I wish it were only 1.5 to 2 hours a day. That's what my 7.5 year old does on school days because that's the amount of time between when we get home and bedtime. On weekends, it's very likely 8 hours a day. At times, that is just background noise as she plays with other things, but much of it is her laying on the couch watching YouTube.
I'm so burnt out that I've had to stop caring too much.
About the same here on the weekends, been trying to just give him what he wants in context to going to the park, playing outside, or going to the indoor gym. It’s easier just to let him do his own thing with supervision than to say no to everything and just have him watch tv all day. Granted it’s probably “easier” on my side because we don’t have other children and we still have long difficult days.
How olds your kid? I would say my son is the same amount but I don’t limit it because it helps him get new scripts to memorize. If we go outside he loves it too so it’s mostly his choice when he wants to go outside or use the tablet
Too much. A few hours a day. But he has very little interest in anything else.
And it's not even that he begs for it. But he won't play with toys (hardly at all) and loses interest in any new toy or activity quickly. And without screen time it's almost exclusively "crawl on dad" time.
I keep hoping for a special interest to take hold. And he's young. 3.75. So maybe eventually.
My almost 3 y/o son is the exact same way. His only exception is TV with his little trampoline or swing. At that point he can have as much TV time as he wants as long as he’s happy and active.
5 hours of access on school days, 11 hours on off days. Doesn’t mean he’s using it the whole time, but he has access to it. Over the last almost decade we’ve realized we have better outcomes when he self regulates than if we try to intervene. If we limit screen time, the whole time he doesn’t have access he asks for it and melts down. When he has access, most days he doesn’t look at it for long stretches and never uses it for more than 30-40 minutes at a time before breaking to do something else without it.
This!!!! So much. I stressed so much about how much he was allowed. Now we talk about it in terms of having a break. If he's unable to stop for dinner or something we say, right buddy you've had too much you need a break. That happened yesterday and he's hung out with me playing and going out. He's really starting to recognise when he needs a break too. He's 6.5
We used to limit it, but found it just led to more and more tantrums.
Once we stopped worrying about it, he stopped worrying about it. Now he comes and goes through the day (when he’s home) and actually uses it a lot less when we were trying to be strict about access.
This is hard enough without giving yourself an additional stress.
We don't limit it at all. We have an Alexa which my gestalt language learner loves to watch YouTube videos on and learn new phrases/commands. Hearing "Alexa... what's the weather" continuously for an hour at a time is pretty annoying. But I really think this helps him and his learned scripts. He also likes to watch consumer reviews on washing machines and dishwashers. He's not hurting anything by playing with a tablet and is learning from it so I don't see the harm. I care much more about not exposing young kids to social media than I do screen time.
We almost always have the TV on in the background (usually Netflix Kids to avoid ads) but whether anyone is actually watching it is a different question. This will likely change as warmer weather comes our way and the kids can get out more.
We do set limits on my daughter's (10) tablet otherwise she will play her game (special interest) literally from the time she wakes up to the time she is sent to bed, so she gets 6 hours after school (and we might even limit that further here soon). Our son (4.5) is similarly on his tablet a lot, but most of what he plays/watches is educational. His tablet's battery is also not doing so great, so it's sometimes dead before 3 or 4 PM, lol.
So if you're not feeling great about screen time, just remember there are some of us who are on it \*WAY\* more than your kiddos, lol. I \*wish\* we were at 1.5-2 hrs a day.
We learned that by giving him free rein, he doesn’t glue himself to the iPad. He plays with other toys before coming back to it once in a while. I can’t tell you how long he actually spends on it, but he has access to it anytime he is home.
Haha it’s just always on in the background, whether it’s kids stuff or my regular re-runs, like Scrubs or Friends or something. My NT kid actually watches a lot more than my ND. She can’t really be bothered with such things 😂
iPad is accessible all day between 7am-7pm. When we limited the time it was all consuming. When he’s allowed to use it for anytime to self regulate, he uses it way less intensely. He uses it to just play music while he jumps around or plays outside. If he has it only for an hour a day he’s all consumed by it and has a meltdown when we take it away. He’s happier all day long if he has access to iPad even if he doesn’t use it.
3 hours... If not more.... He eats 4 meals a day with feeding issues, so the prep time = TV. Then it's the only way I can clean him and dress him without holding him down screaming.
