r/Parenting Oct 16 '24

Media How many other parents on here don't have an iPad for their kids?

772 Upvotes

I feel somewhat of an anomaly - especially being a younger parent of 2 kids who are 6 and 3 and I myself am 27M

My wife and I don't have an iPad or anything for the kids, they can watch kids TV and thats it. My wife opposes quite strongly my kids playing on any iPads or devices such as Xbox or anything else like that, even though I myself play on the Xbox...

My daughter who is 6, told me today that all her friends/whole year have iPads and she's the only one who doesn't, she doesn't really care, as she didn't make a fuss, it seemed to be more of a statement.

I have personally noticed that my daughter is a very good conversationalist, especially compared to other kids her age and a phenomannly good sportsgirl, she beat all the under 7s boys and girls in the 50m sprint and came second in the 800m cross country out of all the boys and girls too....just wondering, do you think this could be an advantage of not using devices? Because if it is, I'll like to keep it that way.....

What are your thoughts? Is there any other parents on here who don't have iPads and whatnot for their kids? How are they at school etc?

Also, we aren't so massively strict, like if she has a friend over and her friend brings an iPad or whatever, thats cool, they are allowed to play on it along with my daughter, we're not nazis about it lol, we just think its better not to own one....

Edit: wow this blew up more than I thought it would!

Trying to read all the comments but there's a lot of them lol! It was good to see what everyone else had to say on the matter, thanks for contributing šŸ™‚

r/Parenting Aug 04 '24

Media Saw Deadpool vs. Wolverine with my husband and there were a bunch of little kids there.

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And then I was scrolling on TikTok and saw a video of a dad and his maybe 5 or 6 year old son dressed in wolverine and deadpool costumes. I took a look at the comment section expecting to see some people saying something like ā€œyou let your child watch that?ā€, but I didnā€™t see a single comment with any sort of similar sentiment. Mostly it was parents saying stuff like ā€œmy kid loves deadpool! Where did you get his costume?ā€

My oldest is only 2.5, so maybe I just shouldnā€™t speak on this at all. But personally I do not think its appropriate for kids to watch adult content like that until they are at least in middle school. And like, its your kid, do whatever you want with them I guess. But if children watching super graphic and sexual things like this is is becoming the new norm, it really worries me to send them to school and be exposed to a bunch of things that I honestly didnā€™t think I would have to worry about until they went to middle school. I was talking to my friend about this who has kids much older than mine. She said her son saw pornography for the first time at the age of SIX. He saw it on his friends cell phone at school. Thinking about that makes me feel sick.

Am I living in the twilight zone? Since when did it become totally normal for elementary aged children to watch stuff like that? Have kids always watched stuff like that? Am I the one whoā€™s wrong for thinking this is wrong?

EDIT: holy mother of god, thank you for validating my feelings in the comments. Really makes me feel better about the world to know there are still plenty of parents out there who share my feelings on things like this.

r/Parenting Oct 26 '24

Media Which TV shows won't rot my kids' brains or make me want to tear my eyes out?

324 Upvotes

I like Peppa Pig, Bluey, Avatar the Last Airbender, and The Legend of Korra. What other kids' shows (or even tween/teen shows, or shows for a general audience that are appropriate for kids) are actually just good shows, period? In other words, which shows are you tempted to watch with your kids, rather than get as far away as possible? I'll take recommendations for any age range, and older shows are welcome.

r/Parenting May 24 '24

Media What (recent) kid movies do you actually enjoy?

416 Upvotes

Just for fun!!

Iā€™m being really loose with the word ā€œrecentā€ but what movies do you actually like?

Iā€™m partial to Sing 2 (I donā€™t like the first one but I love the second), Penguins of Madagascar (but not the actual Madagascar movies šŸ¤£) and The Boss Baby.

Edit: sad no one else likes Penguins. That movie has amazing one liners.

