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I don't have any illusions about the good old days either. I spent most of my childhood watching TV and I don't think that was better. And I don't think playing video games for multiple hours a day is a great idea either, so now what? Am I allowed to say most kids should spend more unstructured time off of screens or is that mom shaming?[/quote]

I think most kids do have unstructured time. I think some parents hear kids talking about video games and assume that is all they do. Or they get upset when kids get together and they want to play these games together -- when the reality is they rarely get to do this. My kids are really busy, and don't get a lot of screen time, but one mom overheard my kid talking to hers about some game or another and the mom asked my kid if he was "a gamer." He said yes, lol. I thought that was amusing given how little he actually plays. But then, she turned to her kid and sternly said, "You are not a gamer. You are not like that. You just play a game every now and then."

It was so strange and inappropriate and over the top. I just though, holy crap, just let them be kids! We don't need to suck all the joy out of their lives.[/quote]

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