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When your child's screen time becomes a daily battle

My 8-year-old begs for screen time every single day and I give in because I'm exhausted and need twenty minutes to myself but then I feel like a terrible parent.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The parent is caught between their immediate need for rest and their long-term concerns about their child's development.

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