"I was fed up. So I turned to an old school device to restore sanity: A DVD player. It actually worked I decided to limit my kids' movie choices to just a few DVDs I hastily grabbed at our local library one Friday afternoon. When I got home, my husband helpfully pointed out that our dusty DVD player wasn't even hooked up to our television, but he was able to remedy that easily enough."
"The streaming services we currently subscribe to - Netflix, Disney+, AppleTV, and Prime Video (plus YouTube TV) - offer way too many choices for my children's 8- and 6-year-old brains to reasonably process. Add to that some differing interests, and it's a recipe for a guaranteed sibling squabble. My kids could not be more different in their movie preferences. My daughter loves anything that she"
Friday family movie night became a regular ritual for four people, intended for relaxation, snacks, and togetherness. Vast streaming catalogs overwhelmed two young children with differing tastes, causing frequent bickering, raised voices, and tears. The parent borrowed a few DVDs from the local library and hooked up a DVD player to constrain choices. That limitation let the kids pick quickly, watch without incident, and restored calm to evenings. The practice reintroduced classic family films and helped maintain bedtime routines, and the family has sustained the approach for two years.
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