They wanted to give my 4 year old an iPad in TK. An iPad to a 4 year old for school to take home. Absolutely not. Use it at school or whatever but she is not bringing that home.

I can only surmise that they, teachers and school districts, are giving children these devices in class to be used in a similar way that parents are using them, but using the word “educational” in front of the words “games” and “videos” to justify their use. But let’s only blame and shame parents and make no mention of that at all.

Not saying that this study was doing that- they actually seemed to recognize the value of screen time to parents, but a lot of the discussion around this topic in general comes off as very judgmental. I got 4 young kids and no gated off outside space. Come at me with solutions for evening time.