I've read up a bunch on this and we've done a bunch of thinking. We will likely heavily restrict screentime. Ideally no screentime until we are two, and then w

I've read up a bunch on this and we've done a bunch of thinking. We will likely heavily restrict screentime. Ideally no screentime until we are two, and then we will probably allow 15 minutes of "watching" a day. I suspect we will make a pretty broad exception for actual games though. Probably airplane rides will get some general exception too since that is just a limited environment. As we get older we may allow some more passive screen time but probably push heavily on "doing things" instead. Montessori has this great rule when making decisions about toys: Any toy that does the entertaining for the child is disallowed. Any toy that lets the child entertain themselves and is safe is fine. I like this because it captures the "legos are great, obnoxious light up sing song toys are bad" that aligns with my inner feelings. For our screen time we allow, I will preselect content and load it up on a tablet. Probably clone my current youtube system that downloads content from youtube and serves it up on a UI with no autoplay or suggestions. I will likely firewall off the device from the wider internet but allow it lan access so it can still get regular media updates.