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My friends with young kids 3-11 all let their kids use iPads. All of the kids seem well adjusted, able to read (a worry I saw), etc. I have no idea what limits
by nox101 2y ago
My friends with young kids 3-11 all let their kids use iPads. All of the kids seem well adjusted, able to read (a worry I saw), etc. I have no idea what limits they have but the kids are social, they don't hide on their iPad when people visit but instead interact with the parent's friends.
The point being, unlike lots of comments here, I haven't seen any evidence of ill effects of young kids have access to electronics. I have no idea what these parents do and what limits they place, only that they didn't need to ban electronics from their kids lives to raise good kids.
Of course it's anecdata. One family, 2 daughters, 5 and 8. Another, son 11. Another son 11, daughter 7. Another, daughter 3.
I have also seen the opposite. Kids who can't function if their screen is taken away and are anti-social. But given the other kids, it doesn't seem to be the screen that's the problem.
- Geeek 2y ago>I have no idea what limits they have. I think that's the key part here.
- raydev 2y agoNo, I think the key is that the kids haven't been banned from using them but are still fine.
- nashashmi 2y agoThere are visible signs of kids being influenced by devices. And some parents recognize some of these signs immediately and some later. It would be a long and twisted argument that the influence is harmful or not. But as they are the parents of the children, you need to respect the influences they identify as being unsuitable for their children, for the children they hang around, and for children in general.
- tessierashpool9 2y ago> it doesn't seem to be the screen that's the problem that is not a surprise really. a happy child will prefer real life interaction while an unhappy child will try to hide somewhere.
- filoleg 2y agoOuch, that kinda hit the nail on the head of why I personally preferred the screen when I was growing up in late 90s and 00s. Didn’t even think of it in those terms until now, but yeah, it tracks nearly perfectly. Even as an adult, I noticed that my (non-productive) screen consumption spikes during periods of high stress and turmoil.
- tessierashpool9 2y agoIn the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Maté might be even more insightful then for you. Healthy and happy people don't take drugs or engage in excessive dopamine-based activities. This is not a trivial insight as it explains why only some people actually get hooked on drugs like Heroin as opposed to everybody which is what most people assume.
- _xiaz 2y agoAnd I'd rather have a child escape to the interwebs than needing to bear the suffering of a less-than-average childhood bluntly