[Xmca-l] Time management for children and adolescents

[Ulvi İçil]

I think millions of parents struggle to control the time spent on mobile
phones, tablets, games etc.

This control mechanism usually works through spoken communication.

"Leave it just now I said to you" etc
"Only five minutes more mum please"

Surely, I do not claim that this is a discovery even the guidance sections
of the best schools can not propose a suitable and effective tool for
managing this process.

However, there is a unique one: A pen and a paper and the self-writing of
the child or adolescent of the beginning.and ending time for such use.

Agreed mutually upon a pre-determined daily time to be spent on such
devices, both the child and the parent is able to monitor the daily
situation without engaging in a disagreement about how much time is spent
etc.

A Vygotskian way to deal with, isn't it?

Ulvi

P.s. Well I know and do not underestimate how clever are these little human
beings in paralysing any parental control mechanism!