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  • skisnow@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    People used to complain that Teletubbies had nothing to offer a child’s development. Now in 2025 my nephew watches the same half hour cgi marble race on YouTube two or three times a day, every day

    • SlurpingPus@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      two or three times a day

      That’s rookie numbers. Videos for kids are known to gather bazillions of views, because toddlers in particular watch them hundreds of times on repeat.

    • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      15 hours ago

      Developmentally, could this be related to wanting to read the same book over and over? Because that’s normal. But I don’t know how it changes with watching videos except intuitively it doesn’t seem as healthy.

    • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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      3 days ago

      Well, making a whole ass real marble raceway is a lot of work and definitely not something that would survive a kid walking in.