I’m a new grandmother to two boys ages 7 and 9. They both have a hard time focusing in school and with their homework. With some time, attention and reinforcement they do great. But it has to be after any “screen time”. They started watching kids You Tube at my house and I couldn’t believe how it works. The fast scenes, the loud noises, etc. You Tube is banned in my home as I know it’s not helping their brains in the least.
Especially under 3, the only eyes and faces a baby needs to look into are their parents in order to help with the attachment of parent to child. All you need to do is a little parental reading or use common sense and this much makes sense. What could be more important than building that connection?
This made me smile, I think we always question what is the right thing to do about screen time. Back in the 70's when my children were little it was only TV, then Atari, now that was a wonderful time for this mother of two. My 55 year-old son has a habit of telling stories about his childhood, my husband and I were itinerant vendors selling t-shirts & hats at fairs, car shows and anyplace that would let us set up, usually without the entertainment of tv on the fairgrounds. Our children were always with us, eventually working along side. My sons stories of various "traumatic" happenings are always ended with the line. "What's wrong with Andy?" No matter what you decide, you will be to blame. LOL
we held off on screens until after 1, and then gradually did shows. (paw patrol lol)
they now have their own ipads (ages 9 & 11) but they have to earn the time. we're not big on video games. The commercials are the worst on YouTube, we don't ever let them watch YT unsupervised and they don't have it on their iPads.
One of them watched YouTube at a friend's house the other day and we definitely talked about what they watched, just to be aware
One of my favorite stories (I'll make it brief) is how I cured my own dependency on TV in the background because I became aware that my daughter would get distracted by the colors and sounds while she was in her Exersaucer, playing with toys on the tray. If I wasn't actively watching it, it didn't need to be on, cut out Entertainment Tonight that day! (this was 2001)
We did buy Baby Einstein videotapes and she watched The Wiggles (again, it was 2001), but it was intentional, and that made the difference to us. Phones and iPads weren't a thing, which made it easier for us, I think that instant access and availability is a much larger issue for today's parents.
Sounds to me like you're doing a great job as parents.
I’m a new grandmother to two boys ages 7 and 9. They both have a hard time focusing in school and with their homework. With some time, attention and reinforcement they do great. But it has to be after any “screen time”. They started watching kids You Tube at my house and I couldn’t believe how it works. The fast scenes, the loud noises, etc. You Tube is banned in my home as I know it’s not helping their brains in the least.
Especially under 3, the only eyes and faces a baby needs to look into are their parents in order to help with the attachment of parent to child. All you need to do is a little parental reading or use common sense and this much makes sense. What could be more important than building that connection?
This made me smile, I think we always question what is the right thing to do about screen time. Back in the 70's when my children were little it was only TV, then Atari, now that was a wonderful time for this mother of two. My 55 year-old son has a habit of telling stories about his childhood, my husband and I were itinerant vendors selling t-shirts & hats at fairs, car shows and anyplace that would let us set up, usually without the entertainment of tv on the fairgrounds. Our children were always with us, eventually working along side. My sons stories of various "traumatic" happenings are always ended with the line. "What's wrong with Andy?" No matter what you decide, you will be to blame. LOL
we held off on screens until after 1, and then gradually did shows. (paw patrol lol)
they now have their own ipads (ages 9 & 11) but they have to earn the time. we're not big on video games. The commercials are the worst on YouTube, we don't ever let them watch YT unsupervised and they don't have it on their iPads.
One of them watched YouTube at a friend's house the other day and we definitely talked about what they watched, just to be aware
One of my favorite stories (I'll make it brief) is how I cured my own dependency on TV in the background because I became aware that my daughter would get distracted by the colors and sounds while she was in her Exersaucer, playing with toys on the tray. If I wasn't actively watching it, it didn't need to be on, cut out Entertainment Tonight that day! (this was 2001)
We did buy Baby Einstein videotapes and she watched The Wiggles (again, it was 2001), but it was intentional, and that made the difference to us. Phones and iPads weren't a thing, which made it easier for us, I think that instant access and availability is a much larger issue for today's parents.