How much screen time?

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So I being kind of a backwoods outdoorsy type.. I’ve never been one for tv or video games to much.. rent the odd movie now and then .
We are currently TTC for #1 ☺️

I had my niece for the week during March break! And I had to constantly pry her away from the tablet her mom bought her.. she 8 years old.. now she’s not my child.. so it’s not my business to tell her what to do .. or how to do it.. 
all I do is try to encourage outdoor activities.. and when I do.. she actually has FUN!! .. I know when we have a child.. I won’t be able to hide him/her from the electronic world we’re currently in.. but when the time comes.. how much screen time is “ok” for a child .. I figure 1hr a day is plenty..?   
How do parents tackle that battle in today’s society?

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Does anyone else see the irony in this question?😂 Some people are like “I never watch TV & rarely use my IPad...but yet here you are...on an app...looking at a screen.🤷‍♀️

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Evidences say it's good to withhold it from them until they're about 18-24 months.
After yes, I think an hour a day or every other day should be fine, but I personally would take a while to introduce it to them. That's because a kid from my family is addicted to cellphones (he is 5) and without it becomes totally hyper and irritated. In his bday party he was bothering every guest by taking their phones and asking if there was game and that traumatized me lol

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Well I myself am addicted to the screen so I doubt I’m going to be able to keep my child away from it.

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So, I used to rent a room with a family having 3 kids. They had a huge garden, big grassy yard, and forest with a little pond hidden inside. They had one tv screen for videos/dvds and one desktop computer in a central area shared by the whole family. Each kid was allowed 30 minutes of screen time per day, either tv or computer, and the rest of the time they were encouraged to play outside, make music, garden, cook, or build something. They planned & hosted great themed parties. It was so healthy and fun, a really lively house. A few years later I went back to visit and noticed the kids now all had phones & tablets they stared at all the time, even when guests were around. It was sad. The life had been sucked out of the house; there was no more live music, happy romping outside, or creative spirit. I strongly feel that screen time should be meaningful and interactive, planned in such a way that it doesn't replace an experience that should rightly be live and fully multisensory.

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I’m the outdoorsy type too but I plan on using screens as part of our lifestyle. Like we’ll go camping and use the app to identify stars and go hiking and use a Fitbit to track our miles we walked etc.

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I work as a child development assistant. It's recommended that you do not give any screen time whatsoever to a child before the age of 3. and then after that what we do is give the children 40 minutes a week. It's not a lot of screen time but it encourages creativity and also does so well developmentally. now living in this day and age with technology the way it is. 40 minutes a week is probably not a lot. I think when I have children I want screen time to be held off as long as possible and then once they do get to the age gradually increasing it to like 30 mins a day maximum. no more than that until they are a bit older. It's actually sad to work with children in a place filled with toys, other kids, and programmed activities and have them come up to me saying "I'm bored, I want to go home and play video games" they also never want to go outside anymore sad days we live in.

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I need to start limiting my screen time and I’m an adult 😂 since it’s too cold to go out I’ve been more and more in my phone and not getting what I need to get done done 🤦🏻‍♀️.

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Until the age of three 0 hours of screen time. After 3 maybe a couple hours a day

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I remember back in my time (👵🏻😂) we didn’t have smart phones or tablets or the auch but I did always have a game boy. It was however always limited to 1 or 2 hrs in the evening, after I’d done my homework, went outside to play with friends, had dinner with the family. I know I won’t be able to shield my kids completely from the electronics available today, I’ll try however to implement a schedule similar to what my mom had me on when I was younger. I am however not sure how I’ll deal with smartphones. I want my kids to have phones the moment they might be out on their own (going to school or playing with friends) but I’m not sure yet how I’ll limit their time using their phones for unnecessary stuff

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We don’t restrict the tv. Our oldest is 9 and plays a lot of video games and likes learning coding on his computer. It’s one of his hobbies and he still plays outside when it’s nice. My middle is 2 and he can watch tv but most of the time he’d rather be outside unless it’s too cold or raining. Our 6 month old has no interest in tv. I never had restricted tv access. Both my husband and i always played video games as kids but we chose to go outside because we had the option to choose. I find putting restrictions on electronics tends to drive kids to want to do them more rather than less.

How much screen time?

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