[donw]

We are very careful with our kids in terms of they interact with technology for this reason.

Raising luddites that can't type won't serve them well over the course of their lives, but neither will allowing them to become tap-and-scroll dopamine zombies.

It's a difficult balance.

My strategy will undoubtedly evolve over time, but I suppose it could be summarized as "permit supportive technology, aggressively deny anything else"

Of particular note is that most, if not all, "for kids" content is actively harmful.

The key to making things work is having a cohort of parents that have similar priorities. If the parents in your social group default to shutting Junior up with an iPad, you're going to have a bad time.

[scruple]

> The key to making things work is having a cohort of parents that have similar priorities. If the parents in your social group default to shutting Junior up with an iPad, you're going to have a bad time.

This has been our priority as parents forming peer groups with other parents. But it's very hard to find the kids that your kids like and are friends with who aren't constantly inundated with tech.

[ericd]

On the last bit, it seems like more parents are coming around to your way of thinking, and our public school system just sent out a survey about how hard they should ban personal electronics from our public schools.

[1over137]

Shutting junior up with iPad seems to be the default. When those parents were kids, they were shut up with television. In a way, nothing’s changed.

[metaltyphoon]

The diversity of what is brings shown has changed. If your tv show wasn’t on then oh well. Meanwhile with an iPad you can pick and choose at an instant. The attention span is ridiculous less using an iPad