Raising a gadget-free child! Here’s how a mom did it

hi, iam a mother f 2 yr old angle. I sometimes feel not to show rhymes on tv nd mobile but she has learnt lot f things frm all dos. I ll allow her watching rhymes once r twice a day not more than 1 hr a day. V shud not completely cut them playing r enjoying anything but shud follow limits. Dis s my my view frnds.

Hi I am a mother of 1. 2 years old baby. My daughter is fond of watching songs on TV or phone. Initially we found it easy to feed her while watching but now she is dependent on this habit. can someone suggest how can I avoid this.

I have 1. 3 year baby girl & she is totally gadget free because I don't show her rhymes & cartoons in mobile as well as in TV while eating. I keeps her busy in another activities. because rays of gudgets spoils eyesight as well as they become addicted so can't concentrate on another learning activities. I think at least ignore gedgets till they are under parents control. if they will learn than we can set time limit.

I also had the same issue with my two sons , 4 years old nd the younger one 1 year old. They eat ,slept nd played with these smart gadgets . But from past one month me nd my hubby made it a point to avoid mobiles in front of them. I even hidded my mobile nd used when they both slept. for emergency I used a basic phone which dint had any smartness.. But know after one month the results are positive. They both are changing. Thank God.

my son cries for videos and I go crazy... I have now tried to divert his mind when he wants to watch videos and if he doesn't understand I turn on the TV rather then phone.... but slowly he is not cranky for the videos... thank god

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i m also facing the same problem with my son n daughter.... they don't eat food without watching iPad n phone or TV... please tell how can I control this.

My baby is 2 yrts and 7 mnths old. he was very attached with mobile. without mobile he dnt sleep,eat. Me and my hubby decide we dnt give him mobile. so that he ask for mobile we both tried to motivate his mind in other things.... it took time but it s effective. In front of him we dnt talk in phone.... last 2 mnths he sleep,play,eat without mobile...

I have two kids n both my kids r adicted to Mobile phone.. since last month i hv become more strict.. now when they cry for phone, i hv started ignoring them.. i dont response to them.. they cry loud bcoz this generation know how to imotional blackmail their parents.. once i dont response my kids.. their mind diverts to other toys n games.. and it really worked for me..

Hi I too have the same problem.. my baby is 1 yr n 9 months old , and she is also addicted to TV n phone for Rhymes. It started when she refused to eat anything and I found myself easy to show her some Rhymes so that she gets diverted and eats easily. But now I am really worried about it as it my affect her eyes. So could you give me some suggestions regarding it problem.

Hi, Thanks for suggesting such a nice blog. I just want your advice on how to engage a almost 3 year old boy when you have limited options available at home. I tried to engage him in coloring he takes interest just for few minutes after that he starts taring papers and finally I have to engage him in some electronics. So that I can finish off my house hold work. I stay in US and here we only have to house work and as our stay is for few months , we have not purchased many items apart from his favorite toys.

nice guidelines n l'll try too.