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Our kids don’t get too much screen time, but when they do use iPads it is largely without parental supervision. I am inclined to not mind when Raffi asks to play one of the iPad games, similar to 카지노 검증, since some of them are educational and I limit the time/day to around 15 minutes.
However, inevitably he will hit up YouTube and start clicking around, watching video after video until his eyes rot or I realize it’s been 15 minutes times 3. Whoops. Nowadays, there are many ways to increase the Youtube Views in one’s video and become a top viewer. This has become a serious business today!!!!!
As an aside, this pregnancy has been kicking my butt and I’ve done a lot of things I swore I would never do as a mom. For an example see above.
YouTube Kids launched yesterday, and while my kids haven’t seen it yet, I clicked around to check it out.
Verdict? IT’S AWESOME!
Here’s what I love about it so far, before my kids have even tried it:
1. Only adults have access to the settings. You have to enter a passcode that is written like this (ONE ONE TWO SIX) so only a child that can read the numbers and then punch them in can access the settings.
2. It has a timer that is really easy to set. The app will lock down when time is up. I love this feature since my kids only really use their second-hand Samsung phones when I *really* need them to sit still and can’t quite pay attention to them, like at my own doctors’ appointments or in the 2 hour line at the DMV… or when I’m frying breaded chicken and need them to absolutely positively stay out of the kitchen. The 15 minutes I mentally allot for screen time doubles and triples if I don’t set my phone alarm to remind me, so I like this built in feature.
3. It’s easy for children to navigate, with big buttons and instant full screen.
4. It only displays kid-appropriate channels and playlists. Love that.
Check it out!
PS- I feel the need to counteract this app download by rereading this article on Blocks, Play, Screen Time and The Infant Mind. it’s a good read.
sorry not really relevant comment post…but was wondering. since you’ve had kids, would you say that you a) care less about being thin and how you look, or b) still same amount?
Hm. I’ve never cared about being “thin”, but I’ve always cared about being healthy and feeling fit/strong/energized. I think I care more about those things now that I have kids, but I spend way less time focused on it. It comes more naturally because it’s just the way things have to be – I have to be fit and energized in order to be the mom I want to be. Before I would spend 20 minutes debating eating a brownie because it isn’t good for me. Now the opportunity to eat a brownie only comes around every now and again, so I eat it and move on. Or before I would spend an hour at the gym after work. Now I *have* to be more disciplined at get up before the kids get up or my opportunity for formal exercise won’t come around. I think it’s easier to live a healthy lifestyle with kids because we are always on the go and I want to be a good example of healthy habits.
When it comes to how I look, as in how I present myself, I care way less but wish I cared way more. Before kids I would NEVER set foot outside of the house in sweatpants or without throwing on a pair of earrings or at least a nice matching track suit. Now I can hardly remember the last time I put together a stylish outfit. I hope that when I’m done being pregnant I will get back to pulling myself together more because it makes me feel good.
Don’t feel bad about screen time. In moderation it definitely isn’t evil. Once the kids start adding up, it’s a great babysitter for the older ones while you deal with the little ones — cheaper than a real babysitter too 🙂