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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So teachers you won't go silently apeshit when you see me letting my kid play starfall for 20 minutes at Cava?[/quote]

Teacher here. One that despises how much screen time kids get in school. I limit it as much as I humanly can.

And I’m also a parent who didn’t give my kids my iPhone at cava when they were little. I brought little books or coloring sheets. They were not always perfectly behaved, it was not easy, it took a LOT of work to get them to be where they are now and yes I was exhausted.

I’m not going apeshit over you, no, but I’ll be honest that I feel sad when I see so many little ones on screens. Think about it this way—every time you hand your kid the phone you’re taking away an opportunity for them to learn how to self regulate, you’re taking away an opportunity for them to be okay with the discomfort of boredom. This is why so many of them are fidgety in school. I can’t tell you how often I hear a kid whine that they’re bored. And I know that I don’t know your daily situation—if you were at the hospital night with your sick husband or whatnot, so that’s why I’m not going apeshit in my head, this may be the rare time in a week your kid gets the phone. But…seeing how many are on phones at the grocery store, at restaurants, in line waiting for something, in waiting rooms…it’s too pervasive to just attribute it to one hard day.[/quote]

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