I told my kids the TV was broken. Four months later, I'm still pretending.

The author told her kids their TV was broken to deal with screens. Paulo Sousa/Getty Images We unexpectedly spent months without television. Our children started playing together instead of watching shows. We realized we had been relying on screens more than we thought. Every time my kids asked to watch TV, I had to prepare myself for battle. My 2-year-old should not be experiencing decision fatigue, yet I watched her grapple with the impossible choice of which Bubble Guppies episode to wat...