Well that’s because the phone is far more engaging and enjoyable than day to day life. By providing a 3 year old with a device it’s effectively cementing the dependency on having some electronic devices available at all times
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brown_guy@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
It’s real. My 3 yr old can’t speak his mother tongue properly but can use phone like an adult
Trollception@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
That’s a parenting red flag. That happens because the parents keep putting a phone in the kid’s hand and expect the phone to occupy all their time. Spend time reading and speaking to the kid in his mother tongue rather than giving them a phone and they’ll become proficient pretty quickly.