I hid the ipad my kids like to use, on purpose. This is a little experiment. This also causes me to stop what I am doing and pay close attention to them. How can I say, “No electronics use at night, ” if I am on my laptop? My kids are addicted to electronics. They are going through withdrawal. I think they can handle it. They are bouncing off of the trampoline. It is good for them, to get all that pent up energy out on the trampoline, while the weather is still above freezing.
I am not proud that I had to trick them into going outside instead of being hunched down in a corner playing videos on the ipad. However, I know it is best for them to get plenty of exercise in. They have tons of energy, and don’t need to play solo on a the blasted ipad. I grew up when we played until the street lights came on. I am showing may age. I survived without play with a video game until all hours of the night. I don’t have anything against the games. I am against them being on the devices for over an hour a night. I don’t always catch it. They could go for more than an hour. I must confess, I tricked them.