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I guess that's hard to measure, higher screen time could be correlated with less caregiving from parents - screen will not teach them.
by BartShoot 1mo ago
I guess that's hard to measure, higher screen time could be correlated with less caregiving from parents - screen will not teach them.
- trescenzi 1mo agoYea I’d love to see what they attempted to control for. I can’t imagine it’s possible to begin to draw a causal link.
- hyperpape 1mo agoYeah, I admit I didn't click through and read the methods so it's possible they did what was necessary, but off the top of my head, you would need to do your best to model: 1. Parents' own socioeconomic status 2. Parents' educational attainment 3. Parents' working memory (since this is one of the measures, and it's somewhat heritable) Not easy at all.
- red-iron-pine 1mo ago> 1. Parents' own socioeconomic status broke tired people who need time to do basic tasks at home end up putting their kids in front of screens -- news at 11 meanwhile bourgeoisie programmer types working at home take kiddo for a walk to the park and then hand them off to the after school programs or Filipina nanny
- munksbeer 1mo agoAnd then grandstand on hn about how they give their children zero screen time, as is only right.
- dzhiurgis 1mo agoSmoking crack could be correlated with not eating a healthy died