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re: Kids and screen time
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:29 am to Sus-Scrofa
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:29 am to Sus-Scrofa
But don’t you have to at least be able to balance in those things? It’s not like it requires zero physical effort right?
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Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:30 am to Oilfieldbiology
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We’ve started playing board games as a family in the evenings. This really helps limit both ours and our kids screen time.
Teach your children lessons by destroying them in Settlers of Cataan.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:31 am to i am dan
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Most adults spend that much time in front of a screen... so is there really a problem?
id say that any time spent behind a screen is time that isnt spent doing physical activities that work on motor skills and also social activites that help with communication at a minimum. Then I guess we would have to talk about what a young brain gains by looking at whatever content they are consuming on the tablet vs other activities that they could be doing.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:32 am to diat150
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id say that any time spent behind a screen is time that isnt spent doing physical activities that work on motor skills and also social activites that help with communication at a minimum.
Look into enrolling them in your local UFC gym.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:33 am to i am dan
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Most adults spend that much time in front of a screen... so is there really a problem?
Honestly, yeah.
I don't think it's normal and I think down the line those of us who sit at a computer for 8-10 hours daily with limited breaks are going to start feeling it. Obviously there are ways to make sure you're moving around and not staying static for more than an hour at a time (scheduled breaks, walks, standing desks), but not many people are vigilant about that until it starts to hurt them.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:33 am to Baers Foot
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Look into enrolling them in your local UFC gym.
thats a thought, but good luck finding an open slot in a ufc gym in lafayette.
This post was edited on 7/30/20 at 9:34 am
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:33 am to diat150
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How do you handle screen time for your kids
If we aren't careful our 2 year old locks onto his tablet like a man staring at boobs. He mostly plays/watches educational games or shows, but we still don't want him playing with it for long periods of time. Luckily he's 2 so we can just distract him with something else, like playing outside. We are careful to take it away from him completely because it is a godsend on long drives.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:36 am to diat150
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Is it something that you track? Do you care? I was reading on it and most experts say 2 hours for say a 7 year old per day but the average is like 6-8 hours in the real world.
We used to be way more strict about it. My son was limited to about an hour of screen time a day. Especially during the school year. He got maybe 30 minutes per day.
During quarantine, that creeped up to an hour or two.
Once July hit and the heat and the mosquitos came out, it's crept up to 3 or 4 hours a day.
He watches an hour in the morning when he wakes up and about 2 hours in the afternoon when our daughter is napping. He might get an hour of tablet time (educational games at least) at some point during the day.
We're not happy about it, but it's hard to find things to do when it's 100+ degrees of mugginess in the middle of the afternoon. It'll taper back down in a few weeks when school starts.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:38 am to diat150
Bunch of liars up in here, I know that much.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:39 am to i am dan
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Most adults spend that much time in front of a screen... so is there really a problem?
This is a really good point. How often am I checking my phone? For entertainment, news, or work purposes?
My kids see that.
I remember reading an article that claimed young kids (preschool aged) can't differentiate between types of neglect/being ignored. So literally ignoring your kid is felt the same as when you're looking at your phone or another screen.
This has never been a problem for us, but I'll admit this past month has been terrible. Southern heat with no indoor activities due to quarantine has made it hard to get through the day to day without using lots of screen time.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:39 am to StringedInstruments
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We're not happy about it, but it's hard to find things to do when it's 100+ degrees of mugginess in the middle of the afternoon. It'll taper back down in a few weeks when school starts.
This is the truth.
Most of my summers growing up were spent outside because there was nothing else to do. Then we got a computer, and I still spent time outside, but I also spent the hottest parts of the day on the computer. To a young kid who loves to learn and explore, that sort of shite is really addicting.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:40 am to Ash Williams
We keep the main tv on in the house, because i like ambient noise.
My soon to be 6 year old plays on his amazon fire, or may play an xbox game or watches cartoons for a few hours. The weather being complete shite the last few days has amplified this. However, he does love school, and doing activities or playing board games. So if he's not doing activity books, coloring, or playing board games, then he's either watching zebra gamer or playing something on his ipad. During the week, if he's not at camp or at school, we give him about an hour to 2 hours/day. But if he starts acting up, we take it away from him. He also loves to read too, so i'm not very worried about his screen time right now.
My soon to be 3 year old doesn't play on devices of any kind. He plays with his toy trains and likes to color, or just pull random toys out of his toybox and scatter them around the house so i can step on them.
My soon to be 6 year old plays on his amazon fire, or may play an xbox game or watches cartoons for a few hours. The weather being complete shite the last few days has amplified this. However, he does love school, and doing activities or playing board games. So if he's not doing activity books, coloring, or playing board games, then he's either watching zebra gamer or playing something on his ipad. During the week, if he's not at camp or at school, we give him about an hour to 2 hours/day. But if he starts acting up, we take it away from him. He also loves to read too, so i'm not very worried about his screen time right now.