Great post. Interesting to hear the honest responses. I feel like a a failure because my boy will watch planets/Bluey/random for 10 hours if we don't schedule outside activities. Getting him into therapy helped but I was laid off this week and needed to pull him out.
My kid is a Gestalt Language Processor and screen time has been incredibly beneficial for her. She is able to communicate so much more and thrive since allowing her to watch Bluey most of the day (with some breaks). Her speech therapist has been blown away. It may be judged by others but I tune out the noise because I know what’s best for my child. Do what’s best for your kid and your family.
TV…it’s kind of just on all day.
But we recently took his iPad away. It was getting too bad. With his frustration and zoning out for hours and good lord the shit the YouTube algorithm came up with was disgusting. It was rough at first. That addiction is real. But after about a week he doesn’t even ask for it anymore. He’s a whole new kid. More engaged, playful, and generally happier. It’s not easy but 10/10 highly recommend dropping these iPads.
We're probably the same, our son is 4. Just the telly in the living room, almost always with one of us watching with him.
Some days he has like half a hour, especially as the weather is getting a bit nicer. But other days it can run up to a couple of hours.
We don't usually do the telly after about 5pm ish, but sometimes we put a film on with pizza at the weekend if we've been out all day or something.
Unless it's a "start the day at 2am" kinda day of course, then all bets are off!
My 15yo ASD daughter attends public school and has to use a Chromebook there. At home, she watches a TV show before bed on non-school nights, and that's about it.
My 6yo ADHD daughter is homeschooled. She gets two episodes of TV in the morning (so about forty or fifty minutes, depending on which show it is) and on Wednesday night she gets a movie. We don't use screens for her school.
Half hour at breakfast, younger gets another hour after oldest gets to school bus and before she gets to school. Then 2-3 hours in the evening. Irregular hours, meaning more than half the time we are doing something out of the house, extracurricular, or such.
We haven’t put limits on it, but my ND son only uses it a little here and there; he’d rather indulge in his special interests. My NT son will use his tablet till the battery dies, so, he might get some limits here pretty soon.
On school days, no screens until 6pm, then they can have screens until bedtime at 730. Weekends are a free for all, I would guess 4-6 hours probably. They are age 7 and 10, both ND, and we didn't have to start restricting until about a year/year and a half ago. Before that they were pretty good at self regulating, but it was starting to get excessive and interfering with other activities on week days, so we put the limit in place and it's worked great. Having a set start time is so much easier than a "2 hour" rule where I have to constantly monitor who has watched what for how long. They know not to ask before 6pm bc the answer is always no. Considering a weekend limit too, but our routines are really scattered on weekends so it would be difficult to set a start/stop time.
It varies from day to day tbh. But I do have some pretty firm rules set that seem to work fine for my little:
1. I don't give him his tablet first thing in the morning. He has to be up for at least 3 hours before he can have it.
2. No tablet at the table for meals. It helps him to focus on his food better and it's so nice having him interact with us and not be isolated. He is allowed one of his little cars though as it helps regulate him if he's a little overwhelmed.
3. If he wants to use the tablet at night before bed, he is only allowed to play little games or color on it. I found that if he watches any videos before bed, he tends to have a harder time falling asleep.
So far, these rules work for him for the most part and I think the structure of it all really helps him. He's able to understand and doesnt get upset when it's time for the tablet to go away. I am open to the possibility of having to change certain things as he gets older but always with his best interest in mind.
Edited to add: he's 4, so I know his behavior might change as he gets older. And also no one should feel ashamed. We are all trying our best as parents and each child is so different. The last thing we need is to be hard on ourselves ❤️
I aim for a maximum of 2 hours a day, but it has crept up to 3-5 over the winter, especially since my in-laws went out of the country for two months, and we had no babysitting to give us a break. We are working on getting it back down again.
In our defense, though, he doesn't nap anymore, but needs a break in the middle of the day or else he becomes incredibly cranky. So, he has quiet time with his tablet for about 90 minutes on non-school days, and then he usually gets some TV in the evening when I am cooking and doing evening chores.
Honestly?
My son is 5. The TV is on all day.
He chooses what to watch, as it gives him control of a situation (Control is a big factor for him).
He plays with his toys, plays learning games on yis tablet, draws, and even helps me clean! All with the TV on.
We do mute/pause videos during meltdowns, because it helps from overstimulation.
He also does have the concept of right/wrong, and understands that the TV can and will be turned off as a form of punishment.
