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[quote=Anonymous][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]

You know whats annoying is others having to listen to your loud voice talking and narrating al this.  Its annoying and obnoxious.  Sounds like you don't spend much time with your kids.  It sounds like you barely get time with them if they are in day care AND a nanny and that's more sad for the kids than screens are.[/quote]

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