Ultra-low caps on "screen time" for kids increasingly resemble foot-binding to me
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V.sympathetic to this angle. Otoh my kid has severe difficulty regulating emotion which is markedly worse after (longer) screen time. W/o ST he's drawn to activities which seem to help him regulate (sensory stuff e.g. playing in mud). Many fewer meltdowns. Happier household.
tbh a big part of the reason I think "screen time" is so critical is that most kids are otherwise placed in very low-stimulation environments, with the unreasonable expectation that they will "work on something productive," read or play with something uninteresting
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Computers, tables and consoles aren't critical to any particular child's development, they're just far, far more enriching than what most kids have otherwise, especially since not long after my own childhood parents became terrified to let them go outside unsupervised
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But it is very feasible to keep a home that kids can use as their own miniature lab/craft depot, which for many kids is preferable to unhindered computer access. I'm inspired by the slime craze
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nothing wrong with some sticks in the yard
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