Originally Posted by
hutash
My opinion on this sort of thing is to just be a parent. you are in charge. Parents set all sorts of limits, bed times, TV time, when they can visit friends, etc, etc, etc. We gave our girls now 30and 26, clear guidelines to all though things and they were not negotiable. As time went on they got more options and freedoms as they earned them. They got basic phones when we felt they needed them, not when they wanted one. Smart phones came much later. Very limited TV when they were young. We didnt bother with cable until they were in their teens. About the only thing they had unlimited access to were books, but even that had limits, no reading past a certain time, etc. We made certain exceptions as conditions dictated, and they earned it by not being little shits.
So, while we didn't have screen time issues we did have all the same issues parents had and will have. When I was a kid it was the golden age of TV, but my parents limited watching. No doubt my dad had limited radio time as a kid. Same problem, different generation. Be a parent, be in charge.