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A comment on Amazon's "Digital Pacifier" for Toddlers. Parent comment

Re:Amazon's "Digital Pacifier" for Toddlers by reliabilityguy on Sunday October 25, 2026 @03:38PM (#50235296)
> The talk in this thread indicates absolutely no empathy for dual working parents and just repeats tired talking points.

My kids get no more than 10m of tablet time a day each. Both of us are working full time. When they ask for more I point them to their toys/books/etc, or play with them.

So, being dual working doesn’t mean you have to allow your kids to have lots of screen time.

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Re:Amazon's "Digital Pacifier" for Toddlers by AnotherGoodName on Sunday October 25, 2026 @03:40PM (#50235310)
At least you acknowledge some screen time unlike the puritans we have in this thread but i also suspect you're not in the most extreme of difficult parenting situations.
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Re:Amazon's "Digital Pacifier" for Toddlers by com2kid on Monday October 26, 2026 @01:15AM (#50239440)
If you don't give kids a tablet and instead give them a stack of toys, the kids will grumble and eventually start playing with the toys.

Hell give a bunch of bored kids enough rocks and they'll find a way to build a small village out of said rocks using mud as a connecting material.

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Re:Amazon's "Digital Pacifier" for Toddlers by reliabilityguy on Monday October 26, 2026 @06:58AM (#50241826)
> i also suspect you're not in the most extreme of difficult parenting situations.

What do you mean?

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Re:Amazon's "Digital Pacifier" for Toddlers by ButlerianJihad on Sunday October 25, 2026 @03:44PM (#50235345)
Do you mean “10 minutes”? The abbreviation for “minute[s]” is “min”.

“m” means “meters”.

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