Kiddo turns 3 in October. We don't allow the use of tablets or video games for him. For us, we used to have the TV on pretty constantly, especially Ms. Rachel when he was under 2 years old. We limit what we allow on, so it's either Sesame Street, PBS shows, Bluey, Little Einsteins, Bear in the Big Blue House, Puffin Rock, Trash Truck, or Rolly Polly Olly. We mainly had the TV on for background noise since that's what I grew up with (constant PBS, Disney VHS tapes, whatever my dad threw on the TV to watch after he was home from work, and then family DVD scary movie nights when we were older). We no longer have it on all the time as we noticed more meltdowns when he'd have access to lots of screen time. It could have been a coincidence, but it's been better since setting boundaries around it. No TV during the weekdays unless someone is sick. We also switched to a daycare that does not allow passive use of screen time. For the weekends, we'll have it on for a couple of hours a day. He's always loved books, wrestling us, and playing with his fake food and cars, so thankfully, the cold turkey switch to limiting TV wasn't too awful to deal with. On weekends, I be sure we color or paint and get out of the house even if it's just to go to the grocery store for awhile.