Screen-Time.
this thread.
Screens, kids, and the limits that hold when you’re tired of negotiating.
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the questions parents ask about screen-time.
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Less than the official line, and a lot less than what most families are doing. Under two I’d go with none; after that, very little, co-watched, with play and books and outside time as the normal option, not the prize after screens.
The fight is usually not the number in the box. It’s whether the day around the box feels like something they want. Put the work into the room, the outside time, the books, and the slow meals, and the limit stops feeling arbitrary.
Pacing and content matter, yes. The trade is still a trade. “Educational” is a better version of the same small screen, not a hall pass to park a kid in front of it all afternoon.