Your kid is getting way too much screen time, and you know it. It’s time to do something about it.
We’ve known for a long time that kids and screens are a bad combination. Anxiety, attention problems, depression, eye pain, neck pain and so on come with spending your life online. But the pandemic hit, and our phones, tablets and laptops became our lifeline to the world.
So you let your kid on TikTok to learn all the dances. And all their friends were being puppies on Snapchat, and you didn’t want yours to be left out. They played video games together, they bonded over breaking beds and trading pets. They called each other “sus” — suspicious — and tried to find the imposter. It was a moment.
But now your child can’t function without a phone, and you’re not sure what to do.
School is back; activities and playdates are back. Life is back. It’s going to be hard in the short term, but you need to seriously restrict your child’s screen usage.
I’ve watched families arrive at a beach, lotion up their children and then tuck them under umbrellas with their phones to spend the day. Or arrive at restaurants and hand out iPads for the children with no expectation of any interaction through the meal. A playdate at a park with friends turns into two kids staring at iPads side by side.
adults too!
I found out to sleep well, no computer or cell an hour prior to bedtime. TV never has been an issue – these damn small devices – are dumbing down the next gen as well as wrecking adult sleepy time!
Shoulda been an eye doctor! BWAHAHAHAHAHAH