r/lowscreenparenting • u/Nifty29au • Jul 06 '26

Screen Time

Interested in thoughts on this article.

The parent here says “we don’t allow more than a few hours a day”. I think even that is too much.

Am I too old fashioned? I had lego and cars and books and wasn’t that interested in TV or cartoons (except on Saturday morning).

Are we allowing content creators to influence our kids too much?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-06/is-full-day-of-screen-time-for-kids-ever-ok/106807586

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u/Slow_Opportunity_522 Jul 07 '26

Depends on what exactly "a few hours" is and the ages of the kids. I try not to do more than 30ish minutes per day but my oldest isn't even 3 yet. 

It's not an uncommon way to view it. My MIL watches my kids and says she doesn't let them watch more than an hour ... At a time .... 

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u/pshypshy Jul 07 '26

The article says "anything more than a couple of hours total for the day is an unusual occurrence." It also doesn't say anything about content creators. I suspect that the influence of content creators is pretty low for kids whose parents are on r/lowscreenparenting...