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Why are parents these days so strict with their kids' screen time?

1 hour of tv a week, no ipads, etc. I watched 8+ hours of c...
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The nature of it is different. You watched whatever was on ...
Die Hard 2: Die Harder
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Then just pick and choose the ones you want them to watch. I...
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cr, people freak out over this shit and it just doesnt seem ...
richard clock
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It's because they themselves spend their entire lives on scr...
Ass Sunstein
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richard clock
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A futile panicked grab for some faint sense of control over ...
'""'""'
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Because kids who stare at screens all day often have trouble...
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contentman
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I had no such issues as a child. I don't think screens are t...
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whoaa so future poasters
AZNgirl Raping Taj Mahal because it's White
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among other things
Charlie Kirk Did Nothing Wrong
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MODS!
Amateur Millennial Butt Porn
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You don't think they should?
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prolonged screen time is actually a symptom of neurodivergen...
contentman
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its called brainrot for a reason dexters lab or whatever ...
columbo luis
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dont want their kids to end up like xo poasters
metaepistemology is trans
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They still will. We're XO posters because that is our natur...
.,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.
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garbage defeatist bullshit
Paralegal Mohammad
  11/14/25
every moment spent behind a screen is spent not living life.
Paralegal Mohammad
  11/14/25
You actually had to follow the plot for the cartoons we watc...
...,....,,........
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You watched Powerpuff Girls?
Louis Poasteur
  11/15/25
Let the bro who didn't enjoy some Sailor Moon because it, uh...
columbo luis
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Yeah, wasn't that just KOOKY how us bros had NO CHOICE but t...
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Nastya is Putin’s greatest weapon. I love all the dama...
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because they don't want them to end up becoming xo posters
we are definitely claiming fraud trumpmos
  11/14/25
If you have kids then it is obvious how it is rapidly addict...
jeevacation@gmail.com
  11/14/25
bc screens melt your kids brains and doing that to them then...
Covid was a Hoax
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https://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5587447&mc=...
SneakersSO
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Shitty 90s basic cable and crappy Nintendo games served as a...
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When Cartoon Network premiered, I thought I had died on gone...
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goy orbison
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80s and 90s Nintendo games were fucking awesome and have nev...
Ass Sunstein
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Most of them, even back in the day — contemporaneously...
SneakersSO
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So just limit your kids to the old shit. Easy. No need to go...
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The fuck are you talking about? The Disney Afternoon ran fro...
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Preppy kids had Activities that take up time after school, i...
SneakersSO
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I watched a gazillion hours of TV as a kid and still made mi...
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Aren't you Jewish? So, no sports. You had time for both vegg...
SneakersSO
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Definitely no sports. Sports are stupid.
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We watched MTV all the time. This is better
https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK
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It’s very stupid. Shit like Daniel Tiger is more educa...
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(Guy whose kid is playing Roblox with "ABDLdude1983&quo...
rear naked choke
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TBF we don’t give them tablets. They get to watch only...
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This is the only acceptable mode for screen time imo. No per...
rear naked choke
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Isn't excessive screen time closely correlated with mental h...
'"'"''"'"'''"''"
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I was in the local UMC grocer last night, it was crowded and...
OYT Magnus
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you're not as affluent as you think you are, champ
SneakersSO
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We allow a decent amount of TV but zero time on iPads and sh...
Civil Attorney
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I noticed among my older millennial chungus ass cousins the ...
goy orbison
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Posters here seemed to have nailed it. If my kids are wa...
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Civil Attorney
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My kids will grow up on Shawn Ryan and Joe Rogan.
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Date: November 14th, 2025 1:47 PM
Author: .;:..;:.;.:.;.,,,..,.:,.;....;,;;;..;,..,,.,,....,


1 hour of tv a week, no ipads, etc.

I watched 8+ hours of cartoons every day and i turned out great. I now poast

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49430498)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 1:50 PM
Author: Die Hard 2: Die Harder

The nature of it is different. You watched whatever was on a limited number of channels which you had to flip through to figure out what was being offered.

They are presented with 400 thumbnails of shows available anytime and all the time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49430513)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: .;:..;:.;.:.;.,,,..,.:,.;....;,;;;..;,..,,.,,....,


Then just pick and choose the ones you want them to watch. I forbade my kids from watching cocomelon

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49430537)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: ...,....,,........



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49430681)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 1:53 PM
Author: richard clock

cr, people freak out over this shit and it just doesnt seem like that big of a deal

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49430527)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: Ass Sunstein

It's because they themselves spend their entire lives on screens so they "make up for it" by restricting their kids.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49430503)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 1:53 PM
Author: richard clock



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49430528)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 2:17 PM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.




(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49430597)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: '""'""'

A futile panicked grab for some faint sense of control over the ultimate outcome

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49430505)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 1:52 PM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,..:,,:,......,;:.,.:..:.,:,::,.


