Pediatricians have long cautioned that kids under two should spend no time in front of screen at all, while research shows that among older
kids lots of screen time is correlated with worse school performance.
Not exact matches
Waaaaayyyyy too much
screen time happening for
lots of little
kids, why introduce it to a baby?
Instead
of paying attention to the infant some parents spend a
lot of time alone, and the only companion left for the baby is the
screen this is a very harmful way
of parenting, and this affects the
kid future even how the child relates to people.
And while you can... MORE find a
lot of this stuff online it's good to have actual riddle, puzzle and brainteaser books on hand so that the
kids don't slip into a
screen -
time zombie state, which is somehow easier to do on a rainy day.
Once we solve the issue, most parents have spent a
lot of follow up
time discussing their
kid, why they purchased ItzaBitza, and what is important to them regarding
screen time.
If
kids spend a
lot of time in front
of display
screens, is it bad for the environment?
I'm not a fan
of a
lot of screen time for
kids especially, but buying Kindle Paperwhites for each member
of the family was a real gamechanger.
This means less crazy mornings
of me yelling at the
kids to put on their shoes or to eat their breakfast faster, it means a tiny bit more
screen time in the afternoons but
lots and
lots of playing outside, eating popsicles and swimming at the pool.
Our
kids learn a
lot of their behavior from watching us, and if mom and dad are glued to their phones or tablets or other
screens for a big chunk
of the
time, especially around the home and family, that habit and desire to be plugged in can be mimicked by their children.