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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What makes me sad is seeing a toddler pushed in a stroller holding a phone or iPad rather than looking at the world around them. I take a bus to work and there is often a nanny with a 2 yr old and 3 yr old waiting for the same bus. If we have more than a minute wait, she gives the older one her phone. Once we're on the bus, the kids are on the phone together. Why they can't play I Spy or practice counting, I don't know.

I waited in a 20 minute line Sunday with a 5 yr old, and we practiced days of the week, talked about rain and puddles and clouds, steps to making a pie, the types of things people go to the post office for, etc. I think he can do this because he's always done it - he's never had a phone or iPad in the stroller or car or highchair. [/quote]

Maybe  mom or nanny spends many more hours with their kids 1-1 than you do so you are trying to fill every minute as you don't spend much time with them vs. these people need a break.[/quote]

This nanny is probably picking these kids up and taking them home to actually bake a pie (not just talk about how it is done) and the PP is criticizing her for taking a few minutes to collect herself before the chaos of a full day with kids sets in. Meanwhile I’m sure PP is heading to a child-free office while someone else does the nitty gritty day-to-day childcare of her children during the week. [/quote]

For whatever it's worth we were waiting to be seated at a restaurant, and we talked about the pie because we were going to bake after getting home from lunch. The nanny takes the kids to preschool/daycare from their home in the mornings. The older kid told me once. And I don't fill every minute talking with mine - once we were seated I was looking at the menu, talking with the other people we were meeting, etc. There are definitely times I need a break - everyone with young kids does - but I don't fill those times with screens. [/quote]

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