Family get together, 2.5 year old glued to phone?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was the playground appropriate for a 2 year old?

Yes, our kids are 4 months apart and my 3 year old did everything at the playground.

You are missing the point, not all 2 years olds are the same and the depvelopmetnal stage at 4-5 months can greatly vary. It may not have been fun for this kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our niece was like this. She’s a more or less well-adjusted 8 year old now.

I’m just annoyed, Why make us feel bad about wanting to do our own thing?

Why do you need to be quilted to spend 3 hours with your in laws ans have the cousins play together? My kid is admittedly around that age, never watches screens, but shy and would need other cousins to engage him if he never saw them before or sees them very infrequently (very close with cousins on my side)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our niece was like this. She’s a more or less well-adjusted 8 year old now.

I’m just annoyed, Why make us feel bad about wanting to do our own thing?

Why do you need to be quilted to spend 3 hours with your in laws ans have the cousins play together? My kid is admittedly around that age, never watches screens, but shy and would need other cousins to engage him if he never saw them before or sees them very infrequently (very close with cousins on my side)

STFU

[Anonymous]

That is very sad.

[Anonymous]

Yes it’s rude and bad parenting.
However, after 60-90 mins of playground time I would have moved on to what I wanted to do.

[Anonymous]

I don't know any 2-year olds who would be on the phone on playground as other kids play.
This kid is putting in effort to avoid other kids. They may have a bigger problem than a phone use.

[Anonymous]

I don’t really know many 2.5 year olds who are outgoing enough to initiate playing with kids they don’t know even they are family. And I don’t get why you are mad because you gave in to someone’s guilt trip.

[Anonymous]

When they guilted you, maybe they really just wanted a group photo to post on social media -- not actual time together.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes excursions with young children just don’t work out as planned. I would have chosen the CP zoo over a playground when my DCs were that age—we live in the city and that was my “go to” place for mixed age get togethers. While I would not have offered a screen as a choice under those circumstances, the unavailability of one did not always mean that efforts to force engagement were successful.

[Anonymous]

Anyone giving their 2 year old an iPad is not someone you should allow your children to be around.

[Anonymous]

Were the parents socializing? Maybe they felt they couldn’t be available to socialize themselves unless the kid was distracted. I still think it’s excessive and ridiculous for a park, unless there’s developmental issues you don’t know about, but the desire to be able to socialize may be the reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know any 2-year olds who would be on the phone on playground as other kids play.
This kid is putting in effort to avoid other kids. They may have a bigger problem than a phone use.

This, for sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Were the parents socializing? Maybe they felt they couldn’t be available to socialize themselves unless the kid was distracted. I still think it’s excessive and ridiculous for a park, unless there’s developmental issues you don’t know about, but the desire to be able to socialize may be the reason.

+1. My DC was crazy at that age. I wouldn’t have been able to have a conversation while my kid was playing. A screen gives the parents time to talk. Did you talk with the parents while the kids were playing?

[Anonymous]

Parents justifying giving a 2 year old hours of screen time at a park are insane. I feel sorry for the poor children of this next generation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Were the parents socializing? Maybe they felt they couldn’t be available to socialize themselves unless the kid was distracted. I still think it’s excessive and ridiculous for a park, unless there’s developmental issues you don’t know about, but the desire to be able to socialize may be the reason.

+1. My DC was crazy at that age. I wouldn’t have been able to have a conversation while my kid was playing. A screen gives the parents time to talk. Did you talk with the parents while the kids were playing?

No they were fussing over the child. We said maybe 10 words to them. The whole thing was pointless