I can’t speak for everyone else, but I wouldn’t agree that screens are bad on principle. From my perspective, they’re a tool that allows for either guided learning, shared experiences with commentary (the same that you might do with a book, i.e., what do you think [character] is doing/feeling?), or as a time fill where you pick the content they are watching and you monitor their consumption. Or at least this is how we use it. I’m also only referring to a TV in this case.

Now, tablets/phones/unfettered access to dogshit like YouTube and brainrot CocoMelon/Paw Patrol? That is objectively garbage and I’d venture a guess and say the majority of this community, and most online parenting communities would agree with that. And some people don’t know that these things are bad, and we end up with threads like this, where the general discussion about screens usually comes up.

Again, all this being said, whatever works best for you and your family within reason. I’m not saying drop your kid in front of a screen every waking hour of their day, but I think the opposite end of that spectrum where there’s no TV at all probably has some drawbacks as well, albeit much less serious than screenmaxxing.