how much time is proper for a 2yrs old boy watching pad per day

[shuangnick]

for learning English, I play cartoons on my tablets for DS everyday eg. peppa pig, alphablocks. and of course sometimes reading picture books with him on pad or mobile phone. this helped a lot in his English level. But my parents do all the way against me because they alleged that kids watching tablets/mobile do harm to their eyes, as a majority of (grand)parents in China thought about. maybe it's right to some extent, but I never heard any European/American family limit their kids playing tablets, and the reason which Chinese family worried about seems not an issue for them. maybe I don't know western family. now I limit DS's cartoon time in 0.5hour/day, and it's really not enough for him. please let me know how u consider and handle this issue. won't you worry about DC's eyesight?

[BlackSwan]

Kids that age don't need any tablet time. Books are better.

No kid actually needs a tablet, but if you start at 2 they're only going to want it much more as they get older.

[BeeMyBaby]

I think the guidelines in the uk are max screen time of 2 hours a day, but if you can manage with 30 mins only it's better

[allegretto]

30 minutes is really the limit - as Black Swan said, none at all would be better. Does he get anymore input in English? Can you read books to him instead? You can't really learn English just from watching tv/tablet anyway.

[nocoolnamesleft]

//www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/childrens-health/in-depth/screen-time/art-20047952

This appears to be a reasonably sensible source.

[shuangnick]

BlackSwan we limited him using tablet strictly expect watching cartoons. on the other hand, i don't worry about him cannot take control of himself.i only care about his eyesight.

[shuangnick]

I have taken ur advice. I'm ready to buy a large screen TV for my son so that he can watch peppa pig in daytime, instead of continuously watching it late at night after I was home. and it's also convenient for his granny to arrange the TV time for him.

[shuangnick]

BeeMyBaby

[shuangnick]

allegretto thank u for ur advice. I try my best to make an English environment for him eg. reading books, watching cartoons, and speak to him by only use English. but as I believe, watching cbeebies cartoon is the most effective way because of its native tongue and kid can grasp the meaning much easily by the plot. by the way, is there any online forum for kids in UK? I'd like to have my son communicate with little UK friends when he grows a bit older.can u recommend some sort of the web for me? thanks a lot!

[shuangnick]

nocoolnamesleft that's awesome!both professional and useful! I'd love to recommend the passage to my DW.

[SavoyCabbage]

I think it's recommended that people watch real humans in programmes rather than cartoons in order to pick up a language. So 'grandpa in my pocket' rather than Peppa pig.

[grasspigeons]

Is there a way you can watch it on a bigger screen further away. I don't think there is an issue with watching stuff but tablets and phones encourage a really bad neck posture.

[redrobinblue]

Two is too young for an iPad I would feel? Your English seems brilliant, could you read to him? Chat to him in English?

I would deal with the situation by simply saying no. Give him something else and he'll soon forget about it. He'll likely stop asking for it in a few days. Just ban it.

[shuangnick]

SavoyCabbage that's great. how lucky u Britishs are, there's no such high quality educational program and TVseries for kids in my country. Montessori always suggested to let kids keep in touch with real things, this is quite analogous to your idea. and I like ur recommendation so much. a great appreciation for u.

[shuangnick]

thank u redrobinblue .I did the reading and chatting. and also try my best to improve English. but still my vocabulary and grammar is limited, so it'll be better if conversations, actings or readings from a native speaker is available.