Entertainment
One episode ends and the next starts by itself a few seconds later, which leaves the whole job of stopping to you. The visual support below gives entertainment a frame that sits in the room instead of only being spoken.
♂Boy choosing entertainment
A boy points a remote at a screen showing film, music and game symbols.
About this visual support
A film ends, but the next one starts on its own after five seconds. Entertainment is built to keep going, which means the ending always has to come from you rather than from the content. Every stop therefore becomes a negotiation, and that negotiation happens in the middle of something your child is fully inside and which, right then, is the best thing available.
Visual support moves the frame from your voice into the room. When your child can see which pictures belong to screen time, such as choosing, watching, switching off and doing something else, the limit becomes part of the activity from the start rather than an announcement that arrives too late. One concrete move: let your child pick the content before the screen goes on, and put that choice card next to a picture of what happens afterwards. The ending then has an address before it is due.
With the Routined app you can show both the choice and the next step on the same screen your child is watching. Try it before deciding; the first fourteen days carry no charge.
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