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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can’t access the article, but I’m trying to raise my kids similar how I was raised- I don’t restrict tv. We have iPads that only come out for long drives (3-4+ hours), plane travel, or if a kid is sick and needs to be confined to their room. My oldest is 7 and so far I’ve been able to avoid buying video games, though that’s getting harder as my son grows.

My 7 year old does have some homework on the iPad a couple of times a week, so it’s a bit unavoidable but I’m ok with it for schoolwork.

Now I need to work on my using my own home around the kids.

I am firmly against kids having access to iPads and iPhones. [/quote]

Why do they need iPads for long drives or plane travels?  I don’t restrict TV either but we don’t use iPads or computer games in the car or plane.   My 10 year old has been taking a four hour flight about twice a year as an unaccompanied minor since she was seven years old.  And before that she’s been flying with family.  I’m not anti-tech in school but there’s no reason to use iPads when traveling.  At the airport there are so many little kids with iPads.  They aren’t present to where they are or what they’re doing because their eyes never leave the screen.

We packed an activity set for the plane when she started flying alone.  The first time I asked her if there were other kids sitting next to her.   She said yes, a 9 year old but she was on her phone the whole flight.  It was a missed opportunity for two kids to get to know each other, to talk about their trips.

We don’t use iPads on long car rides either.  You have a captive audience with your young kids to play games, listen to music together and just talk.   With iPads they probably don’t even look out the windows.

I don’t have a problem with teens having a phone with travel but under the age of 13 there’s no reason to have screens while traveling.  [/quote]

Why are you here on screens if you don't believe in it? Set a good example and do zero tech.[/quote]

Read more carefully.  This was just about traveling.   When you’re out and about there are people to talk to things to look at we don’t need them.     We have video games and iPads at home when there’s nothing to do but we just bring them when we are going somewhere.

Plus what do I as a grown up have to do with with a six year old.?  Different stages of development.  [/quote]

This is bonkers and totally backwards to me. No screens on an airplane because there are people to talk to and things to look at? For hours stuck on an airplane?!? But you have video games and iPads at home when there’s “nothing to do?” Play, run around, dig in the dirt outside, help mom with a chore, play more, have a friend over, color…

We are very low screens - we let them use our old iPads/kindles on airplane for about half the flight, and we let them watch a ton of TV when they (or we!) are sick. But day-to-day - no screens. [/quote]

They are looking at others to give them free babysitting and entertain their kids.  I don't want to talk to your child on a flight, except if there is a good reason - they are seated by me alone, you are ill, etc. Your kid, your responsibility. [/quote]

Oh what a miserable a-hole you sound like.  Who is looking for a babysitter?   I know our kids are fine leaving iPads and video games at home.  They’ll be there when we get back.       If there’s a movie in the plane whoever wants to watch it can watch it.  We have some nice conversations with people waiting for a flight, we bring the young ones to a play area, and we’re able to sit without looking down at a screen.

If you’re talking about children flying alone they sit in back with the flight attendants together.

Toddlers are seen glued to iPhones or iPads everywhere.  Shopping, taking a walk in a carriage, restaurants, playgrounds, everywhere and missing out on developing social skills.   [/quote]

Who cares if kids are on screens.  You rant while on a screen.  You name call on a screen.  That speaks volumes. [/quote]

I don’t care if adults are on screens. It’s about children.   You have a real problem of you can’t understand why a two year old should not be out with an iPhone attached to her hand.   Read up on it. [/quote]

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