Went to nursery and they were watching the tablet

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Makes me wonder how often it's done....

Charming, might be just as well if yours IS in childcare 10 hours a day.

I've never had this. My baby is 8 months. No screens. It's not hard. It's important.

I work for a living.

Ask for their screen time policy. How old is your child and what was the age group of children watching (ie are they in a baby room or in with older children?)

Are you joking. Their downtime is their lunch break. I'm a teacher, I don't get downtime to play videos.

I wouldn’t give a toss about this tbh. I know it would only be for a little bit, nowhere near a situation where they are plonked in front if a screen all day.

I would be very annoyed. I made sure mine didn’t have any screen time before the age of 2. It was hard on me, especially on a a dark winter’s night (anytime after 3pm in the dead of winter) when I was dying to just sit down and stick CBBies on.

.. I’d be so, so cross if I was actually paying for childcare and they thought it was okay to take the easy route, when I wouldn’t allow myself to do that.

We very occasionally do this. The children are all collected between 5 and 6. Some of them have been there since 7:30- they’re tired. At the end of the day (last 20 minutes or so), we sometimes put songs on the iPad and prop it where they can see it. Some play with Duplo; some look at books, and some watch the songs. We are in the room, but usually making sure all children are toileted before they leave.

These are pre-schoolers- not under twos.

Not on. I would be furious. This is way too young to be gawping at a screen.

There's a difference between parents making that decision and nurseries taking that decision out of their hands. It's pretty well accepted that parents are the arbiters of screen time.

OP - does your child watch any TV at home?

My kids are at an “Outstanding” private nursery. After lunch and before the morning pick ups (12.40-1), some of the younger ones have a nap, and the older ones have 20 mins of watching something on the TV (Ben & Holly etc). This is in the toddler / pre-school room, there’s no screens in the baby room.

I don’t have a problem with it at all, both of my girls have a blast at nursery (well my eldest has just started school but she did), they do so many enriching activities and trips - 20 mins of wind down tv isn’t going to hurt. Every nursery I looked at did something similar, as do all my friends kids nurseries 🤷🏼‍♀️

And there is no way that my toddler will be allowed TV at that age. We have 'family time' in other ways.

Omg someone with an 8 month old lol.

Yes. TV I want to watch.

Bare in mind I work m-f.

I don't put on kids shows. On the weekends I've been blessed with good weather so it's easy to go outside..not sure what I'll do at 4pm darkness

I'm just concerned I don't know how much they have now

Your child will have to have a tablet at one point

It also depends on WHAT they were watching. I’m anti-tablet but people have mentioned Ben & Holly and Bluey above and I let mine watch those on the TV. They’ve got fairly muted colours, not too many cuts and a story (Nanny Plum cracks me up). If it’s on and I say my son’s name, he’ll turn around because he isn’t completely zombified by it. Tablet to my suggests Cocomelon or Dancing Fruits or something which are just too high contrast, too repetitive, too many cuts and too absorbing. I would be annoyed at the tablet thing generally but my level of annoyance would be influenced by what they were watching.

It was something low energy. I don't have an issue with that.

To be fair I have got form for going back on my parenting aspirations, but it’s good to aim high!

My eldest has a tablet for the car when she’s playing up (fairly long commute, she’s not really a fan of the car, I’m not a fan of crashing bc I’m distracted), and tbh I think it’s more parenting than the tablet. She has access if she wants it (usually after school) but also likes singing songs, playing games, chatting.

I’ve never really limited her screen time but also encouraged imaginative play, drawing, reading, playing outside etc, and she’s now a bright and articulate 4 year old with an incredible attention span, who can sit and watch a whole Disney film or spend 2 hours playing doctors with her teddies. I think in moderation it’s really not a problem, I mean in my experience anyway it’s had no detrimental impact at all; it’s only when they’re shoved in front of it 24/7 with no outside time or playtime etc.

What did they say when you queried it?

Sounds perfectly reasonable tk me. After a long day in childcare they need to be able to wind down just listening to music while puttering or watching something gentle.

Why can one of the staff not sit and read a book with them?

You're a teacher ?! 🙇🏻‍♀️

that makes your (now deleted) post to me even more disgusting. Oh & by the way, I didn't report it, I was happy to let it stand so others could see your true colours.

Absolutely not the same as watching telly. Tablets give out loads of blue light which interferes with the production of melatonin.