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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Certain behavior is "wrong," and I'd consider plastering your kid in front of a screen to be wrong. I'd consider this a vent/round about way of "spreading the word?" [/quote]
I know it would be better for me to spend 30 minutes a day reading a book or taking a walk rather than watching "Say Yes to the Dress."  So in that sense, it's "wrong."  But I'm tired at night and I want to watch it. It's probably "wrong" that I'll let my 8 year old play 30 minutes of minecraft when she gets home from camp so that I can cook dinner uninterrupted.  It would be better for me to make her help me cook.  But I don't feel like it today, and so I'm going to let her play minecraft.  I don't need anyone to "spread the word" that this isn't the highest value use of time, I'm well aware, I just don't care.[/quote]

I would argue that the things you said aren't "wrong" behavior, that's the difference. Do my kids use an ipad device sometimes? Sure. Am I a bad parent? Maybe, but I don't think so. The point is.. SOMETIMES is perfectly fine, it just shouldn't be all the time. Heck, have we used a screen when going out to lunch/dinner with our kids at times even? Yes.. but it's more of a last resort and more of a rare occurrence than an all the time thing. I'm certainly (and most others) no perfect parent, but there are degrees of bad and wrong. We have friends that from the moment their kid sits down in a restaurant till the moment they leave their eyes are glued to the ipad. THAT, I think, is wrong.

So to summarize, all ipad use is not bad. I think there's a lot of "guilt" when it comes to parenting to try to be the absolute best parent for your kids, and it's tough. Sticking the kids in front of the tv or ipad so the parents can relax is perfectly fine to me.[/quote]

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