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I'll tell you one thing: I hated it when my parents tried to limit my computer time etc.
I ignored them and was on the computer every chance I got and I have a great job today as a software developer because of my tinkering on the computer. And hour a day is VERY VERY little and unfair IMO.
The fact of the matter is that back when you were a kid there just weren't such interesting things to do inside the house as there is now. Instead of 3 channels, they have 100s, which means that the chances of there being something on that they want to watch is much greater.
When you were a kid computers did not exist in the mainstream household, or it was way backwards tech in comparison with to day. Which means that was less fun than computers are today.
Nowadays there is way more fun to be had indoors than outdoors.
You grew up in very different, much simpler times. Expectinbg your kids to be ike you were, and to have the same needs and preferences that you had when you were a kid is unreasonable. They are living in a very different world from the one you grew up in.
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