--- title: Helping in the kitchen, bathroom privacy, screen time, playing fair and growing at your own speed — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Helping in the kitchen, bathroom privacy, screen time, playing fair and growing at your own speed», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Helping with the washing up or loading the dishwasher is a real help at --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/321-kitchen-help-privacy-screens-fair-play-and-growing/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Helping in the kitchen, bathroom priva… # Helping in the kitchen, bathroom privacy, screen time, playing fair and growing at your own speed Lesson 321 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 21 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/321-kitchen-help-privacy-screens-fair-play-and-growing/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/321-kitchen-help-privacy-screens-fair-play-and-growing/0/) — Helping with the washing up or loading the dishwasher is a real help at home, but sharp knives and very hot water can hurt, so ask a grown-up to deal with those. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/321-kitchen-help-privacy-screens-fair-play-and-growing/1/) — Your body and your time on the toilet are private: close the bathroom door, and others should knock before they come in, just as you knock on a closed bathroom door. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/321-kitchen-help-privacy-screens-fair-play-and-growing/2/) — Too much time on screens can leave you grumpy and can make it harder to fall asleep, so take breaks, go outside and keep to the limits your family agreed. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/321-kitchen-help-privacy-screens-fair-play-and-growing/3/) — In a game, cheating spoils the fun, and people stop wanting to play with a cheat, so play fairly even when you are losing. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/321-kitchen-help-privacy-screens-fair-play-and-growing/4/) — Everyone grows at their own speed: some children grow tall early and some later, and both are normal, so teasing someone about it is unkind and wrong. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/321-kitchen-help-privacy-screens-fair-play-and-growing/5/) — Example: a girl in Denver feels cross and snappy after three hours of a tablet game. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/321-kitchen-help-privacy-screens-fair-play-and-growing/6/) — Her mum suggests a bike ride, and an hour later she feels much better. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/321-kitchen-help-privacy-screens-fair-play-and-growing/7/) — Helping with the washing up or loading the dishwasher is useful work at home. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/321-kitchen-help-privacy-screens-fair-play-and-growing/8/) — Ask a grown-up for help with sharp knives, because they can cut you badly. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/321-kitchen-help-privacy-screens-fair-play-and-growing/9/) — Ask a grown-up for help with very hot water, because it can scald your skin. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/321-kitchen-help-privacy-screens-fair-play-and-growing/10/) — Close the door when you use the bathroom, because your body and toilet time are private. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/321-kitchen-help-privacy-screens-fair-play-and-growing/11/) — Knock on a closed bathroom door and wait, and others should do the same for you. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/321-kitchen-help-privacy-screens-fair-play-and-growing/13/) — Taking breaks from screens and playing outside helps your mood. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/321-kitchen-help-privacy-screens-fair-play-and-growing/14/) — Keeping to the screen limits your family agreed is part of being trusted. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/321-kitchen-help-privacy-screens-fair-play-and-growing/15/) — Cheating spoils a game, and people do not want to play with someone who cheats. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/321-kitchen-help-privacy-screens-fair-play-and-growing/16/) — Playing fairly matters most when you are losing. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/321-kitchen-help-privacy-screens-fair-play-and-growing/17/) — Bodies grow and change at different times, and growing early or late are both normal. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/321-kitchen-help-privacy-screens-fair-play-and-growing/18/) — Teasing someone for growing faster or slower than others is unkind. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/321-kitchen-help-privacy-screens-fair-play-and-growing/20/) — A girl in Ohio gamed until late every night; her marks dropped, she was always tired and grumpy, and she fell out with her friends. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/321-kitchen-help-privacy-screens-fair-play-and-growing/21/) — Hot water and steam cause many of the burns children get at home. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/321-kitchen-help-privacy-screens-fair-play-and-growing/22/) — Too much screen time late at night cuts sleep, and poor sleep makes learning and getting along harder. - ← previous: [Interrupting, boasting, your own story, losing a pet or a person, bullying, saying no, comparing yourself online, pocket money and curiosity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money/) - next →: [Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel plugs, balconies, toddlers, medicines, fire and fireworks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)