A new study found out of 7,000 babies surveyed, those with access to four or more hours of screen time a day didn't adequately develop social and motor skills.

Development Delays Linked to Babies With Excessive Screen Time, Study Finds::A new study found out of 7,000 babies surveyed, those with access to four or more hours of screen time a day didn’t adequately develop social and motor skills.

  • alienanimals@lemmy.worldEnglish
    571·
    1 year ago

    The development delays are not because babies have excessive screen time, but rather because parents can’t afford to spend time with their children. Articles and studies like this try to blame technology, when corporate interests are to blame. The US is one of the few countries worldwide that does not guarantee paid family leave.

    The family iPad isn’t the issue. It’s your boss and the fact that all he cares about is maximizing profit.

    • Bobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachtsEnglish
      161·
      1 year ago

      The family iPad isn’t the issue

      idk, i think you’re too quick to dismiss this as a real issue. i don’t disagree that overworked parents are a major factor, but going to restaurants, airports, and other places where parents are motivated to placate their children, you can’t help but notice the amount of ipad parenting going on. sure, an hour here and there is harmless, but parents and kids both get addicted to the effectiveness and it easily becomes more than that

    • Gyoza Power@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, I read the title and was like: if the babies are with the iPads, it’s because their parents are not spending time with the babies.

      Now the reason behind it, that’s another story, but I agree that it’s most likely having to work like a slave.

    • Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      This is clearly an issue but they are compounding issues, not mutually exclusive ones.

      If the parents are working the kids will be at childcare or school. The iPad use is when the parents have the children at home or out, it’s a choice of the parents not to engage with their kids.

      I’m a parent and I have zero issue doing washing, dishes, cooking, cleaning or any of my other housework while my kids “help” or are otherwise engaged, talking, singing etc. It is agonizing sometimes but that’s the choice you make when you value your children.