Not sure if I’m overthinking this… but has anyone else noticed their kids seem worse after screens, not better?
I’ve got an 8-year-old and we went through a phase where taking screens off him was absolute chaos, proper meltdowns, couldn’t settle, bedtime was a nightmare. At first I just thought it was “normal” or that we needed to be stricter.
But recently I started wondering if it’s not just screen time itself, but the type of content, like the really fast-paced, constant stimulation stuff.
We tried dialing that back and it’s been… noticeably different. Not perfect, but the reactions aren’t as extreme and transitions are easier.
Now I’m questioning whether a lot of what gets called “behaviour issues” is actually kids being completely overstimulated and then struggling to regulate afterwards.
Curious if anyone else has noticed this or am I just seeing patterns that aren’t really there?