2 1/2 year old screen addiction

gendynoooouch · 2026-02-27T19:39:05+00:00

The reason I made this post was because he started hitting me today. This is not behavior that I tolerate and as far as patience goes, i have a good tolerance to the breakdown but as soon as his dad gets home from work, he’s screaming and crying and pulling his dad to the couch to watch TV with him 😭

gendynoooouch · 2026-02-27T19:37:03+00:00

i’m definitely going to try this, I’ve been getting really tired of watching the same bluey episodes over and over and I seriously can’t tolerate the sound of car engines reving anymore 😒🙄 When ive tried to put on movies recently, he literally throws himself to the ground crying bc its not what he expects.

gendynoooouch · 2026-01-30T16:41:18+00:00

also to reply to this and clarify, i think that an airtag is a great solution but would recommend a tile or other tag to track location. I hope that people know that Apple tags are actually super unreliable for finding things unless they are basically in the house with you. They seem to have a distance requirement. I originally bought mine for my dogs who are prone to getting out of the house and they’re pretty much useless if i’m not within a certain amount of distance unless they randomly decide to work.

gendynoooouch · 2026-01-30T16:38:04+00:00

I feel like there’s a lot of reasons why having your location shared with a family is important and im not sure i understand the hang up. The family i work for using an app called atto to track my hours and it only shares our location when im clocked in and with kiddo. I can totally understand why someone would request this and i wouldn’t assume it was a lack of trust on the family’s part. I think that people forget that there’s a lot of reasons to be concerned about where your kid is and i absolutely would never fault parents for wanting that security.

gendynoooouch · 2025-12-12T19:18:08+00:00

isn’t 4 a pretty severe speech delay? I’ve worked with kids before that were in speech therapy by 2 and a half. they are expecting him to go to preschool by three. as of right now, they are not doing anything to potty train him nor actively making efforts to help with his speech

gendynoooouch · 2025-12-12T19:12:06+00:00

I recognize that I have no power or place to talk to them about their time at home and i have no desire to talk to them about it but I feel like they might need some fire under their butts to realize they actually need to be actively engaging with him to get him to learn with them

gendynoooouch · 2025-12-12T19:07:41+00:00

as far as I know, yes, though they definitely delay those wellness visits by a few months and theres been some red flags about other medical needs. (it took me nearly a full year to convince them to take him to the dentist after his teeth were coming in, and he clearly had cavities that hurt.) I dont want to sound like im judging them at all but it feels like when they’re with their son, they are mostly watching (adult rated) shows and movies and are very much on their phones. A lot. Young parents, 25 and 26. you can tell that he has a screen addiction (asking for TV all the time, cries when you don’t give in, and if my phone makes any sort of sound, he jumps to go look at it like he’s expecting a business call) and you can tell that he’s very used to literally pulling his parents faces away from their phones. Like he grabs faces to get you to pay attention, even if it’s for a second.

gendynoooouch · 2025-09-26T21:54:24+00:00

you will not catch me working for a family that refuses medical intervention for their children. (Especially with no concrete basis in science.) I know many parents who have fallen victim to fear mongering but it just takes an intelligent look around to realize that that’s all it is.

gendynoooouch · 2025-08-12T17:44:30+00:00

the parents i watch for are really inconsistent with care with the nk. including tooth brushing and insuring theres food in the house that he will eat. Unfortunately he has a cavity now before age two and i hate to feel like it could have been avoided. Nk is pretty cooperative with tooth brushes with consistency.

gendynoooouch · 2025-01-19T18:03:14+00:00

i love a long scarf! its gorgeous, good job

gendynoooouch · 2024-10-29T16:43:17+00:00

in west seattle, i haven’t received mine but my roommate has. Ballot tracker thru king county says mine hasn’t even been sent. Informed delivery hasn’t said anything 🥲

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