The consensus among many parents that it is preferable to cultivate healthy screen time habits in children from a young age, rather than addressing the challenges of smartphone addiction later in life.
Most parents agree that shaping healthy screen time habits early on is crucial, as it can prevent the difficulties of dealing with smartphone addiction down the road.
by Emotional Cruiser September 19, 2025
Get the healthy screen time habits mug.In this phenomenon, there are always countless other people with way more screen time than the amount of screen time you're able to have. It's because the country with world's highest screen time (Indonesia, 6.05 hours per day) is also the 4th most populous country in the world, housing 270 millions of inhabitants.
Every time I check my screen time stats, I feel the pressure of the screen time rivalry, especially knowing Indonesia has the highest average at over 6 hours a day!
by Emotional Cruiser September 25, 2025
Get the screen time rivalry mug.The phenomenon where until smartphones have been around for sufficiently long periods of time, there are multiple different conventions on how well a child should behave in order to get more screen time. Even though by now, there have been found the following deciding factors on whether someone (children or otherwise) should (be allowed to) have screen time: a) the desired duration of screen time, b) the purpose of having screen time, c) personal susceptibility towards the effect(s) of excessive screen time.
In our household, screen time conventions are strict; we have to consider behavior, purpose, and how long the kids can actually handle it without experiencing brainrot.
by Emotional Cruiser September 21, 2025
Get the screen time conventions mug.The phenomenon where children are more accepting of new screen time limits imposed by parents during significant periods such as New Year, birthdays, the start of the school year, or Ramadan, compared to normal days like a busy Wednesday.
It's like the screen time resolution effect kicks in every January; the kids are totally on board with the new limits, but try it during a hectic Wednesday, and it’s a whole different story!
by Emotional Cruiser September 22, 2025
Get the screen time resolution effect mug.The duration of time when your screen device (e.g. smartphone) displays some non-blackout images whilst you aren't actively staring at the screen device — hence counted as "screen time" on its Screen Time app despite not harming your eyesight in any way
I love how my phone tracks residual screen time; I might not be staring at it, but those non-blackout images still rack up the hours like I'm glued to the screen!
by Emotional Cruiser November 9, 2025
Get the residual screen time mug.The phenomenon where the amount of screen time you would otherwise usually have on smartphone, now moves to PC — due to the amount of productive work you need to get done on PC
With the mountaining amount of coding I've to get done on my PC, I recently experience the inevitable 'PC screen time syndrome'.
by Emotional Cruiser October 19, 2025
Get the PC screen time syndrome mug.The phenomenon where you want to be able to have more and more screen time whilst still having screen time limits imposed by parents remain equally strict. This is mainly caused by constantly subscribing to new YouTube channels, which does not show maturity in limiting your own screen time. Rather, it tells the YouTube algorithm that you're willing to have more hours of YouTube per day even though you may "only" do this as a mere digital form of "tipping". It's akin to the akcual inflation, where prices and cost of living increases significantly whilst your wage remains equally low.
Ever since Jamie started subscribing to all those YouTube channels, his screen time inflation has skyrocketed; he wants to watch more videos but still has to stick to the equally strict limits set by his parents.
by Emotional Cruiser August 4, 2025
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