We're more or less relaxed about screen time, especially at weekends, and the huge upside of this is that at six he sometimes now says, well that's enough , I want to do some drawing. From what I understand, the biggest parenting challenge is at 16, and anything that gives them a chance to learn self-discipline, and painfree self-determination, before then has got to be worthwhile.
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I once heard anything you waste time doing that you enjoy is not wasted time. I spent a lot of evenings playing zelda as a kid and feel it had a lot of positive impact on my problem solving skills along with the patience of trial and error. Lucky for me my parents didnt care I stayed up all night playing. I can see how that would have played out differently with other parents.