I don’t know about the rest of you, but I am in a perpetual state of screen-time guilt.
I would love to get my boys away from the TV/DS/iDevice/Kindle/Wii (we have far too many devices!) more than I do, but when we finally get home from school and activities, and homework is done, they are both so tired that it’s sometimes difficult to drum up enthusiasm for anything else.
And, let’s face it, by then I’m exhausted too!
A bit of TV allows me to get dinner made without a child hanging off my leg or pestering me for snacks :)
However, a sign that perhaps they’ve been playing on the Wii a little too much could be this:
Mummy, look at the squirrels, they’re playing Super Mario Brothers…
What do you think?!
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we have thats same problem!! my youngest new who Mario was long before she could say many words! oops :)
He he! Our wee girl joins in, and pretends to play… It won’t belong before she can name them all too!
Ha ha, that’s brilliant. I find if mine don’t see the devices they don’t ask for them, so I keep them hidden!
Ha, yes – that works with the 4yo, not so much with the 7yo… Although to be fair to him, he is as likely to head off with a book as a device :)
Haha no that’s a clear sign that actually they are still able to use their imaginations :)
That is very true, and a great way to look at it :)
love it :) We put a DVD on most nights whilst I’m getting dinner ready, otherwise I have 2 clingons too!
I know, needs must sometimes!
Oh dear, that’s funny – what an imagination – those squirrels sound awesome!! #funee
Yes, when they’re not throwing acorns at us, they’re recreating scenes from Mario…!
Oooh I can just picture them with their tiny consoles ;)
Ha! They’re clever those squirrels :)
I love it! Mine are just the same, and I feel guilty a lot xx
It’s so hard isn’t it? But at least it doesn’t seem to be damaging their imaginations :)
totally have the same problem with too much screen time – and they seem to relate everything to what they do online too! Mine love moshi monsters so everything they talk about ends up related to what they’ve been doing on moshi. xxx
Ah, yes! Moshi monsters! We went through the same with them :) It’s a tough one, but I do try not to give myself too hard a time about it – my oldest reads and plays a lot of problem solving games on his Kindle, to there is educational stuff in there too :) Sometimes…!
Haha, this made me giggle x
Thanks!
Ha ha that is funny! Mine are all obsessed too and my eight year old often has game related dreams
Thank you! I guess it shows their imaginations are still doing ok!