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G'day to all those parents out there,(sorry for long post)
My oldest started high school this year and has an Ipad for school use. Educational apps, text books, research etc are all done on it in class as well as homework.
We limit all our kids screen time, no TV on school days/nights, electronic gaming 0.5hrs only each weekend/non school day.
All expert resources I have found recommend max 2hrs per day of recreational screen time (which I think is too much anyway) but I have found nothing to address screen time spent in class. All the resources do recommend physical activity and discuss the benefits of social interaction during such activities as well as the obvious general health benefits.
The school has no limit on screen time outside the classroom and many kids, mine included, spend most of the break times (1hr20min total each day) playing games on the Ipads. We have expressed our concern about this but have not had any success with any limits or reasons why they are not limited. We looked at deleting anything other than school stuff on the school Ipad but that isolates my child from all others as they still play games and my child not being at all sporty would just sit alone and we consider this to be the worst of 2 evils so we allowed 2 games only.
Do any other parents have similar issues? Does anyone have similar school ipad programs which do or do not restrict use outside of the classroom?
Thanks for any input.
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My oldest started high school this year and has an Ipad for school use. Educational apps, text books, research etc are all done on it in class as well as homework.
We limit all our kids screen time, no TV on school days/nights, electronic gaming 0.5hrs only each weekend/non school day.
All expert resources I have found recommend max 2hrs per day of recreational screen time (which I think is too much anyway) but I have found nothing to address screen time spent in class. All the resources do recommend physical activity and discuss the benefits of social interaction during such activities as well as the obvious general health benefits.
The school has no limit on screen time outside the classroom and many kids, mine included, spend most of the break times (1hr20min total each day) playing games on the Ipads. We have expressed our concern about this but have not had any success with any limits or reasons why they are not limited. We looked at deleting anything other than school stuff on the school Ipad but that isolates my child from all others as they still play games and my child not being at all sporty would just sit alone and we consider this to be the worst of 2 evils so we allowed 2 games only.
Do any other parents have similar issues? Does anyone have similar school ipad programs which do or do not restrict use outside of the classroom?
Thanks for any input.
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