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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm guilty of defaulting to an iPad as a babysitter from time to time, but my kid is happy, has friends, scores in the 99th percentile on MAP tests, and plays multiple sports. They've also learned a lot of random but cool stuff on YouTube Kids, especially interesting science. It's not ideal, but probably not much worse than the bad TV I watched in the 90s. [/quote]

There’s a difference between occasionally handing your kid the iPad as a babysitter and letting them constantly be on screens.[/quote]

The vast majority of parents are not "letting them constantly be on screens." Every single parent I know works hard to limit screens in some way. Some more than others but nobody I know has zero limits.[/quote]

DP. I think you underestimate screen time use in young kids. [/quote]

I didn't estimate screen time use in young kids, so I couldn't possible have underestimated it. I said every parent I know limits screen time use in some way. I didn't say how much screen time use they allow. That was in response to comment indicating parents are letting their kids "constantly be on screens". A parent might allow 2 hours of screen time a day which is a lot, but it also means they are not on a screen from 3:30pm through bedtime.[/quote]

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