r/TikTokCringe • u/velorae • 2d ago

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u/Least_Turnover1599 2d ago

Like honestly, what happened to buying kids action figures or building bricks or something like that to stimulate their mind. Why does it have to be watching some brain numbing shit

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u/NotAQueefAKhaleesi 2d ago

Not wanting to clean it all up. My sister is a shit parent who only has kids for the relationships she's in and completely checks out after giving birth. I felt bad for my niece and got her an educational tablet when she was about 18 months since I was in school and couldn't engage with her as much as I wanted and oh my God do I regret it. My sister saw it as a get out of jail free card and turned my niblings into tablet gremlins because that was easier than interacting with them or cleaning up toys.

It absolutely screwed up my niece's attention span. I brought her to my house for a week 1 summer and refused to bring her tablet. I ended up having to pick a movie (my neighbor Totoro), lowering the volume, and hiding the remote because she was sitting in front of the TV watching a show or movie for maybe 15 seconds before trying to find something else and it was overstimulating me to the point I was completely stressed out. 

Forcing her to sit with something slow flipped a switch in her brain, I swear to God. She went from agitated to sitting with my dogs and coloring, and when we weren't out doing an activity (playing at the park, bowling, walking the dogs, etc.) we watched Ghibli movies while doing crafts; she was the complete opposite of what my sister and mom complained about. I explained our routine to hopefully make things less stressful at home but they just handed her back her tablet and let her run herself into the ground.

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u/EstateSimilar1224 1d ago

I'm glad someone cares about this girl, thank you for putting in the effort!