How I (Finally) Reduced my Pre-schooler's Screentime {6.10}

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When my son was still a baby I promised myself I wouldn't let him watch TV until he was AT LEAST 5. I mean I survived until much older without a TV so surely he can too.

Oh how naive I was!

By the time he was 3.5 he was regularly watching 3-4 hours of TV, sometimes more than that. Like most habits that we're not happy with, it crept up slowly and steadily, often out of necessity while caring for his baby sibling.

In this episode I talk about:

  • What the suggested screentime limits are for children

  • How and why my pre-schooler's screentime got so out of hand

  • How we limited it his screentime

  • Where we are now with screentime

  • Reflections on what we'll do differently with our daughter

As with so many aspects of parenting, we're working things out as we go along. Things will change again in the future no doubt!

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