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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I let my DS watch TV and use an iPhone to play. Though he doesn't watch a lot, he enjoys the noise and the maneuvering on the device. I had a woman at a Chinese restaurant say to me that kids in her community (she may have just said Asian kids) are really adept at electronics. It made me wonder, are just Americans hung up on screentime/electronics? It seemed to be a point of fact, if not pride, when she said it.

Are there any Asian parents that can weigh in on this? I'm not looking for any stereotypes or to get into any nonsense, just curious, though.

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1) Americans are crazy hung up on screen time and electronics. They don't seem to grasp this is the first native user generation. This is the new reality. Trying to prevent their use is an exercise in futility at best, puts kids at a disadvantage at minimum, and is just really stupid.

2) Stop comparing ourselves to Asian kids. Last time I checked, Asians weren't exactly ruling the world. What a strange thing to worry about. Name one Asian country that's going to dominate in the future? It's not going to be Japan or China. Taiwan, maybe. Not Mongolia or Bangladesh. Or any of the 'stans. Why worry about this? [/quote]

People who are educated in the fields of brain development and emotional development of children are the ones saying the less screen time for young children the better. It has nothing to with not wanting kids to know how to handle technology. It's about letting them become well developed human beings before subjecting them to technology too much. Kids learn fast. They don't need to get their first iPad at 3 in order to become web developers, programmers, IT professionals, engineers or whatever other job they want to be when they grow up. People who believe that children NEED technology before the teenage years are the ones misinformed. And yes, there are plenty of studies about this and plenty of expert opinions on the matter.[/quote]
But just because a 3 year old has an iPad does not mean that's all he does. My kids have iPads. Today we played at a playground, went swimming, then dinner and crafts. Now they are playing mine craft. [/quote]

Your 3 year old has his own iPAD? That's a bit overboard, even for a screen friendly family.[/quote]
My kids are 6 and 8. I used three year old since the PP used 3 year old as an example.[/quote]

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