Screen Time Rules When You Have Multiple Ages | Raising Arrows® Podcast 165

When you have big kids and little kids and even young adults living in your home, how do you handle all the different screens and rules for being on devices? Here’s what’s worked for us!
Resources mentioned:
Podcast #74 - Screen Time Limits in a Large Family - raisingarrows.net/screen-time...
Do Your Homeschooled Kids Need a Cell Phone? (post) - raisingarrows.net/homeschool-...
Creating a Special Night for Each Child (post) - raisingarrows.net/special-night/
The Anxious Generation (book) - amzn.to/4aOW78I
VidAngel (movie and television filtering service) - www.vidangel.com/membership/e...

[@onesaucymomma7994]

I'm so glad you're sharing this! It is very easy to get out of control, and with 8 children, I want to get a better handle on screen time. I'm gonna go back and take notes while listening a second time. You have some great ideas here!

[@AmyRaisingArrows]

Absolutely! It's so easy for it to get out of control, and with a lot of kids, it just compounds the problem.

[@sundusfarrukh6489]

How do you handle kids that ask for 5 minutes more

[@AmyRaisingArrows]

It's a flat no. We have exceptions from time to time, but we have set times for a reason and everyone has to abide by those times so it wouldn't be fair to give one kids 5 minutes more without giving the other 5 minutes more. You could tell them that if they promise not to ask for extra time, there will be surprise extra time on occasion.