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Every single child is different, and parents love to extrapolate their own experiences on other children(I'm 100% guilty of this too). But if we're sharing ane
by gambiting 3y ago
Every single child is different, and parents love to extrapolate their own experiences on other children(I'm 100% guilty of this too).
But if we're sharing anecdotes:
- our (almost) 3 year old gets screen time(cartoons in the evening, just so I can cook dinner while my wife works), but speaks two languages fluently at this point, and understands when to switch between them.
- our friends 3 year old has zero screen time, very engaged parents, and knows like 5 words, babbles a lot otherwise. They've been for different consulatations about this and apparently it's completely normal, sometimes kids develop language skills a bit later and that's fine.
What I think is definitely related is parents giving their kids dummies after they turn one - I've seen kids as old as 3-4 years still using them, and I've heard about parents just doing it so "the kids stays quiet". It absolutely breaks my heart.
- roland35 3y agoYup this is a great point. I've seen plenty of kids (well, former kids) from my peer group who had strict screen time limits and are now the biggest social media users I know. Maybe they could have used a little more exposure earlier? Who knows.
- profstasiak 3y agothat's exactly what me and my wife did to protect our toddler from drug addiction. We started him on light marihuana since two, only later introducing other drugs like MDMA, amphetamines and very sparingly cocaine. Hope this exposure helps him never to get addicted.
- Jensson 3y agoYou can't learn to resist hard drugs, and such drugs causes great damage on growing bodies. So no, your example isn't comparable. Banning candy for your kid is a more apt comparison, and that seems to be very ineffective to me.
- roland35 3y agoI'm not sure if he's joking or serious! In any case sorry this has to be said but no don't give drugs to kids please.
- LUmBULtERA 3y agoWhat is "dummies"? Thanks.
- WizardClickBoy 3y agoPacifiers.
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