Screen time

Blog, it was your first Mother's Day as a real blog.

Scureeen time.  We have all heard that phrase before... screen time. I know, Blog, I am going to do a whole yourself on vocabulary the Internet has given us, it's crazy!  We all know that "screen time" is no good for our kids but like everything else in the world, screen time has its bennies.  Otherwise, we wouldn't have INVENTED it, you silly. We'd all just point a remote at the fireplace and press random buttons on it, sit back on the couch, and stare at the wall above the fireplace. Boring.

Okay so I have my rules about screen time in the house on the weeknights. And then during weekends. And then over at a friend's house on weeknights.  And weekends at a friend's house.  When it is raining and not raining.  When the second Wednesday of the month falls on a Tuesday.  And so on.

Actually the rules are pretty simple, which is no screenage unless mama's super tired or has to work, which is almost always.  But something needs to be said for this screen time.  Yes, it is detrimental and undoubtedly there is a direct correlation to Teddy having screen time and Teddy punching things. Honestly, you put the 3ds in one hand and his other hand simultaneously forms into a boxing glove on a spring.  But like I said, the bennies.  I can plunk my kids in front of a screen -  video game, Sesame Street - and not only mow the lawn but read the entire The Hunger Games trilogy before they even notice I am gone.  Unless Ted wants a banana.  He might notice then.  Ted and his bananas; it's enough to drive you...well, you know.

That's really it for now, I feel like I will always be talking about the fine line between things, Blog.  The fine line between screen time giving mama a nice break and melting my children's brains.  The fine line between Ted teasing his sister and torturing her (being crossed this very second). The fine line between his sister laughing and losing all her marbles (about to happen in one nanosecond).  Gotta go Blog, love you.