1 hour of TV time PER DAY for small kids is considered restrictive?
I would have thought it's much less. What would be an equivalent restriction on the phone/tablet/more actively engaging devices?
I would have thought it's much less. What would be an equivalent restriction on the phone/tablet/more actively engaging devices?
In general, probably not. My point was that in the specific case of movies, where even movies designed for children usually run at least 80+ minutes, maybe an exception should be made so that the kid can watch the whole movie in one session if they want to and have the patience and attention span to do so.
You can still limit the average to an hour a day. They just have to mix shorter content with movies to keep the average down.
Breaking off movies after an hour is going to put the break around the act II low point in most children's movies. If the kid got invested in the characters and story that's a terrible place to make them stop until tomorrow.
We are a minority.
And if you peer over and look at what they're browsing, it's mostly junk, social media videos or just mindless scrolling.
It's actually healthier for the brain to be bored in such moments.
It's apparently also a hangout spot for (self-awarded) gold star internet parents who love the smell of their own farts and think anyone else wants to smell them.