One thing parents know that most non-parents don't: how much more kids can understand than you'd guess. You can talk to a 9 or 10 year old almost like an adult and they'll understand most of it.
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At age 8+/- told our daughter & son the impact of too much screen time & shared the articles. 6+ years later & they play 0-1hr of video games per week. Never have devices out during family time/meals, notice the behavior in others. Leave phones home when going for hikes, etc.
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Discussion was triggered by 2014 NYT 'Steve Jobs was a low-tech parent' article (kids now 13&15). W/my Android background I'd been talking to them about the risk of being the 'cobblers kids' I then looked up other articles (ones with data) to talk about.https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/fashion/steve-jobs-apple-was-a-low-tech-parent.html …
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I still like our approach, but there is always a counterpoint. - Video games might actually be good for you, Oxford study findshttps://www.businessinsider.com/video-games-mental-health-gaming-wellbeing-oxford-study-research-2020-11?utmSource=twitter&utmContent=referral&utmTerm=topbar&referrer=twitter …
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It was really effective, almost too much so. I remember once telling them they could have another half hour of Minecraft (we gave them 1 hr/week of game time back then) and they worried it would be bad for them.
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A study found the prevalence of gaming among youth to be inversely related to some more serious shenanigans https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/f8c0uf/youth_behavior_trends_in_the_united_states_9th/ …pic.twitter.com/oRK8kQOgeu
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Not sure what to make out of it, interesting nonetheless.
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