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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I'm wondering if the screens are th issue or if it's something else. All of my nieces and nephews watch screens at some point or another, and they can all zone out in front of them at times. But a couple of them are definitely screen obsessed, and actively seek to avoid human interaction in favor of screens. They are also openly rude to their parents, particularly while focused on screens, to a degree that makes me sad. The others definitely love TV and playing games but aren't jerks about it and can also be totally happy doing other things.

So for me, I don't try to restrict screen time a ton and I accept it's going to be a part of my kids lives. But we focus on the other stuff -- do our kids talk to us, do they like going outside, are they capable of entertaining themselves or calming themselves down without screens? If the answers to all of those are yes, I don't worry too much about the rest. We didn't have cell phones or even PCs when I was growing up (I mean, desktops for word processing, but no internet), definitely no iPads. But I definitely still zoned out in front of cartoons and movies as a kid. But I didn't use them to hide from the world or to mentally check out from my family. I would focus on that and worry less about screens, personally.[/quote]

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