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It depends. I have three kids. Given unlimited access one of them would never leave the screen. From March to June, he watched 684 shorts and videos on YouTube
by ipython 3y ago
It depends. I have three kids. Given unlimited access one of them would never leave the screen. From March to June, he watched 684 shorts and videos on YouTube with his school issued Chromebook- that’s just during school hours. So, there are some kids who have an addictive personality.
We have tried to intervene, especially after he snuck an iPhone to his room and watched 22 hours of videos over the course of a week (while he was in bed) before we caught on. Nothing other than extreme measures of locking away devices keeps him from frittering away every waking hour on screens.
The other two kids don’t have similar issues.
- Waterluvian 3y ago“It depends” is definitely a core part of most parenting choices. There’s no panacea and at the end of the day, every parent needs to assess the situation and make their own decisions.
- drewcoo 3y agoI used to sneak a book and a flashlight into bed and surreptitiously read. Was I a book addict? Are there 12 step programs for that? I don't recall similar concerns, but parenting back then was a lot less hands-on.