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[quote=Anonymous]Thank you OP. 
I limited technology a lot for my kids and I now realize i probably came across to people as being judgmental about it.

I am very open (no filter) in my thought-processes around these things. I don't mean it to be judgmental. I'd love to hear about how other people think about it, and how they came to their own decisions about how to handle decisions regarding technology use. I don't FEEL any judgement. But I do make decisions about what I think my own children need, and how they react to things. For example, when they were younger, I observed that when I allowed screen time, they were in a thoroughly grumpy mood when it was time to move on to something else. Whereas they were much more even-keeled and pleasant if I didn't allow it altogether. Such things were just observations about my own children that factor into my own decision making. I don't genralize it to others. But I"m afraid it would probably seem that way.

I'd encourage you to speak up when your friend is voicing her opinions/thoughts, and state your own. She will lean a thing or two and will also perhaps begin to realize when she was being insensitive.[/quote]

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