Screen time win - finally got my kids excited about something other than YouTube

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Mar 11 min read

Been a rough few months with my 10 and 12 year old basically glued to screens during winter. Last weekend I finally got them to go fishing with me at the pond near our house. No phones allowed. You know what? They actually had fun. They caught nothing but they were laughing and talking and just being kids. Now they keep asking when we can go back. Not saying I'm throwing out the tablets but man it feels good to see them interested in something real again.

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PPaul K.New DadMar 3

Yes! Finally someone cracking the code on this. Winter is the worst for screen time. How long did it take before they actually preferred the new thing?

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TTravis N.RegularMar 2

This is huge. My oldest finally put the iPad down when we started doing building projects together on weekends. It's been a total shift in our house.

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MMike R.New DadMar 2

What did you end up getting them into? We've been struggling with the same thing and I'm running out of ideas that don't involve screens.

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