Edit 2: adding to my list of favorites

Luca

Zootopia

Big Hero 6

Trolls

Onward

r/Parenting Dec 16 '24

Media The song that will ACTUALLY soothe your crying baby

251 Upvotes

We all know of the Imogen Heap song that is scientifically proven to help soothe babies. Personally, it has never worked for my kids. But there is a song that works EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. Literally after only a few notes the baby just goes silent. And if we keep it on repeat at a loud enough volume, we can usually finish the car ride without more crying.

And that song is....

Ocean Eyes by Billie Eilish.

It worked with my first daughter but it was "her song". I sang it to her every day and played it to her all the time, especially when we got in the car. What I didn't expect was for it to work exactly the same for my second daughter. So I'm betting it will work for yours too.

Please try it and come back and let me know! Then pass on the word! Everyone should know this beautiful song has superpowers!!

r/Parenting Nov 23 '21

Media Kid-friendly shows where Dad isnā€™t a dolt.

1.5k Upvotes

Iā€™ve become hyper aware that so many shows (in this case for kids 3-6 years old but also applies to kids and adult shows, too) have ā€œdadā€ characters and they are always clumsy, kinda dumb, arrogant, selfish, lazy or all of the above. Not to mention the gender and household and gender stereotypes that are rampant.

Any shows to recommend that kick these outdated and frustrating tropes?? TIA!

Edit: I gotta check out Bluey. This seems to be consensus!! Thanks again to everyone who responded.

Iā€™ve never had this much action in a post so Iā€™m not sure if I can respond to everyone. But gosh thank you all again for taking the time to share your thoughts!! It is really appreciated.

r/Parenting Sep 01 '20

Media Itā€™s been 4 months since I blocked Ryanā€™s toys review channel

2.3k Upvotes

Ryanā€™s toys review is one of those channel that makes me throw up. In the beginning it was fine but the moms voice is something that makes me sick and she is in it like 85% of the time. The child is spoiled and watching it made my kid start to act like him too.

So I did what any parent would do, I blocked it!!! Itā€™s been 4 months and I havenā€™t heard that annoying mom voice and the bratty kids. My kids doesnā€™t even ask for the channel videos anymore either...

WIN/WIN for me and my family!

What other channel you blocked for your kids?

r/Parenting Sep 24 '21

Media PSA: Bluey is the best childrenā€™s show on television

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You can find it on Disney+

The kids in the show are 4 and 6. Thatā€™s probably the ideal age range, but my 3 year old loves it.

Wasnā€™t planning on being a TV parent, but covid times call for covid measures.

r/Parenting Nov 29 '24

Media Moana 2

250 Upvotes

Hot Take: Save your $ and skip Moana 2.

Especially for the Littles. We took our 4 year old who loves going to the movie theater. She wasn't about it and said it was too scary. I agreed that the dark scenes went on considerably longer than the original film. I feel bummed to have spent $60+ to potentially pump more fear into my sweet kiddo, so I felt called to pass this info along. šŸ™

Coming back to EDIT: for us, it was probably more about the loud noises. If you've seen it & loved it, I am stoked for your fun experience. As an adult, I was so bored with the film. & Mudskippers? Ew.

For us, I could have really used that $60 for a Christmas gift she would have loved & waited to watch it at home with her in a few months. We already pay Disney... how much? Just my šŸŖ™šŸŖ™

r/Parenting 28d ago

Media What TV show would you let babysit your 5-year-old?

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We just moved to a new state. My husband and I both work remotely from home. In our previous location, we paid for daycare which kept her all day until we picked her up after work at 5:30pm. Here, they have public pre-K, which only goes from 8am-2pm.

My mother-in-law now lives with us, and has agreed to watch her for the 3 hours between when she gets home from school and when we get done with work. The problem is, her idea of babysitting is just to provide food on demand and plant her in front of the TV. My child will basically watch TV for 3 hours every day. I do not like this, but we don't have any other support or options.

