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As much as I agree, notice that it sort of defeats the point of it all if the they have to sit there with their child. It ain't easy being a parent, a 9 to 5 w

by tpeo 9y ago

As much as I agree, notice that it sort of defeats the point of it all if the they have to sit there with their child. It ain't easy being a parent, a 9 to 5 worker and a household manager within a 24h schedule. If parents leave their children to do some mindless thing while unnatended, it's often because they don't have enough time to give attention to all the stuff which is immediatelly pressing them.

vkjv 9y ago
> Or at the very least, the content that parent watched and approved before. In my experience, kids are willing to watch the same content many, many more times than an adult. This makes this strategy reasonable.
- sharemywin 9y ago
  if they had an opt in that would be great but pretty sure its all opt out.
  - mipmap04 9y ago
    This would be a pretty easy service to write, however. Adding it to the list of projects I need to eventually get to!
tobbe2064 9y ago
You don't actually need to distract them. It's important for them to learn that there is shit that needs to be done and there are periods of boredom.
jethro_tell 9y ago
We just have a fire tv with a pin. Each show and between each episode, they bring the remote to us and we decide if they (we) need another PJMasks or not. We also have a kindle which has a very good kids mode. We can set the number of minutes allowed for certain tasks 30min/day video, 20 min/day games, unlimited books. We can also explicitly set the content that is available in that mode. Which means once that's done, I can hand it to them and have a full 50 minutes to cook or clean or what ever I need to do without worrying about access to apps or youtube. One of my favorite parts about it all is that my kids have been taking selfies, pictures and videos of each other. They are up into the thousands. They put on hats and shoot little films of them jumping off the bed. They interview their uncles, and make cooking and painting shows. There's a lot of really cool things they do if you limit the non interactive, blob mode of the devices.

by tpeo 9y ago

vkjv 9y ago

> Or at the very least, the content that parent watched and approved before. In my experience, kids are willing to watch the same content many, many more times than an adult. This makes this strategy reasonable.

sharemywin 9y ago
if they had an opt in that would be great but pretty sure its all opt out.
- mipmap04 9y ago
  This would be a pretty easy service to write, however. Adding it to the list of projects I need to eventually get to!

tobbe2064 9y ago

You don't actually need to distract them. It's important for them to learn that there is shit that needs to be done and there are periods of boredom.

jethro_tell 9y ago

We just have a fire tv with a pin. Each show and between each episode, they bring the remote to us and we decide if they (we) need another PJMasks or not. We also have a kindle which has a very good kids mode. We can set the number of minutes allowed for certain tasks 30min/day video, 20 min/day games, unlimited books. We can also explicitly set the content that is available in that mode. Which means once that's done, I can hand it to them and have a full 50 minutes to cook or clean or what ever I need to do without worrying about access to apps or youtube. One of my favorite parts about it all is that my kids have been taking selfies, pictures and videos of each other. They are up into the thousands. They put on hats and shoot little films of them jumping off the bed. They interview their uncles, and make cooking and painting shows. There's a lot of really cool things they do if you limit the non interactive, blob mode of the devices.