So, is it like the war on drug and war on terrorism ?
Also I remember when I was a kid, people were over my back for reading too much books, as I was supposed to “go outside”, “play with the other kids”, “make things with my hand”. I won’t use the eternal ‘I ended up fine’ argument, but in any day and age we’re grindingly pushing kids toward stuff they don’t care about for no decent reason. As a general rule you shouldn’t be at war against stuff your kids are into.
Source: Me.
My 1.5 year old shuts off completely whenever he can get access to a screen, it is amazing and scary. He likes books also, but is much more engaged with them.
Screen time is probably a top issue for parenting today.
Does you kid gain access to a screen accidentally or is it something you employ as an emergency pacifier on rare occasions?
What do you mean? Isn't he just reading them?
When everything is new in the world, I'm sure they're feeling the "zone" moment too of absorbing new information.
I don't think tablets are the issue - curation of content is.
Did you find what’s sucking him into these apps ? At 1.5 yo it can be super interesting to understand what makes him focus and direct his learning.
For ours it was simply things that move that he can’t touch (no texture, no tactile feedback), and it was new enough to him that he stuck with learning numbers and letters shapes just to keep using the ipad.