'I Took My Kids' Tablet Devices Away – Parenting Has Never Been Easier'

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/6908c45b230000fb77be2193.jpeg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Child on tablet device" data-caption="Child on tablet device" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Vitaly Gariev via Unsplash" />Child on tablet device</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p>Though most parents will likely know that giving their kids lots of screen time probably isn’t ideal – it is, after all, linked to <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/unravelling-the-effects-of-screen-time-on-a-childs-brain_uk_6555fc26e4b0998d699f11f0">largely negative brain changes</a> – I can see why overwhelm might tempt some to abandon <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/child-tantrum-screen-time-parent_l_674f163fe4b05a0b025165fb">expert guidelines</a>.</p><p>Still, a <a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/child-and-adolescent-psychiatry/articles/10.3389/frcha.2024.1276154/full" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">2024 paper showed</a> that while a “digital pacifier” might offer short-term relief, in the long term, kids who were given tech to soothe their tantrums had worse emotional regulation (<a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/child-tantrum-screen-time-parent_l_674f163fe4b05a0b025165fb">sometimes leading to</a> a vicious cycle of anger and screen time).</p><p>With that in mind, perhaps it’s no wonder that some mums like <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/rssanch86/" aria-label="Author: rssanch86" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-expanded="false">u/rssanch86</a> have found that keeping their kids from their tablet PCs has actually made parenting easier</p><p>“Turns out the ‘lazy parenting’ thing to do, for me, was to take