[ SECRET POST #6571 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6571 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

I need the caveat the hell out of this one, because I can see people getting very upset.

I'm not talking about kids with neurodivergency issues.

Serious emotional, developmental, or behavioral issues.

I'm talking about kids who are perfect capable of being taught to behave in public, self-soothe and self-entertained and always have a tablet or phone stuck in their face.

Kids who can't go a single second of the day without holding onto a game or device, and the parents who enable them, who end up screwing over their kids' maturity and honestly? Ability to succeed in school.

[(Anonymous)]

Perfectly*

[(Anonymous)]

All my friends do this with their kids and it drives me insane. And it always has to be at high volume too. I work with kids and it's really easy to tell which ones are the iPad kids.

[(Anonymous)]

I was at one of my nieces recitals with my mom, who was babysitting my youngest niece. She gave my youngest niece her phone to play games on with the volume almost maxed out. At a RECITAL. She then got snippy at me when I took the phone and muted it before giving it back.

[(Anonymous)]

There are a lot of people where I genuinely wonder why they even had kids in the first place because it doesn't seem like they enjoy having them at all. Like, why have kids if you're just going to stick them in front of a screen and never interact with them?

[(Anonymous)]

Most of the people who do this are addicted to screens themselves (at home) and if the kid is busy then they don't feel guilty about their own activity.

I've seen this in my family I was visiting for the holidays. Four people in the house looking at loud Tiktoks EVERY DAY for hours. I had to make excuses to go out and do random things to escape.

[(Anonymous)]

"Like, why have kids if you're just going to stick them in front of a screen and never interact with them?"

I'm pretty sure they do it for social standing/clout reasons.

[(Anonymous)]

But how often do you know the reason the kid in public who you see holding a device has it? Does it bother you in the sense that know it happens, or do you actually get mad every time you see a random kid in public glued to their phone?

[(Anonymous)]

It's really only some of my friends/acquaintances with kids. Half of my friends, oddly enough the ones with daughters, now that I'm thinking about it, get their kids to bring books, coloring, or their dolls to dinner to entertain themselves. But I have one friend who doesn't even give her son the chance to try going screenless. He walks into the restaurant glued to a tablet and stays that way the entire time, freaking out on his mom if the battery gets low or the game isn't "working right". Even when myself or other adults ask him about his siblings, or his baseball team, or favorite movies, he ignores us. He even ignores his mom when she's trying to get what he wants to eat out of him. I've known her for a long time. She's never said he has any serious issues, so I wonder if it's just easier for her to use that tablet instead of discipline or instruction. Yes, plenty of kids have special circumstances, but I think it's naive to say every kid does and every kid should be glued to a screen all the time.

[(Anonymous)]

It's simple math. The vast majority of kids do not have issues that require being glued to a screen. In fact, most of the kids with issues don't need to be glued to a screen.

[(Anonymous)]

This one gets me, as well. Mostly, it makes me sad.

And, you know, it's something kids notice themselves, as well. We limit my son's screentime, and we don't bring devices along when we're out and about. He has a couple of neighborhood friends whose parents haven't set any limits, and he's commented to us about it. They'll often choose their devices over play. I can't imagine that's good for their development.

[(Anonymous)]

My niece and nephew (6 and 10 respectively) are about the only kids I ever see without a phone or tablet in front of them when we're out.