Anonymous
11/30/2022 22:27
Subject: At what age TV for toddler?
Anonymous wrote:We have a 2.5 year old. I am ok with letting him watch some cartoons for 15 mins on Sat and Sun.
Husband thinks we should not let him watch anything until 5-6.
Thoughts?
Does your husband actually PLAY with your son?
Anonymous
11/27/2022 18:09
Subject: At what age TV for toddler?
Anonymous wrote:We have a 2.5 year old. I am ok with letting him watch some cartoons for 15 mins on Sat and Sun.
Husband thinks we should not let him watch anything until 5-6.
Thoughts?
My thought is that both of these options are reasonable. So, whoever feels more strongly wins. That’s how my husband and I decide stuff.
That’s assuming you’re generally equal partners, and he’s not just announcing edicts that you need to enforce.
Anonymous
11/27/2022 17:15
Subject: At what age TV for toddler?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
We are. I work in tech, and most parents who do, also keep their kids very low tech. One of my close friends: a couple who met at Microsoft and had three kids. All three work in tech (youngest just graduated from college in May 2022). We had the family over for dinner last Wednesday plus the oldest girl's boyfriend - they were here for four hours, and no phones were ever present the entire time. It's very common when tech families get together for there to be no phones or iPads out at all. Maybe music is played on Google Home and there will be a Ring doorbell, but no personal devices.
As someone who has lived in San Francisco for the past ten years, this is absolutely NOT the norm. But please tell us more about your sanctimonious decisions.
We also live in SF (hi, neighbor!) and maybe you and I are seeking out different types of people. This is the norm for the majority of our friends in tech.
Np. My tech friends in SF are like this too. Not sure what is the "norm," but is at least a trend and not just sanctimony.
Anonymous
11/27/2022 11:45
Subject: At what age TV for toddler?
Hi!
The longer the child will be left without a TV, the better. You yourself will notice how his development takes place at an accelerated pace if you do not give him a smartphone and a TV. For example, we constantly find interesting developmental lessons on the Internet and sit and consider. For example, here we found how to print children's learning games printable on sheets wunderkiddy.com/category/by-age . And there are plenty of such sites, they can be easily found in a search engine. And do not use YouTube and so on, the child will be so distracted. It helps us, so we don’t know any problems with the TV.
The longer the child will be left without a TV, the better. You yourself will notice how his development takes place at an accelerated pace if you do not give him a smartphone and a TV. For example, we constantly find interesting developmental lessons on the Internet and sit and consider. For example, here we found how to print children's learning games printable on sheets wunderkiddy.com/category/by-age . And there are plenty of such sites, they can be easily found in a search engine. And do not use YouTube and so on, the child will be so distracted. It helps us, so we don’t know any problems with the TV.
Anonymous
11/27/2022 02:29
Subject: At what age TV for toddler?
Anonymous wrote:
We are. I work in tech, and most parents who do, also keep their kids very low tech. One of my close friends: a couple who met at Microsoft and had three kids. All three work in tech (youngest just graduated from college in May 2022). We had the family over for dinner last Wednesday plus the oldest girl's boyfriend - they were here for four hours, and no phones were ever present the entire time. It's very common when tech families get together for there to be no phones or iPads out at all. Maybe music is played on Google Home and there will be a Ring doorbell, but no personal devices.
As someone who has lived in San Francisco for the past ten years, this is absolutely NOT the norm. But please tell us more about your sanctimonious decisions.
We also live in SF (hi, neighbor!) and maybe you and I are seeking out different types of people. This is the norm for the majority of our friends in tech.
Anonymous
11/27/2022 01:20
Subject: At what age TV for toddler?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We didn't allow any screens for fun until 7th grade. After age 4, they were allowed tv when sick or on a long (2+ hrs) flight.
*Exceptions to "no screens" have always been FaceTiming with relatives and school assignments.
But as babies/toddlers/young preschoolers? No tv.
7th grade?! Wow you are hard core.
We are. I work in tech, and most parents who do, also keep their kids very low tech. One of my close friends: a couple who met at Microsoft and had three kids. All three work in tech (youngest just graduated from college in May 2022). We had the family over for dinner last Wednesday plus the oldest girl's boyfriend - they were here for four hours, and no phones were ever present the entire time. It's very common when tech families get together for there to be no phones or iPads out at all. Maybe music is played on Google Home and there will be a Ring doorbell, but no personal devices.
that's a stretch and has not been my observation
Anonymous
11/26/2022 22:32
Subject: At what age TV for toddler?
We are. I work in tech, and most parents who do, also keep their kids very low tech. One of my close friends: a couple who met at Microsoft and had three kids. All three work in tech (youngest just graduated from college in May 2022). We had the family over for dinner last Wednesday plus the oldest girl's boyfriend - they were here for four hours, and no phones were ever present the entire time. It's very common when tech families get together for there to be no phones or iPads out at all. Maybe music is played on Google Home and there will be a Ring doorbell, but no personal devices.
As someone who has lived in San Francisco for the past ten years, this is absolutely NOT the norm. But please tell us more about your sanctimonious decisions.