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Not only. In Italy there is a toy that explain the BCD (Binary coded decimal) with colored tiny balls. http://www.quercettistore.com/prodotti/rami About 30 years ago.. Sorry but this not happen only in Silicon Valley.
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Scientific research quite strongly links excessive screen time to psychological problems in children. You can be spared from science, if you'd like, but it does no good to ignore real problems just because you want to stick your head in the sand. Edit: And for the bogeyman's sake, if you'd like the "proof", that's what Google is for. This isn't some fringe view. It's about the same as asking me for proof that smoking…
Correlation != causation. Is screen time per se that would create some issues with kids, or is it the lack of real communication between parent and kid? I love to sit down and actively watch (i.e. point, name, discuss) a show with my 3 y/o son. When not excessive, I feel this is good for both of us.
While I also agree that it doesn't feel wrong to experience something on a screen as a family, we should always be wary of "it feels good/right" as a reason for believing that something isn't bad for you in the long run. That's a slippery slope that has led to plenty of negative trends recently. It's far too easy for people to latch onto things that are good in moderation and let those things slip into over-saturation.
So it's Robot Turtles IRL? My kids dig Robot Turtles and would have fun with this.
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yes how dare they spend their money on their first born!
If they want to spend money on their first born, there are far better, more rational ways to do it. $199 in a 529 plan turns into $2k by college time. $199 in used clothes or legos will go a lot further at that age.
I also don't think the people who buy this buy it as the only toy for their kid. They probably already have spent plenty on other stuff.
> My main objection to pushing STEM down to the diaper set is that it all seems to involve screen-based learning tools, and I am sure that little ones don’t need more screen time. This thing seems pretty cool. On the whole, we probably need to have more of an awareness of how important tactile and spatial factors are in child development. But the top selling point, according to this reviewer, is that it protects your…
Scientific research quite strongly links excessive screen time to psychological problems in children. You can be spared from science, if you'd like, but it does no good to ignore real problems just because you want to stick your head in the sand. Edit: And for the bogeyman's sake, if you'd like the "proof", that's what Google is for. This isn't some fringe view. It's about the same as asking me for proof that smoking…
The main source for recommending limitations on overall screen time for young children seems to be a set of recommendations published by the American Academy of Pediatrics [1], but they don't actually cite any research (or their citations are too well-hidden for me). The AAP recently published a release stating that new recommendations are coming soon and suggesting that the old guidelines are unnecessarily rigid and unrealistic, even to the point of explicitly stating that "The public needs to know that the Academy’s advice is science-driven, not based merely on the precautionary principle.". The top bullet point is "media is just another environment". This newer document generally advocates a nuanced approach that takes the nature of the content or activity as well as the social context of media consumption (e.g. whether parents are actively watching with the child) into account [2].
[1]: https://www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-ini...
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yes how dare they spend their money on their first born!
If they want to spend money on their first born, there are far better, more rational ways to do it. $199 in a 529 plan turns into $2k by college time. $199 in used clothes or legos will go a lot further at that age.
you're projecting your own financial situation onto others in the demographic buying disposable $180 doo-dads for their kids.
it's like getting mad at the rain.