Anonymous
Post 09/10/2020 15:43     Subject: All the screens
I agree with pp who says add more positive habits, which will naturally crowd out bad ones. Family weekend hikes, yard work and other chores, game night, cooking for the family will take time away from the screens.

That being said, the start of DL is a natural time to reset limits. If you want to do that too, do it asap.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2020 13:19     Subject: Re:All the screens
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Many of us grew up watching TV from the minute we got home until bedtime, with a break for dinner. Looking back, it wasn't great, but we turned out OK. (I mean, we watched Popeye and Roadrunner, and a lot of violent and stupid stuff.) Our kids will be fine if they have attentive parents.

Even a year (or two) of this craziness shouldn't make profound differences in their development. PBS Kids is teaching my boos so much!!!!!

Let's all breath.


I don't know you, but I love you. I also watched Dallas every Friday night while eating Jiffypop....


We couldn't binge watch on demand, and there were plenty of times when there was nothing interesting on TV. Because of netflix, Disney+, etc. there is ALWAYS something interesting on TV. Its totally different.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2020 12:17     Subject: Re:All the screens
I find it slightly humorous and definitely ironic that the same people who question the legitimacy of vaccines - particularly the COVID vaccine - because we “don’t know the long term effects of it” also let their children have unbridled access to screens, which certainly show negative trends and whose full effects haven’t even been realized.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2020 09:29     Subject: Re:All the screens
I'd be concerned about their eyes. when we look at screens, we don't blink as much, and over years, this causes problems.

I'm on a screen a lot between work, TV, iPhone etc., so I gave up my kindle and do all my book reading from old fashioned books at least.