[flskafdslaf]

>Because if their kids don't have screen time, and they get bored and complain

What is fundamentally different about the world today, compared to 10 years ago (when widespread child usage of phones and tablets was vanishingly rare), that it's impossible to parent without them?

I have friends who say they cannot get their child to brush their teeth without holding a tablet in front of their face. This statement would have been considered a sign of something horribly wrong in the parent-child relationship only a few years ago.

[thrixton]

It’s not that it’s impossible to parent without them, it’s just the easier path.

Parents, just like other people, will often take the easier path for a million different reasons.

10 (more like 20) years ago, the easier path did not exist, or was something different.