RE: Poor Digital Substitutes
You are viewing a single comment's thread:
I think a lot of the problem comes down to reinforcement as well. If you are going to take a stand against screens, you need to be backed up on it. For example, my nieces and nephews spend a lot of time on screens. That's just what they are allowed to do, we can try to limit their exposure when we are with them, but if we want to spend time with them, it's what we have to deal with. The alternative is we draw a hard line and they never want to spend time with us again. I think they would realize as they got older we were right, but then you just lost that "precious" time with them. I know, how precious can it be when they are buried in a screen right?!
0
0
0.000
For you guys, it is a "better than nothing" situation. When they are older, they might realise they missed that precious time with you.
The reinforcement is a big part of it for sure. I think many of my friends wan their kids to spend less time on the screens, but the parent is also on the screens at the same time. It is a role model issue also.
Yes, it can be hard for sure! It's actually interesting to see the difference even between the kids of siblings from the same family. My nieces always had very strict limits on their screen time as children.