#but there are genuine reasons why screen-based entertainment is not as healthy for kids as other activities
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skarabrae-stone · 9 months ago
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I agree that the level of a parent's engagement with their child is important, but I do think there's a substantial difference between a kid primarily being entertained by an iPad or a TV vs reading or playing in other ways. As whetstonefires pointed out, not only do books require literacy, they also require more mental effort than TV, videos, and at least some digital games. If a kid is reading, they still have to use their imagination to supply the sights, sounds, characters, and world described by the book. With TV, movies, and videos, that's supplied for you-- there's much less scope for imagination. Books also don't have the same level of sensory stimulation that screen media does-- there might be brightly colored illustrations, but there's no movement, no sound, no switching from one thing to the next.
There's also the factor of... I guess ability to complete something? When I finish a book, I usually take a little time to process it before picking up another one, and that was true even when I was a kid and was reading constantly. There also tend to be a limited number of books available at a given time. And I think movies are actually pretty similar-- there's a defined ending. But with TV and iPad content, as soon as you're done with one thing, you're immediately offered something else, and a lot of content isn't ever really "done"-- for instance, there are a lot of games that don't ever get to a point where you've beaten the game and you're finished; you can just go on and on forever.
I don't think it's good for a kid to only be reading books and doing nothing else, but just from the nature of books compared to TV/iPads, I think books are genuinely less likely to have that kind of effect, especially if other options for play are available. As an adult, I have a much harder time stepping away from social media/YouTube/scrolling than I do putting down a book, and kids generally have less ability to prioritize long-term consequences over short-term gratification than adults do.
Kids need imaginative play, active play, and physical objects to play with. This isn't a moral stance-- there is plenty of research showing the way that toys such as building blocks and activities such as drawing and playing imaginatively are necessary for cognitive and motor development. A parent doesn't have to be paying attention to supply their kids with blocks, drawing materials, dolls, books, jumping ropes, etc., and those materials are genuinely healthier than screen-related activities. (For an example, I was reading an article about how the number of non-disabled kids who are needing occupational therapy to develop basic motor skills has increased, because toddlers/small children are using iPads instead of playing in ways that would help develop their motor skills. A lot of parents genuinely don't realize that blocks/crayons/puzzles aren't just 'entertainment', they are fulfilling vital developmental functions for young children.)
Even the best parents in the world need their kids to entertain themselves from time to time (and quite frankly, it's good for kids to learn how to entertain themselves), but if that self-entertainment is usually coming from a screen, that means that kids are not interacting with their physical world or using their imaginations or creativity. It's one thing for kids to have access to screens every now and then, but there is a problem when TV and iPads are replacing the forms of play which actually contribute to kids' physical, cognitive, and emotional development.
I don't know how to break it to you all but a bad parent will parent badly with books and a good parent will parent well with an iPad.
Ipads don't make the "ipad kid". What upsets you is a child who is being given something distracting and potentially obnoxious to those around them so that the parent doesn't have to deal with engaging with their child. And it's not new.
I grew up before the invention of the ipad and the complaints were the same. It was "tv kids" and "Gameboy kids". And it was book kids too, though people rarely complained about those kids because it didn't make noise and bother them personally so they no longer cared. Because the "it's for the good of the child!" argument dried up real fast as soon as it was something that didn't affect them.
A good parent who is engaging with their child's interests can do so with an iPad or television. A bad parent can say "take this and leave me alone" with a book or a toy. The problem is that some kids were raised by objects. By whatever kept them busy and entertained and away from their parents. Sure, there are parents who need to realize that's what they're doing and would benefit from changing their parenting style by limiting electronics use, but "if you give your kid an electronic toy, it means you're a bad parent" is not the same thing and largely misses the actual source of the problem.
Your arbitrary standards of what "good children" doing "good child activities" is as restricting.
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