Charting Screen Time
When I was growing up screen time was exclusively TV, but an effort was still made to limit it.
Here Mrs Neu describes her screen time limiting techniques:
“Each day I make a chart for each child. If he wants to watch cartoons, I point out what other programs he likes to watch that day and ask him how much time he wants to use up. We mark on the chart and I tell him when the time his up....I try to help them evaluate the quality of the programs by sitting down with them afterward to write what they liked about what they saw.”
I was kept busy writing about "Lost in Space" instead of watching it (missing the fact that about all that changes is the scenery and the type of enemy). Imagine doing this today with video games like "The Legend of Zelda."
Speaking of Lost in Space: