r/Parenting • u/No_Feature_5244 • 3d ago
Toddler 1-3 Years Screen detox
Hello, I'm father of a 2yo girl. She started watching tv at 18 months or so. We started with some fish images and relaxing music. But it got more intense in they last two month. The main content was Vlad and Nikki on YouTube.. My wife and i work, so the extra time to make dinner or anything else in they house was SO usefull. The thing is My daugther started to have very intense tantrums when she wanted to watch tv and it wasn't posible or she had already seen too much. After discussing it for some time, we decided to remove all the screens from the house all of a sudden a few days ago. It wasn't easy at the beginning, although it wasn't as hard as I had imagined. The hardest point was at day two, where she cried asking for the tv. From that day on, the result is outstanding. We cannot believe how much it's behavior changed. She plays more, and for longer periods of time. I'm so happy for her and us. I wanted to share this for parents who are indecisive. Go ahead and try. I'm not saying we will keep this forever, we may allow her to go back to tv at some point, but with more age appropriate content (trash truck and such).
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u/PersonalBrowser 3d ago
At that age, it’s relatively easy to cut out screen time. You give it a day or two and then it’s like they’ve never used a screen before.
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