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Didn't the generation currently raising kids get a hell of a lot of screen time themselves growing up? TV and video games were very common in the 90s.
by lacampbell 7y ago
Didn't the generation currently raising kids get a hell of a lot of screen time themselves growing up? TV and video games were very common in the 90s.
- abraae 7y agoI certainly watched a lot of crap TV growing up. However entertainment back then was so feeble compared to today's high voltage stuff it didn't really command one's full attention, there was still time for socializing. By contrast, we had two teenage relatives staying last couple of days and they are deeeply engaged with their devices to the point of near hypnotism.
- dagenix 7y ago> entertainment back then was so feeble compared to today's high voltage stuff Read that sentence back to yourself in your head and then tell me that doesn't sound ridiculous.
- baroffoos 7y agoBack before the internet I remember flicking through tv channels being bored because there was nothing on, I have never really felt there was nothing left to do on the internet.
- liability 7y agoHalf an hour a day, on an egg timer. I wish I would have spent less time in front of a screen.
- lacampbell 7y agoSo what do you do for a living now, exactly?
- liability 7y agoNeither watch TV nor play video games...
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- Foobar8568 7y agoYes, and that is why I tell my daughter no screen unless necessary (FaceTime to her grand parents) or time to time "TV" (max one hour of watching something on iPad or TV a week). The difference with other kids we know is huge from a behavior, physical and intellect point of view. She'll go to school only this fall.