Comment on 30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok
GladiusB@lemmy.world 6 months agoI’m not saying it’s a good parental choice. But the ban can help the kids.
Comment on 30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok
GladiusB@lemmy.world 6 months agoI’m not saying it’s a good parental choice. But the ban can help the kids.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I doubt it, parents will just move them to YouTube or some other platform. The TikTok ban is intended to limit misinformation by the CCP, and that doesn’t really matter for this age of kids.
GladiusB@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’m a parent. YouTube is watched but you can see what they are watching.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
The more important thing to me is building habits. I care less about how much they’re watching vs how they’re spending their time generally.
We have a rule where our kids need to read to be able to watch/play games, and we cap at 2hr/day. If they read 1hr, they can watch/play for 30min. My kids seem to have a pretty good mix of reading, watching/playing, and playing outside w/ friends, so I think it works.
GladiusB@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yea. We do something similar. It’s an electronic allowance. If you use it it’s done for the day. I change it for rainy days and vacations if we are traveling in the car or whatever. But it’s easy to set up with Google family. And then you can see what they are doing. Not to be snoopy. Just to teach them the right way to protect themselves online. I don’t want them to turn 18 and be completely lost.