If you prop up an iPhone in front of your toddler at cava, I’m judging the heck out of you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So their kid will be dumber than yours. Congrats. Why do you care so much?

That’s what I’m wondering. I guess there’s a theory that this brings down the educational quality for all kids. But is it any worse than the 1970 version of this which was to yell at the kid and threaten to take the paddle to them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and I agree. It’s not so much the screen time. It’s the fact that parents are spending so much less time talking and interacting with their kids. Even in the checked-out parent years in the 1980s, kids were talking and interacting with other kids. Some of the kids in this generation seem to just be learning to be human at age 5 when they come to school.

do your part and get screens out of your classroom

Teacher here and we have zero control over this. My kindergartens were on screens for math and literacy and I was told it was more important than teacher instruction.

These little kids come to school and have no idea what to do with a person talking to them. They are used to a screen and it’s BAD.

If you really thought it was so bad you would be organizing to get screens out of your classroom. Many of our kids get plenty of time with real interaction.

You can't bash parents for using screens and turn around and show YouTube videos instead of reading books to kids and have them play video games when you need a break.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and I agree. It’s not so much the screen time. It’s the fact that parents are spending so much less time talking and interacting with their kids. Even in the checked-out parent years in the 1980s, kids were talking and interacting with other kids. Some of the kids in this generation seem to just be learning to be human at age 5 when they come to school.

do your part and get screens out of your classroom

Teacher here and we have zero control over this. My kindergartens were on screens for math and literacy and I was told it was more important than teacher instruction.

These little kids come to school and have no idea what to do with a person talking to them. They are used to a screen and it’s BAD.

If you really thought it was so bad you would be organizing to get screens out of your classroom. Many of our kids get plenty of time with real interaction.

You can't bash parents for using screens and turn around and show YouTube videos instead of reading books to kids and have them play video games when you need a break.

What? I never do those things in the classroom.

I was referring to programs. My school had a literacy and a math program on the computer and we are required to use them. They track the kids time and crack down on teachers for not hitting the mark.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and I agree. It’s not so much the screen time. It’s the fact that parents are spending so much less time talking and interacting with their kids. Even in the checked-out parent years in the 1980s, kids were talking and interacting with other kids. Some of the kids in this generation seem to just be learning to be human at age 5 when they come to school.

do your part and get screens out of your classroom

Teacher here and we have zero control over this. My kindergartens were on screens for math and literacy and I was told it was more important than teacher instruction.

These little kids come to school and have no idea what to do with a person talking to them. They are used to a screen and it’s BAD.

If you really thought it was so bad you would be organizing to get screens out of your classroom. Many of our kids get plenty of time with real interaction.

You can't bash parents for using screens and turn around and show YouTube videos instead of reading books to kids and have them play video games when you need a break.

What? I never do those things in the classroom.

I was referring to programs. My school had a literacy and a math program on the computer and we are required to use them. They track the kids time and crack down on teachers for not hitting the mark.

Gmafb
Those are video games

My child never talked about "watching books" until she started MCPS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and I agree. It’s not so much the screen time. It’s the fact that parents are spending so much less time talking and interacting with their kids. Even in the checked-out parent years in the 1980s, kids were talking and interacting with other kids. Some of the kids in this generation seem to just be learning to be human at age 5 when they come to school.

do your part and get screens out of your classroom

Teacher here and we have zero control over this. My kindergartens were on screens for math and literacy and I was told it was more important than teacher instruction.

These little kids come to school and have no idea what to do with a person talking to them. They are used to a screen and it’s BAD.

If you really thought it was so bad you would be organizing to get screens out of your classroom. Many of our kids get plenty of time with real interaction.

You can't bash parents for using screens and turn around and show YouTube videos instead of reading books to kids and have them play video games when you need a break.

What? I never do those things in the classroom.

I was referring to programs. My school had a literacy and a math program on the computer and we are required to use them. They track the kids time and crack down on teachers for not hitting the mark.

Gmafb
Those are video games

My child never talked about "watching books" until she started MCPS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am well aware of the exceptions:

We only had a few minutes to talk and needed out toddler to be quiet.
Our toddler has XYZ diagnosis.
And on and on.

