夏季假期如何管理孩子使用电子设备的时间？

新西兰目前正值夏季孩子放假时期。如何管理孩子使用电子设备和上网游览以及玩游戏的时间，是每个家庭面临的挑战和问题。分享一些屏幕管理策略与原则，希望对有些家长有帮助。（英文抄自The Parenting Place)

四个方法来管理你的孩子在这个夏天的屏幕时间

1.去野营

家庭度假是一生中最棒的回忆。当你们都在一个新的环境中时，你将会创造出填补时间的方法。你会玩牌，一起做饭，争论谁把所有的帐篷挂钩 - 这些家庭成员，以及朋友间的有趣互动，是非常难忘的记忆！

2.设立家庭无屏幕的时间

设立家庭无屏幕时段，鼓励孩子直接与其他孩子或朋友玩耍互动。或者鼓励孩子做些自己喜爱的事情，比如阅读，涂鸦画画，讲故事，玩玩具，下棋，外出骑车，等等等等。关键是家长要想办法给孩子提供玩耍的项目与内容，让孩子的时间都被实在的活动所占据，而不是闲的无所事事。

3.控制家庭无线网络

家长需要学习掌握如何变更WIFI密码，而且将此作为要求孩子参与户外活动的筹码。比如，鼓励孩子邀请朋友来家玩；去后院玩一段时间的板球。。。。。总之，家长要学会利用控制的手段，来引导孩子多参与户外活动，多与人直接的互动和玩耍。

4.减少规则

这个很关键。如果家长选择在电子设备技术层面实行诸多管理和控制，那么，在其他实际活动方面，则要相应减低控制，以给予孩子更多的选择和尝试机会，即相应的选择自由，孩子则会更开心地做更多的线下活动。通过在他们生活中的其他领域允许更多的自由来平衡对孩子们电子设备使用的管理与控制。

Four ways to manage your kids screen time this summer

1. Go camping

Family holidays are where awesome memories of a lifetime are created. When you are all in a new environment together, you will create ways to fill the time. You will play cards, cook together, and argue over who bent all the tent pegs - but it will be fun. 

2. Have screen-free times at home (for you as well)

Children may seem like they are glued to their phones just for entertainment but every child is also desperate for connection. As much as phones connect us, they also disconnect us from people. 

3. Take control of the family wifi

If you learn how to change the family wifi password then you can hold it hostage and make demands. Invite a friend over, then you get the password. Beat me at backyard cricket, then you get the password. It is worth doing your research to work out what wifi control is best for you. 

4. Make less rules

If you are choosing to enforce more rules around technology, then balance it out by allowing more freedom in other areas of their life. Kids still need to take risks and play games and hang out with friends. They just do most of that online now. But you can encourage them to do that offline by giving them more freedom to do so.