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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Clearly you need a new nanny. Her job involves following the rules you have for your household and your children. If she thinks they're unreasonable she needs to work for a family she's more compatible with.

BUT. All this pearl clutching is ridiculous. Even the AAP acknowledges that television is just another means of transferring information - and one you can filter for your child and yourself (yes, you can block caillou). If nanny works a 10 hour day I really can't see the harm in 20 minutes of Daniel Tiger or Lost Ocean. I wonder if parents worried about their kids listening to too much radio... Probably.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jordanshapiro/2015/09/30/the-american-academy-of-pediatrics-just-changed-their-guidelines-on-kids-and-screen-time/#75cab3e9137c[/quote]
What a bunch of crap. The bozo who wrote that gets paid by a TV station. That's like asking a big pharma rep if they think aspirin is ok. Give me a break, pp.[/quote]

I'm sorry, did you see that this is the new official guidelines from the AAP? Whoever wrote about it is irrelevant, the AAP says studies show that limited screen time does zero damage to young children. They are a part of our daily lives.[/quote]

Um, no. That is not what they said at all. They did not change their recommendation about no screen time for children under two -- that is still the "gold standard." They also said that sedentary tv watching is still a problem, though not if kept to a minimum. They just acknowledged that there is not a lot of evidence about interactive, educational screen time. When I heard the head of the AAP interviewed about this, he said the major problem is PASSIVE SCREEN ENTERTAINMENT (like tv shows), but the AAP wanted to acknowledge reality and also say that if you and your child are playing a game on a tablet together, that's probably not harmful.[/quote]

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