thanks for putting your wrong and bad commentary in the tags where i still have to read all of it. most of what you said is untrue.

OP: giving children too young to process things so much access to ipads isn’t good for them maybe.

People in the notes: So you hate moms??? You’re ableist?? You think we should go back to the Dark Ages?? (My personal favorite because it makes no sense) you’re poor shaming??

Why is it so difficult to explain that children not developing fine motor skills and losing their attention spans is bad actually??

Genuine question? Why do IPad parents act like there's nothing else you can give your child to play with. Ok maybe they don't like reading, or coloring and want to play something. Tetris consoles are still available, so are those handheld water game thingies ( where you have two buttons and the air pushes plastic rings around). These will occupy your kid for longer but still it won't make them what to rip your throat if you decide to take it from them.

Like your child should learn how to be bored but if you truly need a break there are better options than allowing them access to endless TikTok videos.

Know what's cheaper than an IPad? A fuckin etch-a-sketch, a little fidget toy, a stick.

Like, technology has its place but it shouldn’t be used as a replacement for actual parenting and education. My almost 3 year old is really good at entertaining herself because she has a lot of opportunities to practice being bored. She’s learned how to behave at restaurants and wait in lines without using a screen. The only time we utilize a tablet in public is when we’re in the car for longer than 30 minutes and even then she doesn’t use it the whole time she frequently takes breaks on her own to sing songs or point out stuff out the window

I feel like the "your child should learn how to be bored" bit was skipped over too quickly.

This is like. vital to adulthood survival and I'm not exaggerating even a little. ESPECIALLY if said child is adhd. learn healthy coping mechanisms for boredom at an early age and it'll make adult life a thousand times easier to handle and navigate.

like you do not have to force a child to sit still be quiet to the point of being a statue. i think we all know how much that fucking sucked. however, that is still a good thing to practice on occasion because there WILL be times that is necessary. (like, if they have a particularly strict teacher in school or something)
so make a game out of it! parents should engage in these practices too!

anyway if humanity got by for all of human history up until the last few decades without an electronic device to occupy children (and still do in many parts of the world), trust me it is indeed possible to do in a completely reasonable and healthy way.

She probably thinks regeneration is like a form of mitosis at this point because every one she has seen has resulted two doctors at least one of which has been David Tennant

These all look like those fake console renders back in 2008.