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I have a toddler who has zero minutes total screen time. The challenge is indeed daunting considering how easily it is to pass off the parenting responsibilitie

I have a toddler who has zero minutes total screen time. The challenge is indeed daunting considering how easily it is to pass off the parenting responsibilities to technology. I have started to limit my own time along by sending an update every week to my circle about my usage. I then try and drive that down with time limits. The tech companies including China would love for you to use their products 99.9% of your waking life while limiting their children from the same products they create.

hsjqllzlfkf 3y ago
I have a two year old also with zero minutes total. Why do you say the challenge is daunting? Was raising kids ever not was a lot of work? It hasn't become more difficult to raise kids, it's just that easier alternatives appeared.
- seanmcdirmid 3y ago
  It’s a lot of work not taking those easier alternatives, sort of like it takes willpower to not eat chocolate cake. > Was raising kids ever not was a lot of work? It hasn't become more difficult to raise kids, it's just that easier alternatives appeared As a former 80s kids, I’m going to push back on this notion a bit: our parents were infamous for getting away with minimal parenting in general (and mine definitely did). TV, video games, playing at the local abandoned industrial site, was all on the table, it’s a wonder we survived.
- pizzafeelsright 3y ago
  Perhaps I was being generous to others. At the moment the kid is learning the querty layout. Typing letters in an ultra large font while asking me how to spell words. I will add that I am navigating these waters as someone who had far too much exposure to TV, video games, computers, and Internet since the modem days. I am mostly indifferent to the medium but I am hoping to build the social connections as well as the creative and builder mindset and not just consumer of content.

hsjqllzlfkf 3y ago

I have a two year old also with zero minutes total. Why do you say the challenge is daunting? Was raising kids ever not was a lot of work? It hasn't become more difficult to raise kids, it's just that easier alternatives appeared.

seanmcdirmid 3y ago
It’s a lot of work not taking those easier alternatives, sort of like it takes willpower to not eat chocolate cake. > Was raising kids ever not was a lot of work? It hasn't become more difficult to raise kids, it's just that easier alternatives appeared As a former 80s kids, I’m going to push back on this notion a bit: our parents were infamous for getting away with minimal parenting in general (and mine definitely did). TV, video games, playing at the local abandoned industrial site, was all on the table, it’s a wonder we survived.
pizzafeelsright 3y ago
Perhaps I was being generous to others. At the moment the kid is learning the querty layout. Typing letters in an ultra large font while asking me how to spell words. I will add that I am navigating these waters as someone who had far too much exposure to TV, video games, computers, and Internet since the modem days. I am mostly indifferent to the medium but I am hoping to build the social connections as well as the creative and builder mindset and not just consumer of content.