I think this is key. Curated, age-appropriate, educational content vs engagement-maximizing, algorithmically selected slop. Parents need to be in control of what kids watch, not tech companies.
Supervised age appropriate is better than the alternative. The problem is burned out parents using the iPad as a babysitter while they try to have a moments rest. I am not a parent, but I don’t know what the solution really is at this point.
“But not all screen use is equal.”
I think this is key. Curated, age-appropriate, educational content vs engagement-maximizing, algorithmically selected slop. Parents need to be in control of what kids watch, not tech companies.
Honestly toddlers shouldn’t have any screen time. Even the ‘good’ kind is brain rotting.
Supervised age appropriate is better than the alternative. The problem is burned out parents using the iPad as a babysitter while they try to have a moments rest. I am not a parent, but I don’t know what the solution really is at this point.
A village. Community. Something increasingly disappearing in the hyper individualised UK.
Help. Help to raise the child(ren) that doesn’t cost money for every minute used.
The abolition of capitalism. The root cause for the destruction of our communities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_takes_a_village