Let's rephrase the beginning and move on ...

Here are two scenes, quite complementary:

In the first scene, the homeschooling mom praises her son's progress in terms of reduced frenzies of video-gaming and TV-watching and, perhaps, an overall less-agonized acceptance of some of his newer homeschooling responsibilities.

In the second scene, we check on the homeschooling son and learn that he has been watching TV from early-morning cartoons through to these later-night bedtime-hour shows. The mom says, "Have you had the TV on ALL DAY???"
The son nods and says, quite cheerfully, "Yes, I believe it's a new record!"