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"Hand the kid an iPad and ignore them for 4 hours" also started around 2012.

• colechristensen 3y ago
  A generation before it was just sitting kids in front of the tv…
  • zerbinxx 3y ago
    Yeah, but there are obvious differences. A lot of people watched TV with their families or friends, although this is likely less frequent now with streaming. The amount of interactivity, portability, and solitude that the iPad affords its users with is undoubtedly bad for developing minds, at least in large doses.
  • whateveracct 3y ago
    TV wasn't personalized and algorithmic and brutally optimizing.