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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My preschool aged children do very well with thinking about screen time being the thing we can do to "take a break" after doing things that are more important.  some days thats cleaning up, other days getting exercise, etc.  They'll drag their feet on something and as soon as I say "the way we'll have time for tv tonight / this afternoon is to make sure we've cleaned up from the day (been active to keep our bodies healthy....whatever)" they are eagerly doing whatever it is and often end up doing it more and for longer than i'd required

i personally think that thinking of screen time as something we can do to relax after we get done what we need to is a good lifelong mindset.  Of course it'd be great if they read or did crafts or whatever instead as adults, but neither dh or i are that way and most adults i know aren't so i'm realistic about it[/quote]

Kids brains are different than adult brains though. Kids don’t need screens, especially young children.[/quote]

I'm a NP and of course brains of all ages don't need screens. But sometimes I need to take care of something without a chorus of tiny voices demanding my attention and I don't have a helpful spouse or family or an on-call sitter that can come tend to my children so I can take care of the things I need to do. So I let them have screens because it's not going to harm them to be entertained by the lights and sound and whatever but having a cranky mom that can never get anything done because she has committed to some idealized version of how her mothering was going to look in her head before the children even arrived? That's likely to cause harm. [/quote]

This is why you teach them to entertain themselves, without screens. Small reward now for you means larger headaches later.

Your life though, screen away their childhood.[/quote]

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