How much screen time is too much?

There's no single number that fits every child or family, and we won't pretend otherwise. A more useful test: is the screen crowding out sleep, meals, movement, or connection? Those four are the ones worth protecting first.

My child melts down every time. Am I doing something wrong?

Almost always it's a transition problem, not a discipline problem. Two warnings, a timer that isn't your voice, and the same ending every night reduce the intensity for most families over a couple of weeks.

Should I go cold turkey?

Most parents find a step-down easier to sustain than a hard ban, because a ban usually collapses on the first hard day and hands the child proof the rules bend.

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