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So what do you do about this issue?
How about using your gut instinct and taking a firm stand?
A while back my wife and I decided that when our kids were young we'd like them to spend
large majority of their time interacting with other human beings, not screens. We also realized that at some point in
future this may change. But because of this decision, we're sometimes looked at as peculiar by people we know.
And while it does cause some hardship, we haven't regretted it for a moment.
It simply seemed like
right thing to do.
I would challenge all parents to look at this issue and to make a decision about what kind of family culture you want. And don't base it on what
Jones' are doing across
street or what popular culture tells you to do.
Make your decision, set your limits, and do your kids an enormous service by standing by your limits, no matter what. Firmly and respectfully state that, "this is what we do in our house" and then stand by it.
I don't know if video games and violent TV make kids more violent. And I don't think TV or video games are inherently evil.
I just want
best for my kids, because they'll only be kids once in their life.

Mark Brandenburg MA, CPCC, is the author of 25 Secrets of Emotionally Intelligent Fathers (http://www.markbrandenburg.com/e_book.htm#secrets. For more great tips and action steps for fathers, sign up for his FREE bi-weekly newsletter, Dads, Don’t Fix Your Kids, at http://www.markbrandenburg.com