quarantined with kids at home might enjoy this.

First of all, I don’t know how you with kids do it. . .ever,  Much less during this crazy time.  Hats off to you!  I really enjoyed a couple things in this podcast that might be helpful/relate to some of you.

First of all, parenting is hard.  Everyone is trying to do their best and that is all you can do.

Take care of yourself.  You might have to make changes to how you would normally handle something - well these aren’t normal times,so do what you need to do to handle things in a way that works best for your family.  (Yes, your kid may be an hour over the allowed screen time, but you have a big, important work call and you need to keep your job.  You’re not a bad parent for letting them get away with the extra screen time so that you can have your work call.)

It might be worth redefining how you think of/count screen time during this crazy quarantine.  Now a lot of time with friends/family is done virtually.  More and more school work is virtual.  And, this is just a tough time for everyone. ..everyone is just trying to get by as best as we all can.  Maybe, at least during this quarantine, it makes more sense to limit screen time that isn’t productive, enriching, enlightening, helpful. . .in some way.  Maybe screen time is extended for things that are though.

Once again, I know nothing about this, but I do know that all the parents in my life have even more on their plates during quarantine, which I didn’t think was even possible.  You are all doing great and it is okay to not make the “perfect parenting choices” all the time.  What is perfect, is doing what works best for you and your family right now.

Stay safe, stay healthy and keep on doing the amazing kick-ass job that you’re doing, raising amazing little people!