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  1. Noonecanseemenow on

    I’m alway conflicted with this.

    Personally I feel that using screen time in a limited capacity with a focus on educational programmes is good, especially if it gives parents room to do things.

    However I think the issue is when parents use it as an extra parent or set of eyes for extended periods of time.

  2. GenghisKhant_ on

    This is the absolute understatement of utterly lazy parenting that causes the majority of problems with childrens behaviour as they get older. I also think and have seen with my own eyes many of the behavioural problems that get associated with ADHD are because of too much screen time as children turn into beasts when left to watch crap all day. Children want you to spend time with them and interact with them not just shove an ipad in their face because you can’t be bothered to make time for them.

  3. Does this include TV? If so I’m surprised it’s not higher (although also if it doesn’t include TV, I’m surprised it’s so high, I must be living in a bubble!)

  4. ThrowawayGreekGod on

    Come on guys, what’s the problem?

    Humans have been doing this for the past 5000 years!

  5. LemonDisasters on

    more than 2/3rds of children’s parents do not care (edit: enough*) about their children 🙂

    Before you downvote: the research is Undialectical. It will not change for your feelings. Parent your children.

  6. I think there’s also a big difference between an ipad and iphone and some high speed garbage, and old cartoons on a TV (with family ideally). But under 2 should really avoid all of it I think

  7. notthatbluestuff on

    Get ready to hear from those parents how “we only do it so we can eat a meal in peace!” as though there are simply no other ways to keep a child entertained.

  8. Comfortable-Law-7147 on

    Letting your kid fall asleep with a screen at night is lazy. 

    I can understand how a kid can just fall asleep while using/watching one in the day. 

    The BBC has a lot of good children’s programmes and games which are aimed at kids toddler age and older.  

    I have had the “pleasure” of watching them for a few decades and is the only reason I have a licence. If you actually watch CBeebies live, they section their programming making it difficult unless you are a lazy parent for the kid to watch and maintain interest for more than 20 minutes to just over an hour depending on the age of the child. 

    Some other channels children’s programmes are simply too fast and too busy for kids under 6. 

  9. South_Buy_3175 on

    Don’t worry, I’m sure the government has a team already working on a solution.

    Something incredibly invasive and expensive to disrupt our daily lives, I’m sure.

  10. CoolJetEcho117 on

    You have to find a healthy balance. They are still in the modern world. We’re now seeing the consequences of people proudly keeping their children off screens to the point that universities have remedial typing classes and basic computer use classes.

    I’ll say this: It’s been far harder parenting challenge keeping myself off my phone than my kid.

  11. Expensive_Time_7367 on

    It really really depends on how much they’re using it: that’s the science. For under twos zero screen time (which includes tv) is recommended because they don’t actually engage with it in the same way as they do real people or activity, like how babies don’t really get mirrors. 5 minutes isn’t going to do anything serious, it’s just wasting their time, but it creeps easily and lots of it can be quite bad for development because they’re not playing with stuff in their hands or crawling about etc.

  12. And I’m here feeling guilty because my daughter falls asleep to an audiobook playing from my phone rather than me reading to her. Jesus Christ people, the fuck are we doing?

  13. CappriGirl on

    This is absolutely going to have catastrophic consequences for the attention and focus of children.

  14. originalwombat on

    This is a systemic issue with many many reasons, one being how fucking hard life is where parents are fighting every day just to feed their families working so much, house always a mess and never money for leisure or fun, so they become shittier lazier parents. If we had a world where parents were supported and the cost of living wasn’t suffocating our lives people would be able to give more energy into actually being decent parents. Right now they are so exhausted and suffocated by social media and devices themselves that they do the same for their kids, and we will all suffer because of it

  15. 811545b2-4ff7-4041 on

    Poor skills; my teen can use his xbox, ipad and phone all at once. Step it up other kids.

  16. IlIIIllIIlIlllII on

    Own and run a nursery. I have children, under 4 that have their own smart phones. Not just tablets.

