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There isn't just the cost of a timer, there's also the time and effort that needs to be spent policing your child's screen time. Many families don't have a pare
by 0th_Place 8y ago
There isn't just the cost of a timer, there's also the time and effort that needs to be spent policing your child's screen time. Many families don't have a parent around the house a lot of the time.
- mattcwilson 8y agoIt seems like we're all agreed that unmonitored, free-for-all access for kids onto computers or phones is risky and potentially unhealthy. Where I am confused is - what might make that hard to govern? I fully appreciate that the tools 20-30 years ago were not where they are today. But now?
- fjsolwmv 8y agoIt is free and easy to simply not buy your kid a screen, or take away the one you gave them. The main "benefit" to parents of screens is that it's a cheap bad babysitter that shuts kids up.