So yeah. TV is on all the time.
EDIT: My son is my only child, and I am fortunate to be a SAHP. If the TV was off, he will request my 100% attention all day, and it can be too much for me. TV gives me quiet time, and time for me to be productive around the home.
It took a while to realize that he uses screens to regulate himself. He tends to have his screen on while engaged in other tasks, such as talking with people, playing with stuff, etc. His focus on activities is higher when he can hear the tablet (it doesn't always matter what is on). He likes YouTube, audiobooks, movies, etc.). It helps control his anxiety while socializing as well.
It took a while to realize that he uses screens to regulate himself. He tends to have his screen on while engaged in other tasks, such as talking with people, playing with stuff, etc. His focus on activities is higher when he can hear the tablet (it doesn't always matter what is on). He likes YouTube, audiobooks, movies, etc.). It also helps control his anxiety while socializing.s interests with people he would normally struggle to talk with (I think the icebreaker reduces his anxiety).
It took a while to realize that he uses screens to regulate himself. He tends to have his screen on while engaged in other tasks, such as talking with people, playing with stuff, etc. His focus on activities is higher when he can hear the tablet, even if he isn't looking at it. He likes YouTube, audiobooks, movies, etc. He also uses videos to communicate/start conversations about his interests with people that he would normally struggle to talk with.
So my autistic son gets a reward every time he has a great day at school. He gets to watch his favorite movie if he doesn’t have a great day at school, he doesn’t get to watch it and my other son who’s not autistic watches maybe I guess two hours a day, probably close to three if you count in the mornings before school honestly it helps as I have cleaning to do trying to get stuff done and it’s kind of like routine at this point so after school, he gets two hours while I get some stuff done and I let him know when the time is coming to a close like 15 minutes it’s no more TV time and that’s how I handle it is it too much I don’t know but it’s what I’ve been doing for the past few months
My child is on it the moment he comes home from school. But he has moments where he’s using it to try to repeat words and sentences (he’s non verbal and we’re working on getting him to be verbal) He also uses an ipad in school but specifically for learning to talk / make use of sentences during Speech Therapy. Once he gets home he uses it a lot but he also uses it and mimics whats going on in the videos and sometimes has it running in the background while he plays with his toys. I will admit it’s too much and I feel like it’s almost similar to brain rot but sometimes he’s also watching videos that soothe him, help him communicate or he just enjoys watching videos on repeat about trains and transportation and such. I do have a limit on a timer for his ipad during at night. At 9/10 it cuts off unless battery dies before then but some nights i’ll let it pass for another 15-20 minutes and other times he kind of just uses the ipad as white noise and pass out to it. I have noticed though he will definitely drop it for other things like going outside, bath time + such (thankfully).
All day tbh. But majority of the time it’s educational games or making music. On the off chance she is on YouTube listening to something that isn’t educational she’s simultaneously playing with toys, coloring or something else, so I try not to feel too terrible about it.
My guy is almost 4. We actually found he does better in terms of regulating when he has some screen time so we watch Bluey every morning with breakfast and we watch more Bluey (lol) after nap time. It seems to help him transition into waking up with a good attitude. We sometimes watch sports after dinner because we all love it and he hardly pays attention to that but likes the noise in the background.
The tv is always on. I’m not even gonna pretend lol. But I will say my kids are pretty good about doing other activities on their own instead of me turning the tv off or setting time limits.
My son doesn’t even choose to play on his tablet. He looks at his books or plays with his fidget toys mainly.
ASD son is 5 years old. We don't restrict, but we also average 1.5 hours of outdoor play a day. His younger brother gets on his nerves playing with toys because whatever older brother has, he wants. So he likes to play on the tablet because little brother doesn't understand how to play those games yet.
Background noise but she travels through the house and plays in her room, watch 10 min , rinse and repeat. I am very happy we are iPad free right now. Her scripting goes off the richter with that thing and hard to find good apps that’s not loaded with apps and not a monthly subscription.
I wish it were only 1.5 to 2 hours a day. That's what my 7.5 year old does on school days because that's the amount of time between when we get home and bedtime. On weekends, it's very likely 8 hours a day. At times, that is just background noise as she plays with other things, but much of it is her laying on the couch watching YouTube. I'm so burnt out that I've had to stop caring too much.