    They are baby babies that need help going to the toilet and feeding themselves but give them a tablet and they can heat seek find the youtube app

  17. Cool_Singer_8201 on

    The other day I went to a restaurant and the family at the next table were all on screens. Mom and dad on their phones and their two children on their ipads watching some rubbish show with headphones on. Literally not a single interaction between them for nearly 40 minutes that we were there. Quite fascinating.

  18. It’s becoming a sad state of affairs.

    I was out for a walk the other day and a Mum with a toddler in a pushchair was walking towards me. I look down and the kid had the Mum’s phone on its lap watching whatever. Just why? The kid should be enjoying the environment, the sights, sounds and smells of a nice sunny day, not looking at a phone screen.

    I’m not saying my two kids never had some access to screens growing up but it was very limited and there were certain times where it would be a complete no-go. Out for a walk in the pushchair would be one of those.

    Make the most of them not being on them I say as when they get to teenage years, like my two, it’s pretty much impossible to get them off them. Wouldn’t be so bad if they were watching interesting or educational stuff either but it’s mostly brain rot.

  19. MelodicPreparation93 on

    Under 2! Christ really. I have a 1 year old boy and I appreciate parenting isn’t easy, but this is what you sign up for. Lean on family and friends if you need a break, don’t take the easy option which will have consequences for your child.

  20. 2_years_ago on

    that’s quality parenting, however I already knew we had some terrific mum’s and dad’s in the country, as the amount of fat kids I see these days is hilarious 🤣

  21. Reformotron on

    I’m on holiday at the moment. The amount of kids watching YouTube during meal times is insane.
    The amount of adults barely watching their kids in the pool is also insane.
    8+ year olds in the baby pool so adults don’t have to worry about their kids drowning whilst they read a book.
    Bigger kids in the pool starving for parental interaction.
    I’ve spent the week in the pool with my 3 and have loved every second.

  22. Neither_Computer5331 on

    I’ve recently discovered that my 12 year old nephew has never watched a live action film all the way through.

    I was horrified at this – I grew up on Indiana Jones, ET, The Goonies, Star Wars and so much more. I mentioned it at work and half the parents thought that this is now normal, as the attention span is now so short.

    So my question, is will he ever increase his attention span? Will he ever be able to read novels, or will they be too long? What about a play or musical? I recently asked about taking him to the Paddington musical and my brother said he didn’t think it was a good idea.

    What will their entertainment be like in 20 years? Short 5 minute episodes? Basically will proper story telling and the culture that we all enjoy die off because of smartphones?

  23. Trundlenator on

    No under two year old is sneaking screen time without their parent’s knowledge.

    Parenting standards in this country are not adequate.

    We need to stop this culture of ‘someone else should take responsibility for my lack of responsibility’ and actually put consequences on parents who don’t take their responsibilities seriously.

  24. samirshah on

    Wellcome to Reddit 

    It’s easy to be outraged and certainly at the extreme ends of things (where children go to sleep with an iPad regularly) it’s just uncontrolled, addictive, and unsupervised. This is most definitely bad.

    Where it is controlled, limited, and supported it can be a very useful thing. We have counting and reading games we play together, their machine has a time limit, apps and websites are very limited and silly cartoons are allowed but just with us and time limited. They can even watch extra if they save up time fostering planning and delayed reward.

    I don’t think it’s bad if you have a considered approach (as we all say this while addicted to Reddit)

  25. I reiterate what I always say on places like /r/daddit. If you don’t have a kid, and you’re not an expert on child development, your opinion on parenting is invalid. You lack the experience and the nuance/empathy to critically think about parenting a child on zero sleep that has boundless energy and demands.

    With that said, while many of us <40 grew up with TV, the sheer amount of choice today is something many of us just didn’t have – and a lot of parents will happily put their kids in front of a two hour marathon of Daniel Tiger or through a playlist of all the Julia Donaldson films and enjoy the peace and quiet. It’s both very similar, and world’s apart from our experiences.

    Everything in moderation. There are guidelines that a child shouldn’t watch more than an hour a day while at 2, and I find it very hard for my daughter to watch close to that because she actively wants to do other things. Some kids aren’t like that, and some parents aren’t like that. IMO all you can really do is educate parents, and I think more needs to be done around this because you would be mortified at how many parents lack that basic understanding of it being damaging and why it is damaging.

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