At what age TV for toddler?
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Anonymous
Around 2010 |
Anonymous
We are. I work in tech, and most parents who do, also keep their kids very low tech. One of my close friends: a couple who met at Microsoft and had three kids. All three work in tech (youngest just graduated from college in May 2022). We had the family over for dinner last Wednesday plus the oldest girl's boyfriend - they were here for four hours, and no phones were ever present the entire time. It's very common when tech families get together for there to be no phones or iPads out at all. Maybe music is played on Google Home and there will be a Ring doorbell, but no personal devices. |
Anonymous
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Pretend you don’t have a TV. There’s nothing to gain from him watching TV. The moment you give into that the harder it will be to have him engage in activities that require more than just him sitting in front of the TV. Read with him.
TV is inevitable. It’s gonna happen around six regardless of what you do so take advantage of this opportunity you have right now. |
Anonymous
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We are. I work in tech, and most parents who do, also keep their kids very low tech. One of my close friends: a couple who met at Microsoft and had three kids. All three work in tech (youngest just graduated from college in May 2022). We had the family over for dinner last Wednesday plus the oldest girl's boyfriend - they were here for four hours, and no phones were ever present the entire time. It's very common when tech families get together for there to be no phones or iPads out at all. Maybe music is played on Google Home and there will be a Ring doorbell, but no personal devices. As someone who has lived in San Francisco for the past ten years, this is absolutely NOT the norm. But please tell us more about your sanctimonious decisions. |
Anonymous
that's a stretch and has not been my observation |
Anonymous
As someone who has lived in San Francisco for the past ten years, this is absolutely NOT the norm. But please tell us more about your sanctimonious decisions. We also live in SF (hi, neighbor!) and maybe you and I are seeking out different types of people. This is the norm for the majority of our friends in tech. |
Anonymous
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Hi!
The longer the child will be left without a TV, the better. You yourself will notice how his development takes place at an accelerated pace if you do not give him a smartphone and a TV. For example, we constantly find interesting developmental lessons on the Internet and sit and consider. For example, here we found how to print children's learning games printable on sheets wunderkiddy.com/category/by-age . And there are plenty of such sites, they can be easily found in a search engine. And do not use YouTube and so on, the child will be so distracted. It helps us, so we don’t know any problems with the TV. |
Anonymous
We also live in SF (hi, neighbor!) and maybe you and I are seeking out different types of people. This is the norm for the majority of our friends in tech. Np. My tech friends in SF are like this too. Not sure what is the "norm," but is at least a trend and not just sanctimony. |
Anonymous
My thought is that both of these options are reasonable. So, whoever feels more strongly wins. That’s how my husband and I decide stuff. That’s assuming you’re generally equal partners, and he’s not just announcing edicts that you need to enforce. |
Anonymous
Does your husband actually PLAY with your son? |