The Impact of Screen Time on Children's Mental Health

Re:The Impact of Screen Time on Children's Mental Health by atmosx on Monday May 13, 2024 @02:41PM (#40346739)

From my experience, depends on the kid. Some kids have all the access in the world and are even "skilled" with the TV and YouTube (tablets) but don't care. They prefer playing with cats, dogs and birds outside, mess up the garage, get dirty playing in the mud, etc.

There are other kids that won't see a computer until the age of 18. But when they do, they're gonna install linux and end up leading SRE teams without a degree in CS.

There are high level patterns, but humans are unique and require different amounts of supervision.

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Re:The Impact of Screen Time on Children's Mental Health by shrimp_emoji on Monday May 13, 2024 @02:45PM (#40346774)

Yep. To me, nature seems way more dominant than nurture in how things pan out. A kid is just an archive self-extracting before your eyes. Making sure that process happens smoothly is the best you can do.

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Re:The Impact of Screen Time on Children's Mental Health by Spooky23 on Monday May 13, 2024 @06:19PM (#40349200)

This. You need to monitor and mentor. My kiddo is a Fortnite and YouTube addict until baseball season, then is outside.

Encourage a healthy relationship with computers and they’ll start doing cool stuff. My son and his buddies are making 3D printed novelties and selling them now!

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