I have had multiple conversations with my fellow parenting friends over the years about how to maintain balance with our kids’ screen usage. My wiring has a difficult time micromanaging (especially four kids) with timers, charts, daily check-ins, etc. It’s very difficult for my personality to do the same thing every day – except breathe and that’s involuntary. I’m more of an “ideas” gal, so I came up with a little saying that I’ve generally stuck to. In the spirit of raising balanced humans, I typed, printed, and hung a little diddy that says:
“Read, work, and clean before you play or screen.”
Shesourceful 