He's trying really hard

giddings_ag_06 said:

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Well that's a little harsh. He turns 4 in a few weeks. No device in public or around people. He can watch the John Deere kids videos in the stand after a good hour and a half or so if he starts losing interest (lots of times we don't see a single thing). I'll absolutely do whatever I need to to make it fun for him and keep him interested and 20-30 minutes is usually all it takes when snacks don't work.

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No need to justify yourself. Only you know you and your family. No one here has the perfect formula to parenting.

As they say in toxicology, "the dose makes the poison". A piece of candy after eating all the food on your plate is different than eating cake for a meal. 20 minutes of tablet time during a 3 hour hunt isn't going to turn your 3 year old into a vegetable.

Yea but three hours will. Which is the point.

agsalaska said:

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Yea but three hours will. Which is the point.

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But that's not what Giddings said, which is who I was responding to.

I do agree that 3 hours sitting in the stand with a screen is damaging, wasteful and rather pointless.

Yea I know. Didn't say that he did.

Howdy Dammit said:

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schmelba99 said:

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Nothing like an OB low-key "i am a better parent than you are" thread.

Do whatever works for you and your kid in the blind. Leave it at that.

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Why is your sock the same username

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I have/had a sock once when I was banned, but couldn't tell you what the handle was to save my life anymore.

But I can say the one above isn't it and I have far too many other things to do with my time these days than to make up a new account on texags. Do with that what you will.

1990AG said:

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giddings_ag_06 said:

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Devil's advocate take: When I take my 3 year old hunting and get an hour and a half of "hunting attention" from him, 30 minutes of watching tractors on my phone is sometimes the only way to make it through the end of the hunt. And we are minimal screen parents. If hunting is not enjoyable for him, he'll lose interest I'm sure and I'm not letting that happen. And right now, he asks to go hunting weekly.

But I get your point. If he was older I'd be on board.

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I hear you...but we made it through not having them, right?

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We made it through not having a whole lot of things back then that we have now too.

Really, if a toddler on an ipad or phone or whatever in the blind is that big of an issue, you are better not taking them at all until they reach an age that you can control them better and they can be occupied with staring out the window for 3+ hours at a time adhering to your blind rules.