How to Negotiate Screen Time with Your Kids

A couple weeks ago, I instagrammed a photo of our new screen time system, and immediately other moms were asking me to share the secret. It's a pretty simple system so I thought I would share it here. This is how we negotiate screen time in our house.



How to do negotiate screen time with your kids? Are you comfortable with the amount of scree time your kids watch, or would you like to implement more controls?

- By Kristen Howerton

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Kristen Howerton is a professor of pyschology and mom of four children within four years via birth and adoption. She's been blogging at Rage Against the Minivan as a coping skill since 2006.

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