What pediatricians and many others actually say:
0-3 yrs old: no screens at all. No TV playing when they are in the room, even if they can only hear the sound. Refrain from using your phone too long when they are in the room with you, they need to see your face react to them to learn human interaction.
3-6: no screens used alone. No internet. Interactive content with a parent is ok, not regularly, not in the bedroom.
6-9: may discover safe internet spaces, with help from parents.
9-12: can learn to manage their screen time, protect their private life, develop critical thinking.
12+: no screens at night, talk to your kid about what they do online, more autonomy.
This is what we follow (refraining from using the phone ourselves is prolly the hardest to do), they have never watched cartoons alone, they love old point'n'click games on the PC with me, we share the mouse, and I thought they would ask for more and more screen time, they don't. They actually want to read books with parents, paint, draw, build, go outside, ride a bicycle, invite friends. Maybe we're lucky. They don't throw tantrums in their seat, they sometimes do while grocery shopping, it's difficult, but I would never use a screen to stop it.
So, I don't see how this kind of device can be useful and safe at any age. It seems designed to cause the infamous "iPad kid" syndrome or get them hooked on Amazon products even younger than before.
But there's even worse in stores today: AI assistant integrated plushies.
0-3 yrs old: no screens at all. No TV playing when they are in the room, even if they can only hear the sound. Refrain from using your phone too long when they are in the room with you, they need to see your face react to them to learn human interaction.
3-6: no screens used alone. No internet. Interactive content with a parent is ok, not regularly, not in the bedroom.
6-9: may discover safe internet spaces, with help from parents.
9-12: can learn to manage their screen time, protect their private life, develop critical thinking.
12+: no screens at night, talk to your kid about what they do online, more autonomy.
This is what we follow (refraining from using the phone ourselves is prolly the hardest to do), they have never watched cartoons alone, they love old point'n'click games on the PC with me, we share the mouse, and I thought they would ask for more and more screen time, they don't. They actually want to read books with parents, paint, draw, build, go outside, ride a bicycle, invite friends. Maybe we're lucky. They don't throw tantrums in their seat, they sometimes do while grocery shopping, it's difficult, but I would never use a screen to stop it.
So, I don't see how this kind of device can be useful and safe at any age. It seems designed to cause the infamous "iPad kid" syndrome or get them hooked on Amazon products even younger than before.
But there's even worse in stores today: AI assistant integrated plushies.