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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Socially/behaviorally, I think the issues are a result of the screen generation of parenting. Some kids are totally and completely screen addicted at shockingly young ages. Parents can't run into Target for 15 minutes without handing the kid a phone. The amount of kids using their computers at inappropriate school times is high. Defiance/ignoring of teachers is also high. I work in an ES across multiple grades. [/quote] It’s sad to see babies or toddlers in a stroller out and about and they are watching a TV program. This has become so common. Then you see the ones with no screen and they are engaged with their surroundings, smiling at people, looking around. I just don’t get it. [/quote] I agree. And can’t go to a restaurant without a screen. My kids are 13 and 16 and no one did this when they were little even though we had the ability with our phones (esp with 13 yo). But 5 years after they were toddlers it was everywhere. These kids are messed up from it - and then Covid screen deluge basically put the nail in the coffin bc at least before that, screens were minimally used in grade school so that was a brake to it all. No more. [/quote] Yep, I'm the pp that works in an ES. The other place I see it is in 5th grade English. One of the things they focus on is "reading stamina" which is the ability to read for longer and longer periods of time, keeping focus and not needing breaks, etc. We start with 10 minutes and try to work up to 45 by the end of the year. It is SHOCKING how hard to even impossible this is for some kids. They literally can't/won't read a single page without staring off into space. And they get to choose the book! These are kids who know HOW to read, but literally can't focus long enough to do so. And these are NT kids that don't have IEPs or anything. It's really sad. [/quote]
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