no sceen time!

21st century and still pediatricians say "no sceen time"....what?!

It goes beyond me how they do not realize that kids these days are surrounded by technology and screens are everywhere. Everything has a screen, how is anyone supposed to ensure no screen time to kids.

Firstly, are there enough studies to show what the affects of screen time is really? Isnt this the first generation who is really being exposed to technology to this extreme extent. So, is there really a basis of this rule or is it just something adults as a norm do, i.e. nothing fun. These kids are not only growing up with these technology but this is going to be taken a step further in their future and become something that we cant even imagine right now. How can we keep them from daily lives. It's like insisting on raising a child in the wild because we think raising them in civilization will rob them of natural learning. 

My son's pediatrician told us that tv is not ok, neither is phone or tablet but video calls are fine. My issue with this is, my son is a pandemic baby, he doesnt know real people. To him his grandma over bideo calls is just as real as Elsa, except atleast Elsa sings. 

One of their arguments is that it delays development. To that, now again, are there realy enough studies? You can google a topic and find support for whatever you want these days. Literally anything. I have seen first hand how online content has helped my son learn things that I didnt even expect to teach him at his age. There are so many mediums of learning now and I think technology has really given us an upper hand to raising children well, much better than our predecessors. 

My son has access to apps that has taught to him the english alphabets, new words everyday, sing and dance to beat, he even knows animals and their sound because of these contents. 

Such as RV studios apps that are completely free and great for learning about alphabets, numbers, shapes, maths, animals, music...you name it! Kudos to the creator making such an amazing learning tool. My son loves it and has learned so much!

Despite being able to do work from home, I do find it very hard to find time to come up with creative ways to teach him new things everyday, not to mention that I have no energy by the end of a long day. So yes, I am against this no technology bs and I think it can really help your child grow, even you- as a parent.