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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think all of this is crazy… screens seem to hold such power for both adults and kids. Screens are seen as a reward by kids and I think it’s very unhealthy. This is not how we grew up.

My kids always watched movies in our native languages (not tv) since they were little. I have no idea how much or even if every day because I never thought I needed to monitor. 
Today my kids are 8, 6 and 3. 
The older two don’t really watch tv (except for dance videos where they dance after dinner… maybe 10-15 min). On weekends they watch tv sometimes when their brother naps if they don’t want to play. Other times we put a movie we watch together in the afternoon if we don’t want to go outside…. I don’t know… I have to actually think about for a minute because I don’t know how much or when they watch tv. It’s not a set amount. It’s not a reward and it’s not a punishment. Sometimes I guess they never watch tv for a whole week and sometimes they watch 2 movies per day on a Saturday.

Do you make sure your child is being enriched every waking moment? Do you think this obsession is good or healthy?

Maybe I am from a different country/culture and that’s why I see this extreme obsession with screen time as madness… I don’t know…

If/when my kids have iPads/phones I guess I will monitor to make sure they don’t talk to strangers/get into trouble, but as long as they are watching Disney, I don’t care (at all).[/quote]

I honestly don’t care either. As long as my kid is developing well (which she is) and is happy and fulfilled (which she is), I don’t care about the screen time.

I think about all the screen time I had as a kid … I think about the fact that my husband had a TV in his bedroom and watched Married with Children at way too young of an age. He turned out great.

It really matters much less than parents think it does. A lot of parents just use it as an excuse to become obnoxious sanctimommies. [/quote]

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