I watched Sesame Street and Reading Rainbow and stuff like that as a child. Seemed fine and even good.

Yeah it seems crazy to me that this is news. Here in France the government officially recommends to avoid screens at all costs for under 3 years omds and as much as possible under 6. There are tons of studies showing it hinders their development.

I know one kid, now 5, who taught himself to read watching Alphablocks.

My own kids haven't done anything that impressive, but they've certainly enjoyed watching a lot of videos and it doesn't seem to have done them any harm. Doesn't get in the way of doing non-screen things either.

I have no regrets watching the World Cup games with my 3 year old and having him narrate me through everything he’s seeing

I don't have kids myself, but I understand there is good educational programming on television for small children.

And how many kids do you have?

Facetime calls with family. I've had to do a lot of travelling, and it's been amazing being able to see, talk to, and sing with my kid while I'm gone. He's also really close to his extended family and loves seeing them on video calls.