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As someone born in '87, I have no idea what you mean by "screentime wasn't an issue". I think it's more the case that it wasn't an issue for your daughter. I ha
by hn_go_brrrrr 3y ago
As someone born in '87, I have no idea what you mean by "screentime wasn't an issue". I think it's more the case that it wasn't an issue for your daughter. I had plenty of fights with my parents about the amount of time I wanted to spend on my computer.
- seanthemon 3y agoAgreed, I was born in the 90s and I spent 90% of my time glued to my pc, tv, psp, gameboy, nokia...
- Zetice 3y agoI was born around when you were and screen time never came up, the more time I spent on my computer the better, honestly. I had many problems, but generic “screen time” was never one of them.
- hn_go_brrrrr 3y agoI guess technically true, since the only screens we had back then were the computer and TV, and I didn't give a damn about the latter.
- debaserab2 3y agoI was born a few years earlier. My mom limited my internet time to 1 hour per day -- which had more to do with keeping us under our allotted ISP hours without getting overages than it did modifying my behavior. But in hindsight I'm extremely thankful for the limitation. A computer stops being a social channel when it's offline so the hours I spent offline were pretty crucial for me to learn a variety of things - from learning how to code to creating art. It also really did force me to go outside and learn about the world that way.
- intrasight 3y agoI had really meant preteen smartphone screentime. Smartphones didn't exist when she was a preteen so it wasn't an issue. Also, smartphone screentime is in general much higher thank computer screentime.