My soon to be 3 year old doesn't play on devices of any kind. He plays with his toy trains and likes to color, or just pull random toys out of his toybox and scatter them around the house so i can step on them.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:41 am to Packer
I have twin 9 year olds boys that would stay on them all day if we allowed. I usually allow the to play on the iPads until they die. They are older iPads so that is usually 2-2.5 hours. They are allowed to play fortnite on PS4 in the afternoon for 2 hours depending on what’s going on. Nothing at night before bed. During school, it’s a lot less. My 11 year old girl “would die if I can’t have my phone” to look at. So we take it away for a few days at a time and she had recently asked me to teach her chess. We’ve been playing. I have a 6 year old boy that could give two shits about devices and wants to be outside 24 hrs a day.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:42 am to diat150
Here’s a thought that I will admit is pretty new to me.
For young kids their jobs, interactions with friends, information, and education will come largely from a screen, it’s where the world is headed like it or not. So is limiting the amount of time a kid spends with a screen helping them or hurting them?
I do think kids today who have actual people skills will have a huge leg up on their peers. I guess the point is that both are important today, knowing how to interact with screens is now a vital skill for most professions and lifestyles.
I have a 20 month old btw and they spend ~1hr a day with screens, we encourage them to play and go outside and draw and things, but sometimes they want to watch a movie and that is OK imo
For young kids their jobs, interactions with friends, information, and education will come largely from a screen, it’s where the world is headed like it or not. So is limiting the amount of time a kid spends with a screen helping them or hurting them?
I do think kids today who have actual people skills will have a huge leg up on their peers. I guess the point is that both are important today, knowing how to interact with screens is now a vital skill for most professions and lifestyles.
I have a 20 month old btw and they spend ~1hr a day with screens, we encourage them to play and go outside and draw and things, but sometimes they want to watch a movie and that is OK imo
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:43 am to ezride25
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Bunch of liars up in here, I know that much.
do you believe other posters are bullshitting and their kids are spending much more time on screens?
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:50 am to Sus-Scrofa
quote:Well done!
I got my 8 and 10 years old niece and nephew each a hoverboard. They live on those things.
My brother says it has cut their screen addiction way down, but at the expense of walking.
I bought my nephews (9 & 11 yrs old) new bikes, rod & reels, fishing gear and backpacks in April. Apparently the neighbor kid's parents have bought the same for their boys.
I love seeing a drove of little boys headed out on their bikes with fishing gear strapped on their backs racing to get to their favorite spot every afternoon.
Give them something to do outside when they're young and they'd much rather PLAY than sit around glued to a screen.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 10:17 am to diat150
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How do you handle screen time for your kids.
My 5 year old basically became addicted to screens (tablet, switch, tv) when schools were closed. This is week 10 of summer camp and he'd rather watch tv today than go to summer camp. Six months ago, he much preferred interacting with friends over any screen related activity. We are doing as much as we can with the kids to break them away from the screen. It isn't like he cries to watch tv or anything like that, but he basically gets out of bed and turns on the tv until we tell him to do something else.
It's kinda weird. Screens turn kids into zombies. Sure, there are a lot of advantages to some learning programs on the screens, but at this age they need to be working on motor skills. I think it's more important for my kid to try to ride his bike that watching Captain Underpants.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 10:34 am to diat150
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How do you handle screen time for your kids.
He's 13. He gets 30 minutes per week on xbox. He gets 30 minutes per day to use his phone for games or internet use.
Otherwise, it's doing something constructive.
ETA: we have a large farm property and there is always something needing to be done. He also plays baseball and basketball so he spends 2-3 hours a day practicing those too.
This post was edited on 7/30/20 at 10:37 am
Posted on 7/30/20 at 10:34 am to diat150
According to teachers, kids should spend at least 8 hours a day in front of a computer screen.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 10:47 am to diat150
My 7 year old is allowed 30 minutes of screen time a day.
She can earn more time if she does certain things, like doing her very minimal chores without us telling her to them.
Most days she gets 1 hour of screen time from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm.
If its a rainy day or she isn't feeling well, we relax on these rules, but we keep it pretty tight otherwise. We can tell when we relax that her attitude changes.
She can earn more time if she does certain things, like doing her very minimal chores without us telling her to them.
Most days she gets 1 hour of screen time from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm.
If its a rainy day or she isn't feeling well, we relax on these rules, but we keep it pretty tight otherwise. We can tell when we relax that her attitude changes.
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