https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:41:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-your-kids-get-their-screen-time#post-1058299 Sat, 31 Aug 2013 21:40:18 +0000 mrbee 1058299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@betsyboop: our eye doctor said that his parents used to tell him not to sit too close to the TV. But now with iPhones, everyone is basically just a few inches away from their screen!</p> <p>That kinda blew my mind... my parents used to tell me the same thing, but I never made that connection! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-your-kids-get-their-screen-time#post-1058291 Sat, 31 Aug 2013 21:37:34 +0000 betsyboop 1058291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>wow, i never thought of the eye issue. LO doesnt get screen time except for when we are out to eat, and we give her our iphones. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-your-kids-get-their-screen-time#post-1058287 Sat, 31 Aug 2013 21:36:00 +0000 immabeetoo 1058287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: It is way more fun to shop for "pretty dresses" or "interesting books about dogs" or "puzzles" on the one side instead of "Little Ms. Tuffet's Ice Cream Maker Snow Cone Wizard" or "Disney Kidz Miley Cyrus Makeup Magician Mastery Set". We just end up giving the latter niece itunes giftcards because I am so grossed out by the chintzy, overpriced, character-plastered gimmicky gifts she asks for! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-your-kids-get-their-screen-time#post-1058277 Sat, 31 Aug 2013 21:31:31 +0000 mrbee 1058277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@scg00387: wow that's so interesting!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-your-kids-get-their-screen-time#post-1058271 Sat, 31 Aug 2013 21:28:27 +0000 immabeetoo 1058271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I have nieces on both sides of the family roughly the same age; one watches regular TV and one watches Netflix. You can tell immediately by their Christmas lists who sees the commercials haha! All very very specific toys/brands/names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-your-kids-get-their-screen-time#post-1058225 Sat, 31 Aug 2013 21:08:30 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 1058225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The TV. We save the iPad for limited use on long trips and the iPhone for moments of *extreme* desperation. He's not allowed to touch the computers :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-your-kids-get-their-screen-time#post-1058216 Sat, 31 Aug 2013 21:03:47 +0000 mrbee 1058216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our kids mostly watch videos on the iPad or iPhone (when we're traveling)... and occasionally YouTube on the computer (when we're home). The tv is downstairs where they don't go, so they almost never watch tv.</p> <p>I have mixed feelings on this. On the one hand, it's probably good that they don't see many commercials? But on the other hand, our eye doctor said that kids are coming in with much worse eyes at an earlier age because they are watching tiny iPhone screens! It seems like everything has its downsides... including screen time itself!</p> <p>Where do your kids get their screen time? </p>