RE: The Necessity of a Screen Free Day
Man that sounds familiar. Electronics have affected our child’s desire to eat, get enough sleep, or do anything other than stare at his ipod. He’s gotten up at 3 am many times to play on it and he’s a mess the rest of the day.
Take it away for an hour and the crying and screaming commence. About a week ago he dropped the iPod in the toilet and honestly I think that might be a blessing in disguise. He still has tv but he’s not constantly glued to it like he was his iPod.
I myself spend too much screen time as well. My job requires it—often 50 hours a week in front of my computer. Then I get home and have banking and social media and texts and emails to deal with. It’s jut too much.
I might try a screen free day next time I get a day off work. Honestly the more time I spend staring at a computer or a phone the less human I feel. Ugh.
Very nice post.
I think your experience with your child is very common. It just goes along with living in this modern age...sounds like my son...looking back to the time his grandparents told me they were getting him a tablet for Christmas, I kind of wish I would've put my foot down then and said, "No, get him something else, Lego sets, books, not a tablet. Because now it consumes his mind so much that even when he doesn't have it he's thinking about it. Once we didn't notice he had it in bed and he literally took that as an opportunity to stay up all night with it. We found that very troubling! Give a screen free day a try! It might annoy the hell out of everyone in some ways but there will be benefits I promise!! :)