Have you considered "screen time" not being totally un-regulated? I.e. separating "ipad time" and "ubuntu time?"
Same philosophy as dessert choices - give a kid a choice between an apple and a chocolate for dessert, they're going to choose the chocolate every time. They'd eat pails of sugar by the spoonful if you let them. But if the choice is between apple and nothing, well...
Same philosophy as dessert choices - give a kid a choice between an apple and a chocolate for dessert, they're going to choose the chocolate every time. They'd eat pails of sugar by the spoonful if you let them. But if the choice is between apple and nothing, well...
EDIT: This comment by jerf explains the idea far far better than I have, and they're doing it right now with their own children: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16766756