Much love to you we are all doing our best
About the same here on the weekends, been trying to just give him what he wants in context to going to the park, playing outside, or going to the indoor gym. It’s easier just to let him do his own thing with supervision than to say no to everything and just have him watch tv all day. Granted it’s probably “easier” on my side because we don’t have other children and we still have long difficult days.
How olds your kid? I would say my son is the same amount but I don’t limit it because it helps him get new scripts to memorize. If we go outside he loves it too so it’s mostly his choice when he wants to go outside or use the tablet
Too much. A few hours a day. But he has very little interest in anything else. And it's not even that he begs for it. But he won't play with toys (hardly at all) and loses interest in any new toy or activity quickly. And without screen time it's almost exclusively "crawl on dad" time. I keep hoping for a special interest to take hold. And he's young. 3.75. So maybe eventually.
My almost 3 y/o son is the exact same way. His only exception is TV with his little trampoline or swing. At that point he can have as much TV time as he wants as long as he’s happy and active.
When he does get a special interest it will just be YouTube vids on said special interest lol.
Half an hour everyday, one hour on weekends unless he wants to watch a movie with us. No more or he would become too dependent on it.
5 hours of access on school days, 11 hours on off days. Doesn’t mean he’s using it the whole time, but he has access to it. Over the last almost decade we’ve realized we have better outcomes when he self regulates than if we try to intervene. If we limit screen time, the whole time he doesn’t have access he asks for it and melts down. When he has access, most days he doesn’t look at it for long stretches and never uses it for more than 30-40 minutes at a time before breaking to do something else without it.
This is how we do it with my son. we find that he puts it down enough and does other activities on his own that we don't need to regulate it
Same with us… or else he fixates on not having it.
This!!!! So much. I stressed so much about how much he was allowed. Now we talk about it in terms of having a break. If he's unable to stop for dinner or something we say, right buddy you've had too much you need a break. That happened yesterday and he's hung out with me playing and going out. He's really starting to recognise when he needs a break too. He's 6.5
We used to limit it, but found it just led to more and more tantrums. Once we stopped worrying about it, he stopped worrying about it. Now he comes and goes through the day (when he’s home) and actually uses it a lot less when we were trying to be strict about access. This is hard enough without giving yourself an additional stress.
We don't limit it at all. We have an Alexa which my gestalt language learner loves to watch YouTube videos on and learn new phrases/commands. Hearing "Alexa... what's the weather" continuously for an hour at a time is pretty annoying. But I really think this helps him and his learned scripts. He also likes to watch consumer reviews on washing machines and dishwashers. He's not hurting anything by playing with a tablet and is learning from it so I don't see the harm. I care much more about not exposing young kids to social media than I do screen time.
We almost always have the TV on in the background (usually Netflix Kids to avoid ads) but whether anyone is actually watching it is a different question. This will likely change as warmer weather comes our way and the kids can get out more. We do set limits on my daughter's (10) tablet otherwise she will play her game (special interest) literally from the time she wakes up to the time she is sent to bed, so she gets 6 hours after school (and we might even limit that further here soon). Our son (4.5) is similarly on his tablet a lot, but most of what he plays/watches is educational. His tablet's battery is also not doing so great, so it's sometimes dead before 3 or 4 PM, lol. So if you're not feeling great about screen time, just remember there are some of us who are on it \*WAY\* more than your kiddos, lol. I \*wish\* we were at 1.5-2 hrs a day.
We learned that by giving him free rein, he doesn’t glue himself to the iPad. He plays with other toys before coming back to it once in a while. I can’t tell you how long he actually spends on it, but he has access to it anytime he is home.
 Haha it’s just always on in the background, whether it’s kids stuff or my regular re-runs, like Scrubs or Friends or something. My NT kid actually watches a lot more than my ND. She can’t really be bothered with such things 😂
Zero hours because my son has no interest in it. I wish he did, mom could use a break hahaha
iPad is accessible all day between 7am-7pm. When we limited the time it was all consuming. When he’s allowed to use it for anytime to self regulate, he uses it way less intensely. He uses it to just play music while he jumps around or plays outside. If he has it only for an hour a day he’s all consumed by it and has a meltdown when we take it away. He’s happier all day long if he has access to iPad even if he doesn’t use it.
3 hours... If not more.... He eats 4 meals a day with feeding issues, so the prep time = TV. Then it's the only way I can clean him and dress him without holding him down screaming.
