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Trying something new: reverse AMA Parents of Farcaster: I (and maybe others?!?) will ask you questions in the replies below Anyone is welcome to chime in with their experience 🙏

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What is your position on screen time for kids?

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Earned, and not too much. Ideally an hour or two a day. Unless we’re in a travel day, where screens are basically unlimited so we all get through as smoothly as possible

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Screens are not about screens, they're about media. Don't have a tv. Don't play games anymore. I do very little YouTube but lots of music, some which has still pictures. I think still picture with music is fine. Screens feel very low dimensional compared to the real world, but our media is very attractive. Avoid some kinda of music that feel overly attractive. Like eating oversalted food every day.

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Supervised screen time only. Basically means I have to watch/play what they do.

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definitely gonna be on the low side unless it’s something educational

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As little as possible when they are very young. Clear limits, that they are aware off. At some point, they will request more. Discuss it. Ask why. "Because I want to play more of this game", is not a good reason for me. Of course they are kids, they want to do silly things, and play silly games, and they must have the time to do it. Favor the sketching app, or iMovie, or GarageBand vs the silly game if possible by adjusting screen time allowance accordingly.

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We probably watch too much TV, but parenting is hard and we just need the time to relax sometimes. I am careful not to rely too much on mobile phones as a way of keeping my kids occupied so they don't mess around. I don't like anything with an interactive screen, even less something they can hold, and it saddens me, and worries me if I'm being entirely honest, to see so many kids, babies sometimes even, out with their parents, or grandparents, and sat glued to a mobile phone, while their parents do the same. I see this all the time and try my best to avoid it in my family. Kids in the park, kids in restaurants, babies in buggies all glued to mobile phone screens. That has been the single biggest societal changed for me over the last ten years, it's awful.

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I think the what is more important than the how much. There’s a lot of good educational games that can add value. And some shows are actually entertaining for adults too (I used to love Phineas & Ferb; didn’t mind Dora; muppets are good for all ages; I could watch most Disney films without him lol)

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Soft time limited. Not every time spent on-screen is bad screen time. I don't like YouTube, though, because of the ads and the rabbit holes it exposes them to. Within 3 to 4 videos they are watching really dumb stuff and getting ads for candy and cake. But creating things on screen is different that mindlessly consuming moving pictures. More important to me is their eye-health, so they also need to be able to spend time on things that makes them shift focus to near and far. I once read that's the biggest challenge with screen watching. And for that, a book, held at the same distance as a screen, is similarly problematic. In the end, it's all about balance.

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Let my daughter have unlimited screen time but she mostly wants to be outside playing. It’s a life saver sometime though like if I have to put her brother to sleep she’s cool using the iPad alone until I am done.

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