Comment on Parents turn to smartwatches for their children amid global phone screen-time pushback
insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoI think you’re assuming a lot from a little. I’m not explaining every thing we do around my home and my kids. I’m explaining 1 thing, it’s not everything.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
What else can I do? I’m not speaking specifically to you, this is a public forum so I’m trying to keep my statements broad enough that they’d hopefully apply to more people than just you, but who are in a similar situation.
If it doesn’t apply to your specific circumstance, cool, you’re presumably an adult and can decide what’s best for you and yours. My larger point is that having some amount of distance from technology occasionally to improve bonding within a family is generally a good thing, for most people. Maybe your kid is autistic and screen time is the best way for them to learn and interact. Idk, I’m not you, I can only speak to what I’ve seen written.
insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
When you say things like “the healthier way is…” that’s a response to me directly and a judgment. So it’s that kind of thing.
But sure it’s fine, I’m open to the conversation, just not up for defending a decision.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
That’s an opinion. It’s also one that I could probably support with evidence, though the research on the subject is in flux right now, kind of like video games and violence were back in the 90s/00s when we were concerned about school shootings.
insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If I say I do X and you say the healthier way is Y, that is a response to what I said and a judgment. If that’s not what it is, you’d need to write it differently.
Yeah the hard part is that there no real established science on this, it’s the wild west online and we’re approaching it slowly with open conversation and trust at an age appropriate level. There’s some risk but that will always be true.
It’ll only be when we look back that we’ll maybe know the right way but maybe not. Like a lot of things, it’s very context dependent… the child, the family, the village, the relationships, the school, etc etc