Kids and Electronics--Our Rules
First off, you've gotta do what works for your family as far as rules and expectations. Having said that there are a few things that we just all need to start doing for our kids regardless of how we feel about the matter. Technology is super powerful, and we are our children's buffer between them and the world of tech. For the same reason we don't give our kids bottomless access to Mountain Dew, we limit their consumption of tech, and fully prevent their access to certain things on the internet. Rule Number One-NO ELECTRONICS IN BEDROOMS (or the bathroom for that matter). No exceptions. No tvs, no cellphones, no reading tablets, nothing. I always tell the kids that it's not that I don't trust them, its that I don't trust satan. It's far easier to have a blanket rule of "no" for this one than to mess around with bylaws. We have a family computer in our living room and a laptop for whatever it is they want to do online-they can do t...
