Ultra-low caps on "screen time" for kids increasingly resemble foot-binding to me
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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
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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And there are, of course, some kids who take to games or software like ducks to water, and it's really quite a bad idea to deprive them of their thing. Like many of the best musicians and athletes, capacity + intuition built young often translates to exceptional ability later on
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