Maybe you should explain the science to the girls, watch some videos/read articles whatever, about melatonin and screens - it's really easy to find. Some of it is even pretty alarmist (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/23/reading-before-bed_n_6372828.html") :p I suppose I can probably guess who will and won't be swayed by that kind of evidence...
Ananda and Jake are my only kids who ever go to bed with lit screens in hand - she has an iPhone and he has a Nook that's used strictly as an ereader, mainly because we'd burned through a dozen book lights and I was done taping books that had fallen down his bed's cracks and edges.
Something I've talked about at length with Isaac, can FEEL is true for me, and may also impact you, is research that shows smart phone use increases anxiety. It's worth thinking about. Aaron seems so mature to me for NOT wanting one/understanding he'd be instantly addicted.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2015-02-09 10:40 pm (UTC)Ananda and Jake are my only kids who ever go to bed with lit screens in hand - she has an iPhone and he has a Nook that's used strictly as an ereader, mainly because we'd burned through a dozen book lights and I was done taping books that had fallen down his bed's cracks and edges.
Something I've talked about at length with Isaac, can FEEL is true for me, and may also impact you, is research that shows smart phone use increases anxiety. It's worth thinking about. Aaron seems so mature to me for NOT wanting one/understanding he'd be instantly addicted.