A mother does not set a screen timeframe for her children in order to give them “independence to choose”.
Laura Melling, 35, has never been limited as long as her daughters – aged six and seven – can move on to their iPads.
Instead it allows them to choose if they want to play or be in front of a screen, but requires them to leave their equipment downstairs when they go to bed.
Laura and her husband, Paul, 36, a union, say girls spend 50 percent of free time on screens and 50 percent playing and outside.
Mom -From the two she says she sees screen time welfare and say her daughters often watch educational videos on YouTube.
Laura, a clinical research leader, from Leyland, Lancashire, said: “I am right for children to choose.
“If they want to play, they can. If they want to go to iPads they can.
“They have independence to choose.”
Laura insists that the family is often out and around on their caravan, so girls still have a balance of screens and outside.
She said, “They get a balance.”
But she says Sunday is often a “cold day” where children can stay in their pajamas and be on screens all day if they choose.
She said: “Sunday is mostly a cold day.
“If they wake up early, they can go and get their iPad.”
Children also complement their homework in the iPads and will watch educational videos by themselves.
Laura said: “Sometimes they come up with a casual fact from something they have looked at.
“My youngest told me what ooobleck is next day – which can because as a solid or a liquid.
“My seven year old taught me.”
Apart from the time of screen Laura will not force her children to finish a food dish – but will still allow them to get something from the snack equalization if they love something different.
It also allows them to get an unhealthy snack in the morning – as long as they have eaten breakfast first.
She said: “It creates an unhealthy obsession with food.
“I sometimes know that I don’t want to finish what it has on my plate, but I want something else.
“I don’t look at the time and go” is only 10 morning, so you can’t have a biscuit. “
“The roast closet is there.”
Laura will also lift everything if her daughters want to go for a private conversation at any point.
She said: “My seven -year -old is very exciting.
“If she wants to tell me something, she may seek to chat private.
“I’ll remove anything – even if I’m in the middle of the cooking dinner.
“It means she is not hiding it from me.”
Laura and Paul also believe in facilitating experiences and memories of their daughters – even if they have to put themselves in debt to do it.
She said: “Everyone is always in debt.
“Children are only young.
“We went to Lapland between Christmas and New Year and some of them went to credit card.
“But my older is turning eight years old and she will start questioning Santa.
“I wanted all the magic of everyone.”
Laura does not use a term to determine her parenting style, but says she wants to be “right”.
She said: “I don’t like to have a management style – the parents they do are so strict that the kids can’t give.”
Laura often shares her views on tiktok @lauramell17_ugc_creator and says she has people who disagree with her parenting habits.
She said: “They are my children. I can parent them as I want. “
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