Re:Screen time robs average toddler of hearing 1,000 words s...
by MisterBastahrd on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @04:26AM
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I think part of it is that the generation who was never allowed to be bored is now raising kids, and so they believe that a perpetual state of being stimulated is the norm. And because kids in general are pretty boring little creatures, it only makes sense to distract them with screens of their own so you can go back to looking at yours.
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Re:Screen time robs average toddler of hearing 1,000 words s...
by matthewhammond on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @09:32AM
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If my daughter's around me I don't interact with my phone beyond the odd emergency - I'd rather play and talk to her. I'm not particularly anti-screen time (it's impossible to avoid, working in tech) but seeing what a lot of adults consider normal usage is terrifying.
I feel a lot of our generation take the attitude that screen time didn't harm us (hey, we've done ok) which I'm not sold on - I wonder sometimes how I might have turned out if I didn't spend so much time on video games or messing around online as a kid.