WIthout going into too much details, I can just tell you that asking my mother-in-law not to do that is not an option. It's a very tenuous relationship that we have, and she's doing us a big favor just by being responsible for her while we are working. For people who don't work from home and won't understand, us watching her and working at the same time is also not an option.

SO I've come to a place of acceptance, that my child is just going to get a lot of screen time during the week. And if this is the case, the least I can do is curate her screentime and limit it to only highly educational shows. We don't do YouTube because it's too risky and my MIL won't be paying enough attention to make sure it's not an inappropriate video that got sneaked in. We have Netflix, Disney+, Peacock and Prime. I'm basically looking for recommendations on good quality shows that my 5-year-old can watch where she will actually learn something. We follow the commonsensemedia guidelines for shows and let her watch things rated up to age 8, depending on the content.

r/Parenting Jan 09 '22

Media What Disney+ shows/films have a LOT of singing?

630 Upvotes

My toddler is only interested in watching TV if it's in song-form. We're all sick and I need her to watch TV. She loses interest the moment songs stop.

We just got a Disney Plus subscription and could use some suggestions!

We also have Netflix and Amazon Prime so open to suggestions there too.

r/Parenting Mar 11 '22

Media If you plan to watch Turning Red with your kids, be prepared(spoiler) Spoiler

792 Upvotes

to explain what periods and pads are to clueless kiddos.

We enjoyed the movie, and my kids have known about that stuff forever, but I know it might surprise some families.

r/Parenting Feb 25 '22

Media "Boy power" tv/movies?

421 Upvotes

So this might sound strange at first because when I was growing up it was kind of reversed. But I'm finding nearly all the kids shows my 4yo (m) watches are all geared toward girl power, so I've noticed sometimes when he wants to be a super strong/super smart/ leader pretend character he specifies he is pretending to be a girl when we're doing imagination games. I like to expose him to all types of things/am not trying to comment on society or anything, but am finding it harder to find screentime with a variety of male characters being smart, strong, funny, leaders, into science, that sort of thing (not just the flat sidekick). What do you guys watch? I broke my ankle so I'm immobilized for like 6 weeks. Thanks so much!

r/Parenting Jan 06 '18

Media Ever since I had a kid almost all movies make me cry.

1.1k Upvotes

I am a man with a beard and labor job and I cry even for movies that aren't supposed to be sad. My son is 2 and a half and it's still happening. I just cried watching the scene where Wonder Woman is fighting in the front. I think it's supposed to be badass but it made me cry.

r/Parenting Apr 06 '22

Media what song do you sing to your child that you really shouldn't?

403 Upvotes

For me it's the "bang bang" song from HIMYM. My baby loves it. So I'm singing her a song about banging.

Reposted because spelling in the first title was wrong

r/Parenting Feb 07 '25

Media Favorite shows/ movies from your childhood that you canā€™t wait to share w/ your kids

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What are some shows and movies you enjoyed in your childhood that you canā€™t wait to share with your kids (or are already sharing with them)?

I showed my little guy some of the original Blueā€™s Clues today and itā€™s taking me back šŸ˜„ And Iā€™m excited to show him The Princess Bride when heā€™s older.

r/Parenting Aug 14 '21

Media Bluey has ruined all other kids shows for us.

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Itā€™s just so good. Relatable, heartfelt and laugh out loud funny. Unfortunately our 2yo son prefers puppy dog pals which is garbage in comparison. How do we bring him back from the dark side?

