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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Screens are an integral part of our lives. They are prominent in how we learn, work and play. Artificially restricting them isn’t the virtue some think it is.[/quote]

Part of the screen issue is the garbage that fills kids' heads. I'm now reading a parenting book published 1992 and they had same complaints then.

My solution has been to be strict about what's on the screen. Kids are age 9, 4, almost 2. DH introduced us to Studio Ghibli and we've bought many if not most of their movies on YT. This is my kids' ad-free corner of the internet. They're surprisingly content watching familiar movies many times, and I'm at least content that the artistry, story telling is showing them positive role models, healthy relationships, community life, friendship, love, etc. etc, etc.

Some favorites, FYI tips for others to look up:

Howl's Moving Castle
Princess Mononoke
Nausica
My neighbor Totoro
Pom Poko
Kiki's Delivery Service
Castle of Cagliostro
Castle in the Sky
Spirited Away

and for very sad, heavy one - Grave of the Fireflies[/quote]

Sorry we don’t watch anime [/quote]

PP here. Same here, I known what you mean. When I saw anime books on my husband's shelf, it was such a turnoff. And 99.99% I never did take any interest in to this day. But he I'm grateful that he introduced us to the classics - Hayao Miyazaki,  Shigeru Mizuki, Isao Takahara. These are life-long artists, masters of their craft. Not whatever mass market anime impression I still hold and frankly, like you, have no interest to look into.

And the neat thing about the above works is they're so high quality that don't age. These are 30,  40+ year old works that are still excellent today and far better than most of what's served up to kids now.[/quote]

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