There’s nothing wrong with distracting a kid with 5 minutes of screen time at a doctor. OP was most likely referring to parents who constantly rely on screen time to distract their kids bc they don’t have the energy or care to interact with them. Your “non-parent” comment followed by your bad example could imply you are an inadequate parent as you gave such a unique example that happens rarely. I hope you aren’t, but just saying. Kids more than ever are being handed electronic devices because their parents DO NOT have the energy to work full time and raise them “properly”. It is a fault of the system and not on parents. HOWEVER if you are going to be a parent and you know money or time is going to be short you need to be responsible and proactive in deciding when and how many kids to have if any at all. It is becoming increasingly common to see toddlers with ipads at a restaurant completely disengaged with the rest of the family, and most often thats exactly how they are at home too.