ABS Kids

It’s Saturday morning, a day of rest and relaxing. Or at least that’s the theory. My bedroom door flies open and my sons run in. “Can we play games? Can we play games? Can we play games?” No “good morning”, no “hello, I love you mum!” no snuggles or cuddles. I find it beyond frustrating that my kids are so addicted to those little electronic devices, mobile phones. There is no doubt that we live in the modern age of technology and “devices”. Years ago, when my son was little more than a year old, he could access an iPhone without any help. Now my children seem to be addicted to playing games on any device they can get their hands on, iPods, iPhones, iPads. Even though we have screen rules, they still nag and nag to play games on a cell phone. It drives me crazy. They are not alone. More and more people, adults, teens and kids spend hours and hours on mobile devices. You know what? I know about it, I know how addictive they are, I try hard to restrict my own phone use but at times I find myself reaching for it just because I’m bored. I too am hooked to my phone. So We(Play-doh-fun) are trying to solve How can you balance allowing your kids time to play on mobile devices without it taking over? Without your kids getting addicted to playing on your iPhone?