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Is Unlimited Screen Time Ever Okay?

How much screen time to grant children is one of the biggest parental quandaries of the digital age. But Lifehacker writer Christine Burke, who works from home, is a big advocate of giving kids unlimited screen time–once they’ve completed a quartet of regular daily activities.

During days when her kids are off from school, they must spend an hour apiece exercising, engaging in some sort of creative activity, reading, and doing chores “before their devices become glued to their faces.”

Burke adds, “Often, they’d spend more than an hour on an activity because they’d be so engrossed in building a model or finishing a book that they’d lose track of time.

Both kids have told me they don’t mind ‘working’ while I work because they know they’ll get to spend quality time with me in the afternoons. It’s a win-win.”

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