Ilana Wilesのインスタグラム(mommyshorts) - 7月29日 23時29分

My biggest fear about Mazzy coming home was that all those weeks without technology would make her more addicted than ever. But I think the opposite has happened. It seems like she realized how much more fun life is when you aren’t zoning out on your iPad. I asked her if she missed technology and she said, “No, I was having too much fun to miss it.” When I told her, I wanted to be better about restricting her screen time, she did not argue. She seemed to inherently understand the benefit. I thought jumping on the iPad would be the first thing she wanted to do when she got home, but it wasn’t. She wanted to snuggle with me and pretend play with her little sister. When she finally logged on later that night, it was to tell her friends that she was home and set up communication with her new camp friends. I told her she had 20 minutes to do it and when her time was up, she put it away without a fuss. There were no requests to play Minecraft or watch YouTube. Then yesterday, we had guests over and I realized that Mazzy had disappeared in the bathroom for awhile. I knocked on the door to see if she was alright and she reacted a little suspiciously. I thought, here we go, she’s hiding in the bathroom with her iPad. But when she opened the door, I saw that she had been sitting on the bathroom counter playing with her LEGO people. She’d brought a whole village in there. I’m not sure if she was being secretive because she wanted to play alone or because she thought she was doing something babyish, but the sight of my big kid sneaking off to play with her LEGO & Friends was the happiest sight ever.

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amandareynaert @lisa_jay We has been on a slippery slope with ours too. My daughter had turned into Gollum when it came to the iPad. We got back from a vacation without the kids, they had stayed at my parents. My mom is great to craft with them and take them to the park etc. But they get more iPad time with her. We could see that it was starting to be a problem. So, the iPad got lost. And since that point a couple years ago I don’t think they’ve had the iPad more than a handful of hours total in that much time. I said to my husband, I think this will be one of the best decisions we’ve made. My girls play together. They craft, they do a lot of imaginative play. I also realize that not all kids are as chill as mine. And sometimes as parent you just need a damn break. No iPad works well here.

mommyx3cs My kids have not played on their kindles once this summer except at my parents for a sleepover. They all need new ones but honestly I just hate hearing them whine when it's time to give them back. We have watched YouTube a teaching one about money but that's it. I want them during the summer to play, be outside and have fun. Yes there are days when they are watching movies or in their pjs till the afternoon with the tv on but that's it. My older son who is 7 is constantly reading, my 6 year old daughter does arts and crafts and my 5 year old plays with his toys. When they ask for the kindle its usually dead. Love that Mazzy enjoyed her time away.

lisa_jay Yes! The thing about mine craft and YouTube is that they become addictions. So by taking a huge break she’s broken the need for them. It’s so good. When our daughter was age 8/9 and started playing mine craft we noticed changes in her behaviour when it came to asking her to stop playing. We got rid of it (against her opinion). At first she was not happy about it but over time she ceased caring about it. It went from really mattering to her, to being nothing to her. I look back and realise it was the best decision to break her free. I dread to think of the childhood play time lost if we hadn’t done it.

kateszer I’m a professor of media effects on children and I love this story! I actually hear it a lot. First reaction when I tell people that my kids, aged 5 & 7, are nearly screen free (they get about an hr a week) is that I am crazy or some kind of masochist, but then when they reduce their kids screen time they realize how much better it is! I would love for my next book to just be testimonials from parents who have done it! Thanks for sharing this with your community! Makes my job easier!

laaholman One thing I have noticed post sleep away camp every year is that my boys (even though both are serious extroverts) crave alone time and quiet. I think camp is so much people and fun and noise all the time that even the most outgoing kids need some quiet. We also have kept all iPads in the safe and said we aren’t bringing them back out until school starts. Minimum complaints. Camp is so good for modern kids to unplugged and do “old school” fun.

ilonas12 @mommyshorts This is delicious. I keep technology away because I KNOW it is possible and fun to live without it. My memories of childhood are so imaginative and full of conversations and play. Now...if I can just do that for myself. There are days that I literally want to throw my phone out of the window. It all starts with checking work emails and spirals from there. I am thinking about taking Instagram and Facebook off my phone.

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