Because kids who stare at screens all day often have trouble concentrating at school, making friends, and sleeping through the night.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49430521)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 1:53 PM
Author: contentman



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49430531)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 1:54 PM
Author: .;:..;:.;.:.;.,,,..,.:,.;....;,;;;..;,..,,.,,....,


I had no such issues as a child. I don't think screens are the issue

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49430532)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: AZNgirl Raping Taj Mahal because it's White

whoaa so future poasters

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49430536)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: ...,....,,........



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49430683)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:49 AM
Author: Charlie Kirk Did Nothing Wrong (TDNW)

among other things

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49432556)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 1:16 PM
Author: Amateur Millennial Butt Porn

MODS!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49433142)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 1:53 PM
Author: ..,,....,,.,..,,..,,...,...,,....,...,


You don't think they should?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49430529)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 1:57 PM
Author: contentman

prolonged screen time is actually a symptom of neurodivergence

In this study, children <40 months of age showed different trajectories of daily screen time over time. Additionally, ASD-PRS was associated with medium and long screen time during the observation period. This raises the possibility that long screen time is not a cause of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but rather an early symptom that ASD individuals are more attracted to objects than to people.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165178123003451

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49430544)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 2:07 PM
Author: columbo luis (🧐)

its called brainrot for a reason

dexters lab or whatever is basically war and peace compared to the slop kids watch on youtube shorts/tiktok. it really is lowest common denominator (now largely ai generated) garbage. everything is designed for maximum attention grabbing

more importantly it's a sea of infinite distraction. for the vast majority of kids there was only so much TV you can watch before you get bored, but you can toss a tablet at a kid anywhere at any time and they will find a way to occupy themselves.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49430582)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: ...,....,,........



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Date: November 14th, 2025 2:15 PM
Author: metaepistemology is trans

dont want their kids to end up like xo poasters

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49430594)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 2:22 PM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.


They still will. We're XO posters because that is our nature. These kids are our kids so they will still be weirdo aspies. Or if they're not it won't be because of screens or lack thereof.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49430619)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 2:23 PM
Author: Paralegal Mohammad (Death, death to the IDF!)

garbage defeatist bullshit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49430623)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 2:23 PM
Author: Paralegal Mohammad (Death, death to the IDF!)

every moment spent behind a screen is spent not living life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49430622)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 2:48 PM
Author: ...,....,,........

You actually had to follow the plot for the cartoons we watched.

Batman: The Animated Series;

Power Rangers;

Power Puff Girls

Each show was 22 minutes broken up over commercial breaks with a cogent plot kids had to use their brains to follow.

The shit on YouTube now is just non-stop brainrot. You literally could sit for 24 hours and never watch the same episode twice.

Does anybody know what country NASTYA is from?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49430691)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 1:07 AM
Author: Louis Poasteur

You watched Powerpuff Girls?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49432438)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:27 AM
Author: columbo luis (🧐)

Let the bro who didn't enjoy some Sailor Moon because it, uh, came on right before DBZ and there was nothing else on cast the first stone.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49432700)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:39 AM
Author: ...,....,,........

Yeah, wasn't that just KOOKY how us bros had NO CHOICE but to watch Sailor Moon because of when DBZ came on. . .?

totally chill....right?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49432711)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 9:05 AM
Author: .- .-. . .-. . .--. - .. .-.. .

Nastya is Putin’s greatest weapon. I love all the damage she has done to filthy Yankee brains. I’m 100% sure that girl has been awarded the Order of Lenin.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49432745)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 2:49 PM
Author: we are definitely claiming fraud trumpmos (oppose israel bois)

because they don't want them to end up becoming xo posters

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49430693)



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Date: November 14th, 2025 2:51 PM
Author: jeevacation@gmail.com

If you have kids then it is obvious how it is rapidly addictive and changes their preferences, and it is also passive. When they are playing with blocks or whatever they are talking to themselves, making up stories, running around etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49430702)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 1:08 AM
Author: Covid was a Hoax

bc screens melt your kids brains and doing that to them then sending them in for fifteen years of social studies holocaust lectures is child abuse.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49432439)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:34 AM
Author: SneakersSO

https://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5587447&mc=4&forum_id=2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49432554)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:11 AM
Author: .,.,.....,.,.;,.,,,:,.,.,::,...,:,..;,..


Shitty 90s basic cable and crappy Nintendo games served as a natural way to limit that shit. Back in the day there were two Simpsons eps that ran from 6-7pm and that was it. My mom would insist on having dinner ready around 6:15 so I’d miss both episodes and I used to get pissed about it. Now kids have every Simpsons, every Disney movie, Netflix chink slop, YouTube garbage and tons of other shit at their fingertips if you don’t purposely keep them off it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49432675)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:42 AM
Author: ...,....,,........

When Cartoon Network premiered, I thought I had died on gone to heaven as a kid.

24-HOUR CARTOONS!?!

