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Re:Dad takes down town's internet by mistake to get his kids... by idontwantthis on Friday February 18, 2022 @12:43PM (#30388709)
I let him back in when he asks for it.

About self-governance, honestly I don't know. I know that what kids are dealing with online is crack compared to the coffee I grew up with. I don't know if anyone can have a healthy relationship with Roblox, Tiktok, and Youtube.

I also know that now he finishes his school work, is learning guitar entirely on his own, and talks to us about school and his friends. Before he would stare at the computer until dinner and go back to it after unless we forced him to do something else.

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Re:Dad takes down town's internet by mistake to get his kids... by jamst174 on Friday February 18, 2022 @01:06PM (#30389035)
I completely sympathize with this. I had to kick the ipad off the network an hour ago so I could get the 6 yo to stop playing roblox and go somewhere with me. This was after asking numerous times over the course of 5 minutes and while trying to get results without yelling as often.

Anyone judging and trying to lecture on how doing actions like this is actually counter productive - well, chances are you don't have kids or you yell a lot.

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Re:Dad takes down town's internet by mistake to get his kids... by vmception on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @09:51AM (#30428587)
People want a more comprehensive solution to be discussed, a wider universe of possibilities, instead of false dilemmas and gatekeeping arbitrary choices with children or not.
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Re:Dad takes down town's internet by mistake to get his kids... by flycaliguy on Friday February 18, 2022 @01:10PM (#30389076)
Congratulations, those are huge wins. My oldest is 4 so I’m just starting to test the waters with a system and more concrete time blocks.
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Re:Dad takes down town's internet by mistake to get his kids... by bcrosby95 on Friday February 18, 2022 @12:59PM (#30388948)
I'm curious how old your kid is?

It took a lot to convince my wife to enable the time limit on our Amazon Fire tablets. They get 1 hour of videos and apps, but unlimited book time.

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Re:Dad takes down town's internet by mistake to get his kids... by idontwantthis on Friday February 18, 2022 @01:03PM (#30388992)
He's 13.
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