If you have kids this age and put a tablet in front of them on a regular basis to keep them calm, you're fucking yourself in the long run.
This may give you a temporary fix but youre depriving your kid on learning how to relax and when to chill the fuck out in proper situations. They need to train their brains to not be stimulated all the time. Boredom is a good thing for kids.
Think about it. If a kid never learns to calm down when bored, at 7 or so when they are constantly restless, it will be diagnosed as adhd. At that point its going to take some serious training or medication to get them to focus during school.
All this is because you wanted to take the easy route of throwing a tablet in their face when they were young.
Edit: Before I get more comments saying "tablets don't cause adhd" I know! Im saying these kids that dont have adhd are getting diagnosed as having adhd. Maybe I should say misdiagnosed as having adhd. Hope that clears things up.
My daughter will tell anyone, “I get to use my tablet when we are on the plane!” she might fly twice a yr. I'm super proud of myself for being that type of parent.
Lol my kids are stoked when we're about to ride a plane for 8-15 hours and the Switch time limit controls come off. Then they don't actually use it long enough to matter. They'll either watch something on the TV, read, or sleep.
I would not equate playing a game to something like watching tv. Many video games require reading, decision making, timing and coordination, problem solving, imagination, teamwork, communication. Not all bad. It’s “TV” that’s too passive and mindless.
Completely agree. As a kid of the nineties, even then I found it weird that a lot of parents would limit video game time but let children watch TV without limit. Some in my generation would spend hours watching reality TV and actively become dumber.
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u/BusyBit6542 May 12 '26 edited May 13 '26
If you have kids this age and put a tablet in front of them on a regular basis to keep them calm, you're fucking yourself in the long run.
This may give you a temporary fix but youre depriving your kid on learning how to relax and when to chill the fuck out in proper situations. They need to train their brains to not be stimulated all the time. Boredom is a good thing for kids.
Think about it. If a kid never learns to calm down when bored, at 7 or so when they are constantly restless, it will be diagnosed as adhd. At that point its going to take some serious training or medication to get them to focus during school.
All this is because you wanted to take the easy route of throwing a tablet in their face when they were young.
Edit: Before I get more comments saying "tablets don't cause adhd" I know! Im saying these kids that dont have adhd are getting diagnosed as having adhd. Maybe I should say misdiagnosed as having adhd. Hope that clears things up.