Screen time at restaurants

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We've recently come back from a family holiday at Bluestone and when we went out for dinner both nights the majority of parents used screens at the table for their kids (ages probably from 1-10). We've never done this as our 4 year old has always been happy enough colouring or joining in with us but she's now started to notice other kids and asks for her tablet or to watch a show. To be clear I'm not judging other parents that do do this, it's more of how do we say no to our little one without her feeling like she's the only one and missing out. I don't want to give the tablet to her as I feel it means she doesn't learn to sit and engage plus if other kids weren't on them she wouldn't ask. As I said, I'm not judging as we do use screens for long journeys and other things, it's just how do we tell her why she can't, as 4 is still quite young to understand 😞

💯 this thread is so 2010

This isn’t relevant to the post I’m responding to which suggests parents like me expect the school to raise their child.

you’re just expanding it now to all parents who use iPads not only being judged by teachers but all their children ending up in the SEN department

Yup, way to alienate the SEN parent community!

There was you thinking children with autism populating SEN departments were born this way when actually it’s because they had an iPad at the restaurant. A teacher said it so it must be true. They’re dragging up all our children, so they know

Did I mention ASD children? No I didn’t. SEND departments deal with many many different behaviour and academic issues. And SOME of these behaviour issues are definitely not helped by the use of screens.

Of course not all kids with behaviour issues are caused by screen use. But kids with excessive screen use have behaviour issues.

So your post was just irrelevant hyperbole then. We’ve gone from parents running to you en mass to raise their children to a few children in the SEN department who have behavioural issues that might be related to screen use.

Not sure you know the difference between causation and correlation….