So Isabelle has a tablet that we let her use sometimes to watch videos or shows on when we need to get work done or if we’re watching something she doesn’t want to watch.
I’m totally okay with letting her have it sometimes, she gets it maybe once or twice a week at our house, but the problem is getting it back from her once I feel she’s been on it too long...she would stay on it all day and night if she could! When it dies or when we try to get it back from her, she FREAKS OUT. She’s been in her room crying for twenty minutes because I told her it was time to put it away (she’d been on it for almost two hours while I did some work). She ended up getting in trouble because when I took it from her, she tried to take my phone to watch videos on instead.
What do I do? Do we just not let her use it anymore? I don’t mind her having it sometimes, she really does learn a lot from the videos she watches, but I don’t want her constantly glued to it and I don’t want a meltdown every time it’s time to put it away. 😪😪
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If you’re using YouTube kids, set the timer in there. It might help! It definitely helps my daughter and she knows that it’s time for the iPad to go away when the timer screen pops up.
I didn’t know that was a thing! Maybe that will help. Thank you!
Maybe set an egg timer, so when it goes off she knows times up and not just Mom being mean taking it away.
Can you try explaining to her that if she keeps acting like that when she has to give it back that she won’t get it anymore? Or try a reward exchange. Like if she gives it back with no problems she gets a cookie for snack or something like that
Different kids react to ultimatums and rewards differently. Jacob responds to “if you keep behaving like this it’s going in the garbage” very well. Usually after the 3rd time the reaction is done
I say keep sticking to your limits and tell her when you give it to her that if she throws a fit, she's going to lose the next chance to use it.
ETA Just realized she's two. Will she understand if you explain that to her?
This is the exact reason we don't let ours use our phones. It just isn't worth it.