Modern parents – especially those with children between the ages of 1 to 3 years old – are constantly wringing their hands over screen time, often with good reason. Screens are omnipresent in all our lives, and given the relatively short amount of time in which that has been the case, there’s really no telling what it might do to everyone’s brains over the course of a lifetime. But as anyone raising a toddler will tell you, often with an exasperated sigh, you just have to do whatever it takes to survive. Often, that means plopping the young’uns down in front of the television and switching on a movie.
But there’s no need to feel guilty about it, especially if you put on the right movie. Sure, the wee ones may not have the attention span to sit still for the duration of an actual feature film, but the best kids’ movies should still buy parents some time before they inevitably return to dumping the contents of your purse into the toilet and ramming their heads into the wall. And hey, they might learn something along the way. These 15 movies will certainly do the trick.
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