For those who did NOT allow any screen time before two-years-old...

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Anonymous wrote:We started around 4 when he started to take an interest in sports. We let him watch soccer or basketball with us (or the Olympics). A little later we discovered Peppa Pig.
No computer or "educational games" until he was introduced to them in elementary school.

OP here. DS loves watching kids and adults play soccer or basketball in the park. I mean - LOVES - he claps and shouts "hurrah"! He is going to be two next month and I wonder if that is something he might enjoy more than programs or educational games. Plus I read that the images don't flash as fast in televised sports as they do with something like "Sesame Street".

This is what we do with our almost 3yo. He doesn't watch any kids shows but watches a few minutes of Nationals baseball with us before bed. He likes to stand in front of the TV and pretend to pitch, hit and catch along with the players and has also started pointing out the numbers on the players jerseys (without us asking or mentioning them). He seems to interact with the TV in a way I don't know if he would if it was a cartoon which makes us feel a little better about it. Its also nice to know that baseball is only on in the evenings so its not an option all day long.

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Anonymous wrote:Jeff can verify that I've never posted on the nanny forum. There ya go.

Actually there is nothing Jeff can do when people post on public computers or other new devises. If you are not the "fat troll" I apologize too but still think your comment was ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you letting your nanny give you guidelines on this? This area really is insane.

We allow our nanny to speak and have opinions. We like to treat her as an intelligent human with decades more experience than we have with children.

So sad you think that is "insane".

I definitely ask for nanny's input and opinion. We still have final say, but she is very in-tuned to his temperament, emotional trends, etc. In our case, we are TV people, she is not. So DS doesn't watch very much with her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you letting your nanny give you guidelines on this? This area really is insane.

We allow our nanny to speak and have opinions. We like to treat her as an intelligent human with decades more experience than we have with children.

So sad you think that is "insane".

I definitely ask for nanny's input and opinion. We still have final say, but she is very in-tuned to his temperament, emotional trends, etc. In our case, we are TV people, she is not. So DS doesn't watch very much with her.

Of course the parents have the final say - that is what OP was writing about when listing the different options that have been suggested to her.