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cute_noker@feddit.dk 6 days ago
Infants have been using ipads for years, and i reckon that it also has made a significant impact on the development because school teachers(the ones i know) agree that teaching 10 y.o. today is a lot harder to teach today, compared to 15 years ago.
My kid at 5 never touched a screen or talked to AI yet. I hope i can hold it to 15 y.o.
crunchpaste@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
It’s none of my business how you decide to raise your children but I firmly believe screentime is not such a big deal. Engaging with corporate apps designed to be both addictive and extremely easy to use is.
I think giving a kid their own beater laptop with some linux distro to tinker with, break, learn how to type, play a few games, draw or whatever else interests them especially at an early age would help the child to engage with tech in a creative and productive way and not be afraid of messing with it.
My bet is that the most tech illiterate people that view LLMs and computers in general as some sort of magic are the most severely affected ones.
cute_noker@feddit.dk 4 days ago
Well i mean “touch a screen” literally. A computer is different, but i am og the conviction that tiktoks is brain rot. When he is ready he will get my old laptop with linux and then he could do some homeworks or games. I prefer him to learn how a computer works, and an ipad is designed to never do that.
SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
And you’re wrong. Let the guy’s kid have the chance of basking in the sun snd develop muscles. His/her intellect will develop grom interacting with the real would and cultivate intuition. How out of touch with reality you jave to be to suggest electronic games before tral human interactive games in his development? How the say nowadays, touch some fucking grass.
crunchpaste@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
In most countries by the age of 6 or 7 most kids would be in school and sat in a chair for most of their waking hours. What sort of Captain Fantastic utopia with with sunshine, rainbows and developing muscles do you imagine contemporary childhood to be?
If by the age of 15, as the original comment suggested, a kid has never touched a screen they would be ostracised by their classmates and most likely have lasting trauma.
Of course it’s nice to spend weekends and holidays outside, but a blanket ban on screentime is something else completely.
Then again, parents are entitled to their own opinions and as I’ve said, it’s none of my business what these opinions are.
cute_noker@feddit.dk 4 days ago
I reckon it is less of my choice than I would like. His peers and friends will have a development, and it is beneficial to follow social norms and standards. That being said i still prefer that kids only get ipads and smartphones at around 15.