I can confirm that from experience with a family member just this week. He's barely 2 and about 95% of the waking hours I was around him there was a iPad in front of him.
It's gotten to the point with kids that I was basically blown away a few weeks ago being around a six year old for dinner who could sit there without a screen in front of their face, without whining, and actually talk to people at the table. That shouldn't be a mindblowing event, but if you've been around enough modern kids, it is.
This is for developmental milestones at 30 months. I've seen a lot of stuff about how this age group is being impacted by this. A few weeks ago there was a post from a speech therapist about the volume of kids she was seeing, many of whom couldn't even control their facial muscles.
No doubt tic-tok and social media is cancer for adults, much less children, but masking has been incredibly detrimental to toddlers and school-age kids.
Tiktok no. Stuck in front of a tv/ipad, oh absolutely.
I can confirm that from experience with a family member just this week. He's barely 2 and about 95% of the waking hours I was around him there was a iPad in front of him.
It's gotten to the point with kids that I was basically blown away a few weeks ago being around a six year old for dinner who could sit there without a screen in front of their face, without whining, and actually talk to people at the table. That shouldn't be a mindblowing event, but if you've been around enough modern kids, it is.
This is for developmental milestones at 30 months. I've seen a lot of stuff about how this age group is being impacted by this. A few weeks ago there was a post from a speech therapist about the volume of kids she was seeing, many of whom couldn't even control their facial muscles.
No doubt tic-tok and social media is cancer for adults, much less children, but masking has been incredibly detrimental to toddlers and school-age kids.