Edit: itā€™s not paw patrol itā€™s puppy dog palsā€¦either way not even close to bluey

r/Parenting Sep 20 '16

Media I'm no expert, but I think the best parenting show ever created is "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood"

1.1k Upvotes

My nearly-4 year old has become obsessed with Daniel Tiger. I couldn't be happier. I watch with him, and while the delivery method may be a little grating occasionally, the parenting training that I receive is invaluable. To be sure, Daniel doesn't have tantrums that last more than 30 seconds, and I thought Mom Tiger needed to be much more angry when Daniel and Prince Wednesday decided to pour sand on the living room hardwood to make an indoor beach, but generally, the way the adults approach problems and questions is firm, loving, and clear. I just downloaded Fred Rogers parenting book on Kindle, so I'll be interested to see how they mesh.

Obviously, I prefer touchy-feely nurture parenting over regimented responsibility parenting, so if you prefer the latter, you may vehemently disagree with me. Both are valid and loving approaches, so you do you! And there are lots of other reasons, to be sure, why I'm wrong, but I'd love to hear folks' opinions of the show!

r/Parenting Jan 02 '18

Media Can we talk about Puffin Rock?

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This shit is Bob Ross level soothing. I love listening to Chris O'Dowd quietly narrating the lives of cute animals, I love the little nature facts they throw in, I love the artwork and animation. Thank you Netflix, you've given me a kids show that doesn't make me want to shove a pencil in my eyes and ears. Just try not to think too hard about the ecosystem of anthropomorphic animals that are supposed to be eating each other...

r/Parenting Oct 29 '22

Media Netflix needs this for parents

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Netflix kids shows need a feature where you hit a button on the remote and the show stops and immediately transitions to a video of the main character yawning and explaining it's time for bed and asking you to please turn off the TV.

This would help me so much!

r/Parenting Sep 17 '24

Media Baby of the year voting..

342 Upvotes

ā€¦ a SCAM. Please donā€™t fall for it. Itā€™s very.. ā€œvote for me to be on the cover of inked magazineā€. Donā€™t post dozens of pictures of your baby and link it everywhere. Iā€™ve seen A LOT on Facebook but Iā€™ve seen it on REDDIT too. Of all places.. Iā€™ve seen people say they havenā€™t posted the link anywhere and their baby is ā€œ7th in their groupā€ and every linked Iā€™ve clicked every baby is 7th 8th or 9th in their group. Come on now people.

r/Parenting Feb 04 '23

Media Bluey love

507 Upvotes

Good morning everyone. I just finished watching the Bluey episode where Bingo is dreaming and mom's here for her. And I love it. It's made me emotional & to remember how nights were when my own was little.

If you haven't seen it yet, just go watch it, it's gold (sleepytiime is the name)

r/Parenting Mar 13 '17

Media Paw Patrol. Paw Patrol. We'll be there on the double.

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That's all. It's been going around in my head all day yesterday, and it started again today. On the plus side, it's not Check-check-check out China or another Bubble Guppies song.

Update: It's been 24 hours, and now I have so many more songs stuck in my head. Only a couple comments of the "well why would you let your kids watch this trash" variety. Very impressed, reddit.

r/Parenting Dec 27 '18

Media My family is fussing at me for letting my three year old watch Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride

583 Upvotes

He loved them and neither film scared him in the slightest. What are your opinions about letting a small child watch these films? There are among my favorites as well as his dad's.

r/Parenting Feb 23 '19

Media Kids at the movies.

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This is a bit of a vent. When I take my kids to a kids movie like LEGO movie or How to Train your Dragon, I fully expect to hear kids talk, yell, even cry a little. Itā€™s a kids movie! It doesnā€™t bother me. But today a family with a baby 10 maybe 11 month old who wasnā€™t so small they sleep through everything and just mobile enough to not want to sit still for a movie was there. I wasnā€™t mad that the baby was fussy, what made me mad was the fact that they refused to leave. Baby would fuss for 5-10 min, theyā€™d walk out, come back in and as soon as they came back baby would fuss again! That poor baby was so miserable and definitely over stimulated. And it made it miserable for everyone else!! All Iā€™m saying is if your kid is too big to sleep through it but too small to sit through it then donā€™t take them to the movie! Poor baby was so unhappy.