Anonymous
Post 10/26/2023 14:52     Subject: screen time in a daycare center
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Our 18 month
old’s daycare projects occasional educational videos on the wall. I’m very comfortable with it.


The AAP isn’t.


DP it would not be my favorite.

But the AAP has a history of pulling recommendations out of their a$$es with consequences ranging from stressing out families for no reason to kids dying of peanut allergies.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2023 13:14     Subject: screen time in a daycare center
Our daycare doesn't do any screen time. (I think our parent manual says something that short educational programs related to the curriculum may be used in the PreK class, but that parents will be sent the materials ahead of time and can opt out. To my knowledge, they've never actually pursued this.) My two year old has some screen time, but that's on my watch when I really need it. I'm not paying thousands of dollars for daycare to give them screens, too.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2023 10:44     Subject: screen time in a daycare center
Anonymous wrote:The daycare center uses computers to show educational programs to children aged 2.5 to 3.5 years old. It's limited to 25 minutes per day. How much screen time does your daycare center typically allow?


Every day? That’s too much.

I want my kid to have 30 minutes of screens a day, but I want that on my watch while I make dinner. They can’t steal it!!
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2023 10:43     Subject: screen time in a daycare center
Anonymous wrote:Our 18 month
old’s daycare projects occasional educational videos on the wall. I’m very comfortable with it.


The AAP isn’t.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2023 10:41     Subject: screen time in a daycare center
I am not a fan. I've taught preschool and I don't think screens need to be a part of their day for any reason. They need hands-on learning experiences and a lot of outside time, not staring at a screen for 25 minutes.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2023 10:35     Subject: screen time in a daycare center
Our daycare's policy is 30 minutes per week for kids 2 and up (under 2 get no screen time).
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2023 06:46     Subject: screen time in a daycare center
We watch a bit of Sesame at 2 so I would be ok if it happened at daycare.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2023 06:21     Subject: screen time in a daycare center
Our daycare didn’t do any screen time.
Only time I would be ok with it would be for the slightly older kids, 4ish and up if they did it instead of a nap. The forced nap is why we left daycare. I wish ours would have allowed quiet time with a Disney movie or educational show for these kids.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2023 02:15     Subject: screen time in a daycare center
Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't put my kid at any place that allowed ANY screen time at that age.


+1. We’ve been at 3 different centers and none used screentime.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2023 00:28     Subject: screen time in a daycare center
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Our 18 month old’s daycare projects occasional educational videos on the wall. I’m very comfortable with it.


You shouldn't be.
Here are WHO's screen time recommendations by age:

Infant (less than 1 year of age): Screen time is not recommended.
1-2 years of age: No screen time for a 1-year-old. No more than an hour for 2-year-olds, with less time preferred.
3 to 4 years old: No more than one hour.
https://www.aoa.org/news/clinical-eye-care/public-health/screen-time-for-children-under-5?sso=y#:~:text=Here%20are%20WHO%27s%20screen%20time,olds%2C%20with%20less%20time%20preferred.


Yup, in a perfect world, DC would get no screen time but good childcare is hard to come by and I LOVE 99% of things about this daycare so it’s not the hill I’m dying on.

I’d be comfortable with OP’s scenario as well if I otherwise liked the daycare.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2023 00:17     Subject: screen time in a daycare center
Anonymous wrote:Our 18 month old’s daycare projects occasional educational videos on the wall. I’m very comfortable with it.


You shouldn't be.
Here are WHO's screen time recommendations by age:

Infant (less than 1 year of age): Screen time is not recommended.
1-2 years of age: No screen time for a 1-year-old. No more than an hour for 2-year-olds, with less time preferred.
3 to 4 years old: No more than one hour.
https://www.aoa.org/news/clinical-eye-care/public-health/screen-time-for-children-under-5?sso=y#:~:text=Here%20are%20WHO%27s%20screen%20time,olds%2C%20with%20less%20time%20preferred.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2023 00:16     Subject: screen time in a daycare center
I wouldn't put my kid at any place that allowed ANY screen time at that age.
Anonymous
Post 10/25/2023 23:14     Subject: screen time in a daycare center
Our 18 month old’s daycare projects occasional educational videos on the wall. I’m very comfortable with it.
Anonymous
Post 10/25/2023 23:03     Subject: screen time in a daycare center
None, no computers in ours. Screen time is pretty unusual in preschool and I would be wary of any program using it.
Anonymous
Post 10/25/2023 15:24     Subject: screen time in a daycare center
The daycare center uses computers to show educational programs to children aged 2.5 to 3.5 years old. It's limited to 25 minutes per day. How much screen time does your daycare center typically allow?