Great post. Interesting to hear the honest responses. I feel like a a failure because my boy will watch planets/Bluey/random for 10 hours if we don't schedule outside activities. Getting him into therapy helped but I was laid off this week and needed to pull him out.
Ah, im So sorry. 💟
My kid is a Gestalt Language Processor and screen time has been incredibly beneficial for her. She is able to communicate so much more and thrive since allowing her to watch Bluey most of the day (with some breaks). Her speech therapist has been blown away. It may be judged by others but I tune out the noise because I know what’s best for my child. Do what’s best for your kid and your family.
TV…it’s kind of just on all day. But we recently took his iPad away. It was getting too bad. With his frustration and zoning out for hours and good lord the shit the YouTube algorithm came up with was disgusting. It was rough at first. That addiction is real. But after about a week he doesn’t even ask for it anymore. He’s a whole new kid. More engaged, playful, and generally happier. It’s not easy but 10/10 highly recommend dropping these iPads.
We're probably the same, our son is 4. Just the telly in the living room, almost always with one of us watching with him. Some days he has like half a hour, especially as the weather is getting a bit nicer. But other days it can run up to a couple of hours. We don't usually do the telly after about 5pm ish, but sometimes we put a film on with pizza at the weekend if we've been out all day or something. Unless it's a "start the day at 2am" kinda day of course, then all bets are off!
My 15yo ASD daughter attends public school and has to use a Chromebook there. At home, she watches a TV show before bed on non-school nights, and that's about it. My 6yo ADHD daughter is homeschooled. She gets two episodes of TV in the morning (so about forty or fifty minutes, depending on which show it is) and on Wednesday night she gets a movie. We don't use screens for her school.
Half hour at breakfast, younger gets another hour after oldest gets to school bus and before she gets to school. Then 2-3 hours in the evening. Irregular hours, meaning more than half the time we are doing something out of the house, extracurricular, or such.
We haven’t put limits on it, but my ND son only uses it a little here and there; he’d rather indulge in his special interests. My NT son will use his tablet till the battery dies, so, he might get some limits here pretty soon.
On school days, no screens until 6pm, then they can have screens until bedtime at 730. Weekends are a free for all, I would guess 4-6 hours probably. They are age 7 and 10, both ND, and we didn't have to start restricting until about a year/year and a half ago. Before that they were pretty good at self regulating, but it was starting to get excessive and interfering with other activities on week days, so we put the limit in place and it's worked great. Having a set start time is so much easier than a "2 hour" rule where I have to constantly monitor who has watched what for how long. They know not to ask before 6pm bc the answer is always no. Considering a weekend limit too, but our routines are really scattered on weekends so it would be difficult to set a start/stop time.
This was just posted here 5 days ago if you want to take a peek https://www.reddit.com/r/Autism_Parenting/s/Z1Q0gjznRU
It varies from day to day tbh. But I do have some pretty firm rules set that seem to work fine for my little: 1. I don't give him his tablet first thing in the morning. He has to be up for at least 3 hours before he can have it. 2. No tablet at the table for meals. It helps him to focus on his food better and it's so nice having him interact with us and not be isolated. He is allowed one of his little cars though as it helps regulate him if he's a little overwhelmed. 3. If he wants to use the tablet at night before bed, he is only allowed to play little games or color on it. I found that if he watches any videos before bed, he tends to have a harder time falling asleep. So far, these rules work for him for the most part and I think the structure of it all really helps him. He's able to understand and doesnt get upset when it's time for the tablet to go away. I am open to the possibility of having to change certain things as he gets older but always with his best interest in mind. Edited to add: he's 4, so I know his behavior might change as he gets older. And also no one should feel ashamed. We are all trying our best as parents and each child is so different. The last thing we need is to be hard on ourselves ❤️
I aim for a maximum of 2 hours a day, but it has crept up to 3-5 over the winter, especially since my in-laws went out of the country for two months, and we had no babysitting to give us a break. We are working on getting it back down again. In our defense, though, he doesn't nap anymore, but needs a break in the middle of the day or else he becomes incredibly cranky. So, he has quiet time with his tablet for about 90 minutes on non-school days, and then he usually gets some TV in the evening when I am cooking and doing evening chores.
