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But do you watch YouTube or use screens around him? That's my problem with the advice to limit screen time. Why should I be telling my child not to do something
by alxmng 4y ago
But do you watch YouTube or use screens around him? That's my problem with the advice to limit screen time. Why should I be telling my child not to do something that everyone around him is doing?
- notinfuriated 4y agoBecause a child doesn't know when to stop. As an adult, I can always feel the pull of real life. If I keep watching YouTube or playing video games I know it's going to impact my job, wife, kid, etc. Some adults aren't even that good at regulating this, but I think kids are, on average, way worse about it. Many don't know real consequences or regrets for failing to manage their time. Although I'll admit I do agree with your comment in the sense that I think I should stop using YouTube entirely. People are discussing how it can really mess with a kid's brain, and I don't feel like I'm immune as an adult. Yes, I have more discipline than a child, but this feels like it can be a cheap acknowledgement made as a rationalization, like a chainsmoker saying his lungs are stronger than a kid's, or an alcoholic saying the same of their liver.
- grugagag 4y agoMany adults don’t know how to stop either. The UI/UX is tailored exactly for that purpose, to make you consume as much as possible. This is my problem with youtube kids, the content may be okay but priming for later is still going on.
- robertlagrant 4y ago> But do you watch YouTube I do sometimes, although nothing he can see. > Why should I be telling my child not to do something that everyone around him is doing Me doing something isn't the same as "everyone around him". If you refactor that to reflect reality, you get "Why should I be telling my child not to do something that I am doing?" Then my answer is: they're a child. Not an adult. I don't let my son drive, even though I can. I work; he goes to school. I drink alcohol; he doesn't. I'm on social media; he's not. I'm married; he's not. I watch horror movies; he doesn't. Brains fully develop by 25. My son is now 7. He isn't just a smaller version of me. He's a child version of me.
- scotty79 4y agoYou drink in front of your kid?
- robertlagrant 4y agoHaha! Well, if you put it like that... Yes. I don't drink much, once or twice a month, but if we're all round someone else's house I may have a beer in my hand.
- elteto 4y agoYou never had a beer at a restaurant?
- scotty79 4y agoNo. I find the concept of drinking beer with a meal disgusting on multiple levels. As a kid I hated when adults were drinking alcohol in my presence. They got even louder and dumber than usual after drinking.
- prmoustache 4y agoDrinking alcohol doesn't necessarily mean you will go louder and dumber. You know, like youtube, there are limits.
- scotty79 4y agoYou don't notice it as an adult but kids are very observant. You impair yourself with any amount of alcohol.
- robertlagrant 4y agoDoes this no answer your question about my child see me drinking beer? Or drinking coffee, if it's easier to not get distracted by the specific drink he's not allowed? My point was a bit unrelated to all this, so I'm just checking your original question's answered.
- basch 4y agoI don't watch the next suggested video after my video plays.