Screens
Screens are part of many homes. The question is not only “how much time?” but what place screens have in family life, what your child is watching, and how adults hold the limits they have decided on.
Setting boundaries does not require making technology the enemy.
When turning it off ends in conflict
The end of a highly engaging activity is a transition. Preparing for it and holding the ending calmly can help.
Rules work better when they exist before the conflict and do not change every time the protest gets louder.
It is not only about time: content matters too
Knowing what they watch or play, sharing some of it with them, and making it easy for them to tell you if something felt uncomfortable are all part of support.
Technical controls can help, but they do not replace conversation.
And what about us?
Children also notice the place phones have in adult life.
Adults and children do not need identical rules. But it helps to check whether we really protect the moments of presence that we say matter.
Tell Kora when screens appear in your home and what the specific conflict is. Time, content, stopping, and adult modelling are different problems.