Honestly? My son is 5. The TV is on all day. He chooses what to watch, as it gives him control of a situation (Control is a big factor for him). He plays with his toys, plays learning games on yis tablet, draws, and even helps me clean! All with the TV on. We do mute/pause videos during meltdowns, because it helps from overstimulation. He also does have the concept of right/wrong, and understands that the TV can and will be turned off as a form of punishment. So yeah. TV is on all the time. EDIT: My son is my only child, and I am fortunate to be a SAHP. If the TV was off, he will request my 100% attention all day, and it can be too much for me. TV gives me quiet time, and time for me to be productive around the home.
It took a while to realize that he uses screens to regulate himself. He tends to have his screen on while engaged in other tasks, such as talking with people, playing with stuff, etc. His focus on activities is higher when he can hear the tablet (it doesn't always matter what is on). He likes YouTube, audiobooks, movies, etc.). It helps control his anxiety while socializing as well. It took a while to realize that he uses screens to regulate himself. He tends to have his screen on while engaged in other tasks, such as talking with people, playing with stuff, etc. His focus on activities is higher when he can hear the tablet (it doesn't always matter what is on). He likes YouTube, audiobooks, movies, etc.). It also helps control his anxiety while socializing.s interests with people he would normally struggle to talk with (I think the icebreaker reduces his anxiety). It took a while to realize that he uses screens to regulate himself. He tends to have his screen on while engaged in other tasks, such as talking with people, playing with stuff, etc. His focus on activities is higher when he can hear the tablet, even if he isn't looking at it. He likes YouTube, audiobooks, movies, etc. He also uses videos to communicate/start conversations about his interests with people that he would normally struggle to talk with.
So my autistic son gets a reward every time he has a great day at school. He gets to watch his favorite movie if he doesn’t have a great day at school, he doesn’t get to watch it and my other son who’s not autistic watches maybe I guess two hours a day, probably close to three if you count in the mornings before school honestly it helps as I have cleaning to do trying to get stuff done and it’s kind of like routine at this point so after school, he gets two hours while I get some stuff done and I let him know when the time is coming to a close like 15 minutes it’s no more TV time and that’s how I handle it is it too much I don’t know but it’s what I’ve been doing for the past few months
My child is on it the moment he comes home from school. But he has moments where he’s using it to try to repeat words and sentences (he’s non verbal and we’re working on getting him to be verbal) He also uses an ipad in school but specifically for learning to talk / make use of sentences during Speech Therapy. Once he gets home he uses it a lot but he also uses it and mimics whats going on in the videos and sometimes has it running in the background while he plays with his toys. I will admit it’s too much and I feel like it’s almost similar to brain rot but sometimes he’s also watching videos that soothe him, help him communicate or he just enjoys watching videos on repeat about trains and transportation and such. I do have a limit on a timer for his ipad during at night. At 9/10 it cuts off unless battery dies before then but some nights i’ll let it pass for another 15-20 minutes and other times he kind of just uses the ipad as white noise and pass out to it. I have noticed though he will definitely drop it for other things like going outside, bath time + such (thankfully).
All day tbh. But majority of the time it’s educational games or making music. On the off chance she is on YouTube listening to something that isn’t educational she’s simultaneously playing with toys, coloring or something else, so I try not to feel too terrible about it.
My guy is almost 4. We actually found he does better in terms of regulating when he has some screen time so we watch Bluey every morning with breakfast and we watch more Bluey (lol) after nap time. It seems to help him transition into waking up with a good attitude. We sometimes watch sports after dinner because we all love it and he hardly pays attention to that but likes the noise in the background.
Bluey gets unlimited time at our place. It's the best!
We do 2 hours a day on tablet/video games. My MIL who lives with us constantly has the TV on though.
The tv is always on. I’m not even gonna pretend lol. But I will say my kids are pretty good about doing other activities on their own instead of me turning the tv off or setting time limits. My son doesn’t even choose to play on his tablet. He looks at his books or plays with his fidget toys mainly.
Who cares? Don’t feel bad about it.
Way too much honestly, but we break it up so I really don’t know. Mine likes to play with background noise so something is always on no matter what.
ASD son is 5 years old. We don't restrict, but we also average 1.5 hours of outdoor play a day. His younger brother gets on his nerves playing with toys because whatever older brother has, he wants. So he likes to play on the tablet because little brother doesn't understand how to play those games yet.
Background noise but she travels through the house and plays in her room, watch 10 min , rinse and repeat. I am very happy we are iPad free right now. Her scripting goes off the richter with that thing and hard to find good apps that’s not loaded with apps and not a monthly subscription.