But the research is there and the pendulum is swinging the other way. There are few legitimate reasons to prop up a screen in front of your 13 month old at cava while you lunch with your partner. It’s 20 minutes tops.

Knock it off, people.

Hope you stepped up and took care of the toddler since you had so much extra time on your hands to judge.

[Anonymous]

My brilliant SIL taught me about keeping a ziploc bag of crayons, coloring books, sticker books and a thomas the tank engine catalog for my toddler when we went to restaurants.
Always got compliments on how well behaved they were.
But no, it as the ziploc bag they needed to compliment.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NP here. I’m with op. Maybe you don’t get a quiet lunch/shopping trip/stroller walk, but all that screen time at an early age is really bad for developing brains.

But what's great for kids is judgy losers that give their parents the stink eye

Sorry it hits a nerve. Nobody is perfect, I know I’m not either, but this is a very clear place where you can make a choice that can affect your child’s brain development, attention span, ability to self regulate emotions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So their kid will be dumber than yours. Congrats. Why do you care so much?

Because these “dumb” kids without social skills will have a huge effect on our country. It’s not just one kid. It’s so many of this generation. It’s sad to see for their sake and problematic for our whole society.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here. I’m with op. Maybe you don’t get a quiet lunch/shopping trip/stroller walk, but all that screen time at an early age is really bad for developing brains.

But what's great for kids is judgy losers that give their parents the stink eye

Sorry it hits a nerve. Nobody is perfect, I know I’m not either, but this is a very clear place where you can make a choice that can affect your child’s brain development, attention span, ability to self regulate emotions.

Girl I hate screens for kids. My kid's behavior vastly improved when we took away her tablet. You are preaching to the choir. But I don't think giving a random parent the stink eye for giving their kid a phone for 20 minutes is okay either, I think it's really rude and unhelpful behavior (and the parent doesn't notice but look, you're still stewing about it, which can't be healthy)

[Anonymous]

Idiocracy is the future of this country either way. I read an essay in the Atlantic this past week regarding grade inflation. I had assumed there was some kernel of truth to it being an issue, but was largely a right wing talking point. I was wrong, even kids at the elite universities aren't going to class, not doing the reading, and don't have the attention span for it. Screens are out valium.

[Anonymous]

Cava mom is judging me?

How shall I ever recover?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here. I’m with op. Maybe you don’t get a quiet lunch/shopping trip/stroller walk, but all that screen time at an early age is really bad for developing brains.

But what's great for kids is judgy losers that give their parents the stink eye

Sorry it hits a nerve. Nobody is perfect, I know I’m not either, but this is a very clear place where you can make a choice that can affect your child’s brain development, attention span, ability to self regulate emotions.

Girl I hate screens for kids. My kid's behavior vastly improved when we took away her tablet. You are preaching to the choir. But I don't think giving a random parent the stink eye for giving their kid a phone for 20 minutes is okay either, I think it's really rude and unhelpful behavior (and the parent doesn't notice but look, you're still stewing about it, which can't be healthy)

I’m not op, I don’t give anyone the stink eye and I’m not stewing about it. I just feel bad for the kid and for the future of our society.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Idiocracy is the future of this country either way. I read an essay in the Atlantic this past week regarding grade inflation. I had assumed there was some kernel of truth to it being an issue, but was largely a right wing talking point. I was wrong, even kids at the elite universities aren't going to class, not doing the reading, and don't have the attention span for it. Screens are out valium.

I have one in college and one in HS and this just doesn’t ring true. Kids work a lot, probably more than we did. The AI hacks and watching videos instead of reading books is a problem but it’s not that the kids are skipping coasses and screwing around. Even the YouTube stuff is not necessarily stupid — my teen will sometimes say it’s more efficient to watch a lecture on YouTube from a professor that knows what they are talking about rather than rereading the textbook and I’m not sure they are wrong about that.

[Anonymous]

I agree OP. I don’t know why some people decide to have kids. They shouldn’t have any.