This seems very arbitrary.
That might be what pediatricians say to YOU, or what they would give as generic aspirational goals, but frankly I think generic aspirational goals are silly.
Wouldn't no screens ever be safer at all ages if you're worried about screens? Its not like teens don't have problems with social media...
I think its important to separate recommendations from ideals.
For one, an ideal is not pragmatic and is only true "all other things being equal". It ignores trade-offs.
Second, an ideal for one is an ideal for all, but a recommendation for one is not a recommendation for all.
Do you also eat only vegetables, never smoke or drink, and go on a run for 30 minutes every day (of course same for kids as well)? Do you practice gratitude and volunteer weekly?
My point is simply that less screens is probably directionaly correct, but pushing consistent standards or recommendations is silly. Everyone is at a different level and should have different goals. We should all work on using less screens in whatever way we can, and understand how far we are from an ideal, and what damage is caused by that mismatch, but we shouldn't act like one arbitrary standard is actually magically correct and should be a global requirement.
That might be what pediatricians say to YOU, or what they would give as generic aspirational goals, but frankly I think generic aspirational goals are silly.
Wouldn't no screens ever be safer at all ages if you're worried about screens? Its not like teens don't have problems with social media...
I think its important to separate recommendations from ideals.
For one, an ideal is not pragmatic and is only true "all other things being equal". It ignores trade-offs.
Second, an ideal for one is an ideal for all, but a recommendation for one is not a recommendation for all.
Do you also eat only vegetables, never smoke or drink, and go on a run for 30 minutes every day (of course same for kids as well)? Do you practice gratitude and volunteer weekly?
My point is simply that less screens is probably directionaly correct, but pushing consistent standards or recommendations is silly. Everyone is at a different level and should have different goals. We should all work on using less screens in whatever way we can, and understand how far we are from an ideal, and what damage is caused by that mismatch, but we shouldn't act like one arbitrary standard is actually magically correct and should be a global requirement.