Two-thirds of babies watch screens – some for eight hours a day
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#2> A report finds a third of newborns use devices for more than three hours, despite government advice that under-twos have no screen time at all
Disgusting :(
That said, I can't read the article, paywalled. Anyone have a working link?
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#3TBF content is generally better than it was 15 years ago even for babies. I don't blame em...
Re: Two-thirds of babies watch screens – some for eight hours a day
#4> A report finds a third of newborns use devices for more than three hours, despite government advice that under-twos have no screen time at all Disgusting :( That said, I can't read the article, paywalled. Anyone have a working link?
What's going to happen to those poor babies do you think?
Re: Two-thirds of babies watch screens – some for eight hours a day
#5> A report finds a third of newborns use devices for more than three hours, despite government advice that under-twos have no screen time at all Disgusting :( That said, I can't read the article, paywalled. Anyone have a working link?
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#6I once in a supermarket saw a probably 2-year old sitting in a stroller, holding a smartphone watching Youtube. When the ads came up, the little fella confidently pressed the "skip ad" button. I was perplexed and stunned, how can a child that can't even walk yet have the practice to know how to skip the ads. I don't even want to know the screentime that kid has.
Re: Two-thirds of babies watch screens – some for eight hours a day
#7> A report finds a third of newborns use devices for more than three hours, despite government advice that under-twos have no screen time at all Disgusting :( That said, I can't read the article, paywalled. Anyone have a working link?
What's going to happen to those poor babies do you think?
The public doesn't even have the capacity to support all the babies that are outright abused. A lot of researchers will get more notches on their precious CV but let's be real, if anyone gave a shit about random babies then screen time is so far down the list that they're never going to get there under any rational prioritization of who needs assistance.
Re: Two-thirds of babies watch screens – some for eight hours a day
#8> A report finds a third of newborns use devices for more than three hours, despite government advice that under-twos have no screen time at all Disgusting :( That said, I can't read the article, paywalled. Anyone have a working link?
What's going to happen to those poor babies do you think?
They’ll be sold software to correct the damage.
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#9My wife stays home with our kids. My daughter ends up watching a fair bit of television while my wife does chores and the like.
We're entirely curating what she's watching and I'm just not that concerned. If anything, she's learning things that I would not thought to teach her at her age. About 6 months ago she had an assessment through the school district for early education and at 2 years of age was able to identify about half the letters of the the alphabet.
My wife and I watching this happen were genuinely surprised because neither of us had even considered trying to teach the alphabet to a 2-year old. We did not teach her this, educational content taught her this.
I don't really worry. I watched TV basically my entire childhood growing up in the '80s, in the height of stranger danger where I largely was not allowed to go outside. It was a lot worse than this. I watched game shows, Hogans Heroes, Night Court. She's watching Ms. Rachel, Meekah, and Sesame Street.
I think the kids will be all right as long as you're involved. We're not hand our kid a tablet and saying "Go nuts". We're watching TV in the living room as a family.
Re: Two-thirds of babies watch screens – some for eight hours a day
#10I once in a supermarket saw a probably 2-year old sitting in a stroller, holding a smartphone watching Youtube. When the ads came up, the little fella confidently pressed the "skip ad" button. I was perplexed and stunned, how can a child that can't even walk yet have the practice to know how to skip the ads. I don't even want to know the screentime that kid has.
Maybe this is evidence that the urge to skip ads is innate.