Welcome!
I imagine you’re here because you’re concerned about how much screen time your child is getting, as well as what they’re watching, how long they’ve been watching it for, and how much real-life they’re missing out on because of those bloody addictive screens that the world keeps pushing onto our kids!
You and me both.
Hands up who has left their then one-year-old in front of the TV while you were suffering from brutal morning sickness and your baby’s first word was ‘Peppa’?
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So, yes, we know we shouldn’t give our kids under two any screen time at all or keep them in front of the TV. And, kids shouldn’t have phones, be on social media, or be gaming all night.
WE ALL KNOW THIS!
But life kicks you in the balls all the time and having kids is hard enough when you also have to be all things to all people ALL THE time!
Right?
So, if this website is one thing, it’s a NON-JUDGEMENTAL space where I talk about all my tried and tested experiments to encourage my kids to achieve a healthy balance between screen time and screen-free activities.
I honestly don’t care about the number of times you left your kids on the screens for too long, or when they had their first phone. I’m sure you had your reasons as I have and sometimes needs must when you’re struggling to find the time to do everything. I know you always have your kids’ best intentions at heart.
You love your kids and you are doing great! The fact that you’re trying to limit screen time means you are more than great – you are awesome!
What I care about is that we work together to make things easier/simpler/better for ourselves when we’re trying to keep our kids from not becoming screen zombies. Let’s try things out to reduce digital dementia and make mistakes, pick up the pieces and try again.
Let’s keep trying to limit screen time, offer more screen-free activities, tip the screen scales into educational screen time and see where the journey takes us. If we make mistakes, or we have a hard day and we just want to chill with the TV on because we deserve to chill, then SO BE IT! Our kids won’t die.
But, let’s keep trying to make the world a better place for them.
Let’s try to give them what we had when we were growing up – never being home, always playing outside, fostering relationships in real life, and not being stuck on a phone for 16 hours a day.
We won’t be able to beat screen time, but we can at least arm ourselves with the knowledge to be more in control of how our kids handle screens and only then can we help them achieve a healthier relationship with screens in their lives.
Let’s start there.
Much love,
Leyla xx 🌟
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