It's a tradeoff between agonizing over the bickering of my kids or agonizing over the music they play which stops the bickering. Google Home makes the latter choice simpler than handing them my phone. I'm aware I'm fully responsible for my own choices and I can still feel regret for where I'm at given those choices.
Could have a cheap/old tablet/phone that lives on the coffee table or whatever for them to select music, with app pinning perhaps, not even locked if nothing important is logged in, instead of handing them yours.
> It's a tradeoff between agonizing over the bickering of my kids or agonizing over the music they play which stops the bickering.
My parents would simply scream with a loud bang from a foot stomp or fist slam "Enough!" OR "shut up, the both of you!" which worked very well. Did not require purchasing anything, accounts or internet connection.
