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[quote=Anonymous]I don’t feel like wading through 8 pages of this but kids should not be on screens. Period, full stop. The evidence is enormous that it’s harmful for them and should be delayed as long as possible. If your kid is not given screens to begin with, they will learn to be bored and how to occupy their own time. If they’re already addicted to screens, you can still break the addiction. My kids can get through a restaurant meal, a boring sibling activity, a plane ride, even a 9 hour car ride without a single screen. On a long car ride they will talk to us, play games, listen to music, listen to a book, and eventually just stare out the window and sit with their own thoughts. On the weekends and evenings they occupy their time playing by themselves or playing with each other. One of them is extremely challenging and SN and we still manage this.

People on here being so defensive are defensive because they know how bad it is for their kids. Either that or they are too stupid to know what the evidence shows or are just recklessly ignorant.

Yes parents need a break sometimes, so put them in front of a movie if you have to. Hire a babysitter. Ask a friend to come over. There are so many options other than screens. [/quote]

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