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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a pediatrician, my kids all watched TV for an hour or so a day starting around 18 months. Screen time of high quality programming doesn't hurt a child's development once they are running around. We started off with cowatching to help them understand what they are viewing and applying it to the world around them. As they got older we let them watch more without us, but always tried to keep it to high quality programming.

I know most pedatricions say 24 months, but I've found that to be impractical advice for most parents. Many times once the kids become mobile a parent needs a few minutes everyday to prepare dinner or whatever and need something to keep their child safe and entertained.

Really screentime only becomes a problem when it begins replacing parenting, which is a very high threshold.[/quote]

Tell me more about your medical training on this issue.[/quote]

Wow -- you must be pretty self-satisfied if you're disparaging a pediatrician's approach to this issue. [/quote]

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