Ok, hear me out. Parents talk a lot about limiting screen time, cutting out the internet around bed time, and taking the phones away when it’s better to go play outside.
Parents do things like block the kids devices from the Internet. (Routers have that feature now to restrict specific devices on the wifi)
Internet cuts off, the kids get crabby about it.
Well, what if instead of blocking the Internet, you could slow it down to a crawl?
Kids trying to use anything from YouTube and streaming, to browsing, to trying to play online games would become frustrated.
The kids would try to wait it out – but it wouldn’t get better.
Parents would blame the ISP or a crappy router.
So, kids would then organically decide to do other things. It would feel as though it was their decision instead of being forced by Mom and Dad. They might call a friend to hang out, they might go outside with the dog, they might crack a book. Literally anything else but a screen.
What do you all think?
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