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RE: Your Screen Time is Ruining Your Kids' Playtime.
Great discussion point, I haven't run into this issue yet because Mila is only 14 months, but I'm already worried because shes obsessed with our phones. Part of it has to be watching us on phones and computers and watching tv, I think another part is that they are actually addictive and I feel people can easily become addicted to the screen itself.
I will do my best to set a good role model and use screens infrequently around my daughter, opting to play with her instead and make sure she knows the value in reality instead of virtual. In this day and age it seems we can't get away from screens, so they should be limited
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Thanks for your support and great comment my man! Yeah, it is fascinating and a bit disturbing that there are entire careers around making screen interaction more addictive. From sounds and colors, to getting notifications for things that you really don't need a notification for.
It is scary sometimes seeing how drawn in they are. Earlier today, my four older kids grabbed my wife's phone and just huddled around staring at it. We had it playing some music on the blue tooth speaker, so they knew there was some activity on it. But we were just playing Pandora! So they were literally just staring at a banner ad for a solid minute. So interesting.
It is hard to do, and I think you're on the right path to teaching her not only the difference between virtual and reality, but the value in that difference.
Ya, absolutely weird, but I know how addictive it can be, I was addicted to video games for years and during that time also watched tons of movies and used the internet, the screens suck our attention in and I've actually read that the wavelength they use was designed to be addictive. Kinda scary, but I think ok as long as its balanced with outdoor time and real world interaction
It is sad that business models exist around forming addictions. I do love the power that technology can bring to the average person. But you're right, it needs to be balanced.
There is some weird stuff that is done in greed, it's my belief that these frequencies and vibrations that currently addict us and harm us can acctually be used for good if they are changed to frequencies in harmony with the human organism. Time will tell
Big time. That's the kind of future I want to live in.