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Getting Your Kid Away From the Screen!

By Rod Anderson, CP Cartoonist
Getting Your Kids Away From the Screen!
Getting Your Kids Away From the Screen!

Welcome to the 21st century! When I had our first child in 1990 I thought television would be my nemesis but my kids don't watch much TV at all (very few of their peers watch TV – today it's all about gaming or Social Media).

My first suggestion for parents on this – as with so many other things – is simple: start early. If you begin when your kids are young with common sense rules for computer and TV use, it will be much easier to continue that when it comes to iPhones. Changing family patterns when the kids are already teens is possible, but it is much more difficult.

Admittedly it is very hard to monitor our kids PC or smartphone use. How do parents keep our family from drowning in electronic time? Here are some of my suggestions:

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/exclusive-kids-addiction-to-electronic-media-how-parents-can-wisely-put-a-limit-to-gaming-and-more-141636/

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