u/Aicmod42

I’m very strict about screen time in my home. I have a four-year-old, five year-old and seven-year-old. They are not allowed to watch any television on school days, and we limit it to movie nights and cartoons in the morning on the weekends.

We have an Alexa in our home and my seven year-old love talking to her. He will ask her football facts, animal facts, hypothetical questions “Alexa, who would win in a fight a bear or a shark?” Etc.

Are there any negatives to him doing this? Is this harming him in any way? Obviously this isnt Screen Time, but after a little while, he does look like a zombie sitting there having a conversation with a mini computer.

Hi all! I have a very sensitive five-year-old son. He struggles a little bit with some sensory issues like clothes not feeling right, or certain foods and smells really grossing him out. All of this is fine and we’re working through it, but I can’t seem to figure out is how to get him to minimize his reactions.

A few examples, today one of his toys fell into the bucket with water. So it got wet. At first he was fine, but as soon as I hugged him, he burst into tears saying how nervous he was and how upset he is that his toy is now wet. He screamed and cried so hard he almost made himself throw up.

Another example, during breakfast, a piece of his avocado was more squished than the others. He was so grossed out by it that he started gagging at the table and ran away screaming.

Another example, he stubbed his toe and was screaming, so insanely loud that it made my other kids cry because they were so scared as to what’s happening.

I always explained to him that these reactions are not OK and that we save such intense reactions for when something is actually happening to us… Like if we are bleeding or very hurt. Sometimes when he’s screaming so loud, I make him go to his room to calm down. But I don’t know what more to do? His reaction that behavior is not acceptable, but it seems like he’s not getting any better.

Any tips? Advice? Something that might have worked for your kids in the past?