OT Month: The Gen A Nervous System

A few months ago on Instagram, we ran into a ton of posts about how you canโ€™t parent Gen A kids like they did in the 90โ€™s because they have a different nervous system.

We thought it was an interesting claim; despite that when โ€œinfluencersโ€ copy the same material word-for-word, itโ€™s usually a sign of clickbait. They even referred to kids having a โ€œDigital Nervous Systemโ€, living in a high-speed brain environment.

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Screen Time Revisited

We are definitely aware that too much screen time is bad for our kids. Weโ€™re familiar with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommendations and attempt to follow them, sort of. But if your kid has ever complained about being bored, or if you are in a busy place and your kid is inconsolable, you know that the tablet, smartphone, or TV screen is your trusty go-to remedy.

And then 2020 happened. TV, movies, games, and remote learning were our saving grace from quarantine. Now that our society is re-establishing a new norm, what does this mean for children regarding screen time? Has anything changed?

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