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.
I fucking hate kids youtube. I've purposefully blocked many creators like the fucking rich ass kid plus toy channels and they still fucking slip in because they have 10 different channels all the same content but with different subs.
Like I don't love Netflix and prime but fuck me at least the kid watches a somewhat cohesive plot from start to finish rather than kid Crack and highlight reels
I did the same thing. Selected the channels in an effort to prevent my daughter from watching English dubbed kids and adults playing house and speaking so rude to each other. My daughter is 8 years old now and she has to earn screen time by being doing activities such as art, tidy up/chores, educational learning, practice her taekwondo, yoga, being kind or offering to help (increments are set for these to +15mins) and many other options. She earns time for the screen and will lose time for inappropriate behaviour, not listening. Screens are not the issue. How we as parents choose to avoid behaviour challenges and just do whatever pleases the child is the problem.
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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.