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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You’ve got the right attitude OP! It’s hard. Really hard. The urge to compare your parenting to the Joneses who seem to always be put together with perfectly behaved children that only eat organic kale is strong. But everyone has bad days and fails. Stay away from those who offer unsolicited advice. Ask yourself what you intuitively think is right before googling advice. Your gut is the best guidepost.

As for fails, my kids had too much screen time in the toddler/preschool years. Like, waaay over the recommended amount. I just couldn’t deal with them on so many occasions… it was my escape valve. Now that they’re elementary school age I’ve got it together. We have a whole strict screen time system in place, it’s limited, and they’re fine. Thriving academically and socially. I guess dumb singsongy YouTube videos didn’t fry their brains after all. [/quote]

Op here. Thanks for this! I recently found out I was pregnant and my first has had SOOOO much TV time while I feel like crap. Great to hear that the endless repeats of Blippi won't damage him forever...just me 😂[/quote]

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