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Originally Posted by sclitheroe
I'm unlikely to put hard limits on usage given their behaviour patterns - I'd encourage lots of diversity in activity before simply setting hard caps on any one activity as a general rule, so its unlikely I'd ever actually set time limits.
Edit: on the computer front, I will never set limits, unless they are just goofing off for hours on end on Flash gaming sites. If they're reading, researching, looking at pictures of animals, drawing, playing with an electronic keyboard, etc, I won't ever discourage that. The world is so digital now that I firmly believe limiting access to technology can be as damaging as anything that could happen letting them use it too much.
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Good point with the computer, if there's diverse things then I'm more lenient (like I mentioned with drawing), but I have the "hard" limit just because it's easier to communicate to a very literal kid.
And my kid would totally sit and play flash games or watch minecraft youtube videos or just play minecraft for 8 hours if I let him, so after a 45 minute span I'll usually tell him to do something different (draw, educational game, etc), or go draw or go outside or play lego or something else.