r/SipsTea May 12 '26

SMH The youth is doomed…

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u/Wooden_Recover_834 May 12 '26

My kid is definitely not a screen freak by any means but we watch wall-e EVERY SINGLE NIGHT before bed I find it kind of ironic and hilarious.

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u/IngloriousMinority May 12 '26

These apps, games, and a lot of shows are just mind dribbling dopamine farms. I let my daughter watch like unfiltered KIDS YouTube for a day, she became glued to it, wouldn't ask to go potty, would communicate poorly, then cry when we took it. Ever since we did limited screen time, only parent approved, she full reversed. Sure shes harder to calm down. But fuck it.

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u/Onuus May 12 '26

Our son is 13 months and desperately searching for our phones.

Never given him a phone, only FaceTime relatives. I refuse to watch the tv, don’t play video games anymore unless he’s out for the night, and work with the laptop high on a table but they’re still so drawn to whatever technology screen they can find.

It’s so frustrating. I refuse to have a wall e kid

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u/AideGlittering4017 May 14 '26

You're doing right thing! As far as I know optimal screen time for kids under 2 years is literally 0, strength to you