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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We were screen free until schools started computers in second grade. It was no big deal. If kids has asked for screens, we might have considered, but they just weren't around so it never came up. they did watch shows or movies when visiting friends and relatives but sometimes snuck off to read, particularly if a cousin was watching part of a series and not a stand alone movie.

Honestly now with youngest in fourth grade, we'd probably still be low screen except for this pandemic. Everyone is pretty fried at the end of a screen intense week.[/quote]

I could have written this.

Our kid had use of no screens at all for a long time... Yes, we did (rarely) do FaceTime/etc., and of course she saw us (rarely) at the computer/phone and caught a --GASP-- glimpse of a random screen at a restaurant or whatever. By 3 or so, I didn't care if she interacted with a screen at a museum or whatever. She's 7.5 now and did start using a computer during school hours, for school, when the pandemic hit (and had used a computer a bit at school before then). Oh, and she's seen 5-10 movies by now (once each). Mostly at a friend's house or in theaters.

That's about it, though?

No TV or TV-equivalent or tablet or gaming system or whatever around here. I don't think it makes us superior in any way, but it does seem easier to me in the long run, and seems to work for us. I've never dealt with a tantrum or negotiations around screen time, never had to "manage" it. Kid can entertain herself even though she's a high-energy extrovert and an only child. And I do understand that much of that is inborn, but DH and I both have ADHD dx, which is part of why we tried not-so-much using screens with our kid.

I totally believe screens are great tools! Or can be. But I think 80-90% of their use in very young kids (<5) is for the parents' benefit, or their perceived benefit. Which is fine, but it is what it is. Almost anything kids learn from screens before that age can be learned from other sources.  The 57 dinosaur facts a 4-year-old learned from some program... that's nice, genuinely. But it's not generally *why* parents use or allow screens IME.  [/quote]

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