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Any examples to share? I am a parent in Europe but have lived in the US (specifically the Bay Area) but before I had kids so I didn't pay a huge amount of attention to parenting styles.

That said, I expect users of parenting.stackexchange.com are much more educated and wealthy than the average parent and don't really represent a generic American approach to parenting.

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Second hand, but friends moved over to the US to find that kids would watch TV in kindergarten. This would just be absolutely unacceptable in most parts of Europe

It’s unacceptable in the US too, but some of the private schools I have visited have had TVs in the classroom to occasionally play educational media.

Is it? I don't know any parents who haves kids under 5 who don't use tablets on a regular basis.

You’re moving the goalpost. Using a tablet at home is different than watching TV for 7 hours at school.

you are meeting lazy parents, which is sadly standard nowadays, my kids 4 and 6 never used tablet and phone (ok, I let them press button occasionally or they can stop alarm clock or timer when I have full hands, but their total use would be in minutes, I occasionally show them their photos/videos or picture of something we talk about), they watch children tv shows on TV ~45mins before dinner and 1-2 kid movies on weekend.

Yeah I've got lazy with the TV but I still feel their use of technology is healthier than at most of the people/children since everywhere I look people just put phones/tablets to hands of little kids and still get them hooked at early age, let alone potentially ruin their eyesight development.

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