Kids and their use of iPad/iPhone/TV

[isis]

my parents let me do pretty much w/e i wanted for however long i wanted. & i chose to watch *a lot* of tv. i could stay up all night watching tv if i wanted, at w/e age. for the fun of it, here's some of the shows i watched that come to mind:

are you afraid of the dark?
unsolved mysteries
home improvement
the fresh prince of bel-air
family matters
the wonder years
rugrats
saved by the bell
full house
all that
rocko's modern life
kenen & kel
malcom in the middle
the ren and stimpy show
the angry beavers
the secret world of alex mack
bevis and butthead
the wild thornberrys
catdog
hey arnold!
doug
aaahh!!! real monsters
beyond belief: fact or fiction
legends of the hidden temple
dr quinn medicine woman
sabrina the teenage witch
clarissa explains it all
what would you do?
xena warrior princess
walker, texas ranger
hercules: the legendary journeys
the adventures of pete & pete

i'd always eventually get burnt out on watching tv, though, & feel a need to get outside & do more active things.

i'd also spend countless hrs on a "sega saturn" video game console & nintendo but with that too i'd also always eventually manage to start feeling tired of it & in need of long breaks. same with the internet, which i got around 11yrs of age, but i'd mainly use that for communication & educational purposes.

in my adult life, i have no desire to own a video game console or even a tv. i've been w/o those things my entire adult life so far. if i decide to have children i'll definitely provide those things for them, though, so they can have a choice in the matter.

nowadays i can no longer stand sitting still for much more than an hour - unless i'm meditating. when i watch movies i usually watch the 1st half one day & save the 2nd half for the next day. i have a smartphone but i mainly just use it as a flashlight (haha)...& to text msg. my kindle serves the purpose of a radio, mostly.

i'd encourage my children to not spend too much time watching non-educational tv shows & playing non-educational games but it's not something i could see myself making a requirement since i feel i wasn't harmed in any way from the insanely large amount of time i spent on such things as a child.

good luck to you!

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