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Comment by kebman | Hacker News Reader

Have you considered to not let the baby see any videos at all? Apparently there is some research that claims that upbringing like that might still create a bad video addiction. The baby should be focussing on you or other people that are around for socialization, not a screen. I understand if there is no time. Hell, I don't have time. But apparently that's what some psychologists are saying.

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I'm not going to give her any video before she's 2 years old. And after that we'll try to not do it for as long as we can and it makes sense. Because in the end, I watch movies and series and whatever. But she'll want to watch stuff as we're part of the society. And when that time comes, I'll be prepared with a Jellyfin instance to at least curb some of the attention grabbing feed and ads of current systems :)

you seem to have misread the parent commment in regards to his childs media consumption.

that said, we found that putting up a short video to capture the attention of small children is very effective at calming them down while changing diapers for example.

You seem to have misread my comment. There is research claiming that videos are bad for babies. (!) Then it makes no difference if they're calmed down during diaper change. Valium is also calming, but most people are recommended to stay off it.

my apologies then.

i'm sure there is such research, haven't read into it thou. ime no problem if you limit the exposure to video to a few minutes a day. it's basically the modern version of a sockpuppet.

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