Granted, they were mostly retreads of Hanna-Barbara cartoons and shit, but it was still mind-blowing to be able to watch cartoons at any hour of the day.

But even with cartoon network, I only watched certain cartoons for a certain period of time. I didn't sit there and watch non-stop episodes of "SWAT KATZ". My brain had to take a break because I didn't want to watch some dumbass episode of "Birdman"



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49432712)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 1:12 PM
Author: goy orbison



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49433135)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:47 AM
Author: Ass Sunstein

80s and 90s Nintendo games were fucking awesome and have never been topped ACTUALLY.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49432716)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 9:04 AM
Author: SneakersSO

Most of them, even back in the day — contemporaneously — did not have the addictive quality that modern games do. I only saw the first 2 levels of most beat-em-ups or have your pick of Genesis games. The only addictive games back then where you could lose hours without noticing were JRPGs (if you were Losery enough play them). If it was something like Yoshis Iskand or Super Metroid or DKC I only felt like playing for maybe 1-2 hours.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49432744)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 9:06 AM
Author: .- .-. . .-. . .--. - .. .-.. .

So just limit your kids to the old shit. Easy. No need to go Amish which is what librard chicks are doing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49432747)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 9:03 AM
Author: .- .-. . .-. . .--. - .. .-.. .

The fuck are you talking about? The Disney Afternoon ran from 3pm to 6pm and then you got The Simpsons at 7pm. That’s how it worked. There is lots of good educational shit for them to watch. Good parents would just filter out the shit. PBS Kids is awesome.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49432743)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 9:05 AM
Author: SneakersSO

Preppy kids had Activities that take up time after school, in order to prepare for OCI. I am a Loser and I’ve seen every classic simpsons episode 40 times.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49432746)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 9:07 AM
Author: .- .-. . .-. . .--. - .. .-.. .

I watched a gazillion hours of TV as a kid and still made millions. Activities are mostly flame. Reading books is how you produce good people.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49432750)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 9:10 AM
Author: SneakersSO

Aren't you Jewish? So, no sports. You had time for both vegging out AND reading. And you're Gen X so you pre-date video games basically.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49432756)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 1:42 PM
Author: .- .-. . .-. . .--. - .. .-.. .

Definitely no sports. Sports are stupid.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49433209)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:59 AM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK


We watched MTV all the time. This is better

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49432736)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 9:01 AM
Author: .- .-. . .-. . .--. - .. .-.. .

It’s very stupid. Shit like Daniel Tiger is more educational and better for them than playing at the park with literal Prajeeps and niggers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49432739)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: rear naked choke

(Guy whose kid is playing Roblox with "ABDLdude1983" for four hours a day)

"Kids these days and their iPads, amirite? He sure does love that Daniel Tiger"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49432836)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 1:41 PM
Author: .- .-. . .-. . .--. - .. .-.. .

TBF we don’t give them tablets. They get to watch only whatever I put on for them on the 100 inch Samsung.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49433204)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 1:46 PM
Author: rear naked choke

This is the only acceptable mode for screen time imo. No personal devices, just giant screens where everyone can see what's going on, the way God intended

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49433225)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:12 AM
Author: '"'"''"'"'''"''"

Isn't excessive screen time closely correlated with mental health issues? Even I know I spend too much time in front of screens, and that it usually makes me feel worse.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49432841)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:17 AM
Author: OYT Magnus ( )

I was in the local UMC grocer last night, it was crowded and busy and there were kids just sprinting through the aisles and screaming like ScumKids. This is a small establishment, mind you. I thought that kind of shit only happened at Aldi or whatever.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49432849)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 1:14 PM
Author: SneakersSO

you're not as affluent as you think you are, champ

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49433139)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 1:28 PM
Author: Civil Attorney

We allow a decent amount of TV but zero time on iPads and shit like that which we think are much more destructive.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49433166)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 1:48 PM
Author: goy orbison

I noticed among my older millennial chungus ass cousins the ones with screencuck kids they were fucking intolerable to be around, and the ones not allowed were completely normal happy kids. I won't even let my kids have light bulbs in their rooms not flame.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49433236)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 1:53 PM
Author: ........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,,


Posters here seemed to have nailed it.

If my kids are watching full length feature movies with plot and themes, I'm thrilled. If they're watching cartoons that's fine. I get annoyed when they start watching "Is It Cake" for the 20th time. But we limit the amount of Youtube type bullshit they watch to like 10 minutes before bed (which is by far their favorite).

Same thing with video games. If they're playing a Pokemon RPG or something on the TV i think that's actually good, if they're playing some candy crush for kids type bullshit on their tablets its a problem.

Their behavior validates this as well.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49433257)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 2:08 PM
Author: Civil Attorney



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49433320)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 1:54 PM
Author: yooper (πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡±)

My kids will grow up on Shawn Ryan and Joe Rogan.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&forum_id=2],#49433261)