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Have you tried giving the toddler something to do? A lot of the problem with young children "requiring constant attention" tends to just be a lack of things for
by kick 7y ago
Have you tried giving the toddler something to do? A lot of the problem with young children "requiring constant attention" tends to just be a lack of things for them to pay attention to.
One way to try and mitigate it is by giving them a GBA or DS (preferably the former, because they're harder to break, and certainly not a 3DS for a variety of reasons). This also has the really neat benefit of helping them bootstrap reading skills.
Movies usually don't work, because anything that doesn't require you to move (even just your hands, like with a handheld console) will cause restlessness.
You can probably take a few hours at first to teach her how to pronounce letters and put them together if you haven't already, after they figure out how to read, they require significantly less immediate attention.
- reverend_gonzo 7y agoGiving toddlers video games or movies stunts their brain development, their attention span, and is a terrible idea. The thing that infants and toddlers want and need more than anything is loving attention from their parents or other adult figures.
- kick 7y agoGiving toddlers video games or movies stunts their brain development, their attention span, and is a terrible idea. There isn't substantial evidence for the view that video games stunt brain development in toddlers, and they've been shown to have a positive effect for older children: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2013-4021 https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2013-4021 Further, given that video game therapy has been shown to be successful in mitigating ADHD, your claim of video games universally negatively impacting attention is also patently false. The thing that infants and toddlers want and need more than anything is loving attention from their parents or other adult figures. This is practically parenting-magazine pseudoscience, and taken to its implicit conclusion is incredibly harmful. Toddlers do not need constant attention from authority figures. They need some, not a helicopter, and they need external stimulus. Toddlers are not infants.
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