WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.300 In our home we have two TVS, 00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:08.760 an iPad, an iPad mini, we have 2 Leap pads 00:00:08.760 --> 00:00:10.800 my husband and I each have a cell phone 00:00:11.120 --> 00:00:16.800 We have 3 TVs, 2 laptops, 4 iPads and 2 cell phones 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:19.835 Two smartphones, 1 iPad, 00:00:19.835 --> 00:00:23.015 1 Samsung tablet, 1 smart TV 00:00:23.020 --> 00:00:26.740 1 Google Home, 2 old-school TVs 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:29.680 In our home we have a television, 00:00:29.840 --> 00:00:32.500 an iPad and 2 smartphones 00:00:33.120 --> 00:00:34.220 00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:36.320 00:00:38.120 --> 00:00:40.640 My kids probably spend three hours 00:00:40.820 --> 00:00:42.380 at least, a day... 00:00:42.380 --> 00:00:44.560 maybe 4 to 6 hours a day 00:00:44.760 --> 00:00:46.320 1 to 2 hours 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:47.900 40 minutes to 1 hour 00:00:48.340 --> 00:00:50.680 She likes to watch things on YouTube 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:53.920 She really loves Minions and she really loves Moana 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:55.640 They play a lot of games 00:00:55.640 --> 00:00:57.700 Sometimes he goes on Netflix 00:00:57.900 --> 00:01:01.400 Even Elijah knows the iPad and knows how to swipe 00:01:01.620 --> 00:01:03.360 I think devices and media 00:01:03.360 --> 00:01:05.080 have definitely changed parenting 00:01:05.220 --> 00:01:08.420 It's enabled us to be able to do things 00:01:08.420 --> 00:01:10.720 like my husband and I sleeping in. 00:01:10.800 --> 00:01:12.460 I'm a single parent 00:01:12.460 --> 00:01:14.100 and the phone has become a way 00:01:14.100 --> 00:01:17.415 for me to occupy her when I'm trying to cook 00:01:17.420 --> 00:01:20.280 when I'm commuting, when I need to take a shower 00:01:20.280 --> 00:01:24.000 If he follows the rules then he gets iPad time 00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:26.700 There are times when the boys act up 00:01:26.700 --> 00:01:29.820 and just recently we took their ipads away for a month. 00:01:30.600 --> 00:01:33.660 I do have concerns that, you know, 00:01:33.720 --> 00:01:36.460 with things like Sponge Bob there's definitely violence 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:38.980 Even commercials nowadays 00:01:38.980 --> 00:01:42.000 my eldest would ask: 'Why are they dressed that way?' 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:44.760 He was just like going to YouTube, 00:01:44.760 --> 00:01:46.600 but the stuff that was being suggested to watch 00:01:46.600 --> 00:01:49.340 was completely inappropriate for his age. 00:01:49.340 --> 00:01:51.300 I absolutely think that there is 00:01:51.420 --> 00:01:54.440 educational value to digital media. 00:01:54.660 --> 00:01:57.560 One of the shows that my kids have been really into 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:00.300 is Wild Kratts. And my daughter knows more than 00:02:00.300 --> 00:02:02.320 I have even know about animals 00:02:02.320 --> 00:02:03.620 from watching that show. 00:02:03.880 --> 00:02:06.320 When he was little, we used the bilingual apps 00:02:06.320 --> 00:02:08.720 So he could learn Spanish and practice 00:02:09.320 --> 00:02:13.180 I recently started using some coding websites 00:02:13.340 --> 00:02:16.260 There are times when they would ask about 00:02:16.340 --> 00:02:18.560 you know, what city, where's Egypt? 00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:21.200 And so I'd use my app to show Google Earth 00:02:21.200 --> 00:02:23.100 and then we'd zoom in to show Egypt. 00:02:23.180 --> 00:02:26.700 In terms of using TV time as special time with him 00:02:26.700 --> 00:02:29.300 We'll do a Friday Movie Night. 00:02:29.440 --> 00:02:31.700 I notice that after the movie is done he wants to 00:02:31.700 --> 00:02:36.320 talk about the movie and kind of relate what he watched. 00:02:36.320 --> 00:02:38.600 He really likes having me or my husband 00:02:38.600 --> 00:02:42.060 play with him so we frequently will play together 00:02:42.060 --> 00:02:43.800 We have a competition. 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:45.540 Me and Nathan is one team 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:48.220 and my wife and Ezekiel is another. 00:02:48.640 --> 00:02:51.200 I try to read with her every night. 00:02:51.340 --> 00:02:54.000 She's has a couple of favorite books that 00:02:54.080 --> 00:02:56.820 she's gotten to the point that she's memorized them. 00:02:56.820 --> 00:02:59.000 So she can sort of read them to me. 00:02:59.460 --> 00:03:01.840 As my kids get older I really hope 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:04.060 that they will learn how to use media responsibly. 00:03:04.060 --> 00:03:07.040 that he uses media to learn new things 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:09.700 and my hope is that they know the value of 00:03:09.700 --> 00:03:11.960 the outside world and that you need to go out. 00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:14.240 Most of all I hope that she's happy.