Babysitters — Digital Playground

When you hand your child a tablet, you are not just handing them entertainment. You are handing them a relationship. And like any relationship with a powerful, charismatic, and indifferent entity, it needs boundaries.

We tell ourselves it is educational. We tell ourselves it’s just for a minute. But the truth is more vulnerable: we are tired. digital playground babysitters

These features are not for your child. They are for you . They are the digital equivalent of a babysitter winking at you on the way out the door: “Don’t worry, I’ll clean up the mess.” When you hand your child a tablet, you