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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I honestly don't understand people who say it's not being good, and we don't allow a lot of screentime.

When I was a kid, I was a total bookworm.  The kind of kid who wanted to read while I was walking, always had a book with me, etc.  So if I'm engrossed in a book, would that be considered being good?  Or is that ok because it's more acceptable?[/quote]

I think this is a fair point, but I also think that you were probably older than 3, and thus it was more natural for you to be well-behaved and not making “trouble” (requiring effort from adults) regardless of what occupied you. The vast majority of 3 year olds can only be “good” to that extreme if rather extreme measures are used (screens are extremely absorbing, even to fairly young kids).

I’m sure some people think of books as morally or educationally superior, but I don’t. I DO think they take more work on the part of most kids (especially under 5) to keep them occupied, which means it’s more impressive than being occupied by a screen. Not better, but indicative of the mastery of more useful skills (in most cases). But the part about just being deemed “good” if you’re simply completely out of the hair of adults still stands as problematic.[/quote]

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