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[quote=Anonymous]FWIW, I don’t see anything wrong with screens. It’s just another firm of media. What matters is the content they’re exposed to.  There’s a lot of content that I wouldn’t want to expose a young child to. On the other hand, I think some shows were great and had positive effects (Cyberchase, Zoboomafu, Postcard’s from Buster, Liberty’s Kids, Ghostwriter, Magic School Bus, etc.). Most of the shows we watched were probably neutral. I won’t claim that The Brady Bunch or Gilligan’s Island were educational, but I don’t think they were deleterious either.  Similarly, there were lots of computer games.  I kept them away feom the ones I didn’t want them to play, but was thrilled they wanted to play one that practiced basic math facts. They both loved Scratch (a computer language developed by MIT to teach kids to program), and my youngest is now a computer science major.

While too much of anything can be bad, kids can spend a lot of time on screens and still have time for books, sports, music, friends, crafts, activities, outdoors, freeplay, etc.  Let them use screens and don’t let the self-righteous DCUMers make you feel guilty about it.  Sometimes it’s okay to relax and do something just because it’s fun. If it makes you feel better you can consider it research and analysis of social and cultural trends. [/quote]

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