‘Toy Story 5’ can help parents trying to manage their kids’ relationship with tech | CNN

On the dusty backroads of Radiator Springs, where Lightning McQueen and his pals live, a shower of meteors threatened to bring destruction upon the quarter-size cars in a scene that disaster movie king Roland Emmerich would endorse. Thankfully, Buzz Lightyear was on his way to save the day, driving Chase’s car from “Paw Patrol.” As my toddler son and I played out his scenario with his toys, I was struck by a pang of guilt I didn’t see coming. He’s just a toddler, and we’ve watched all of these cartoons together. That’s a lot of screen time. I’m the harshest critic of my son’s screen time, allowing him to watch portions of his favorite movies or TV shows roughly twice a day. I walked into “Toy Story 5” with a pit in my stomach, convinced that somehow a movie meant to be watched on any and all screens was going to make me feel bad about my child’s penchant for kid-friendly intellectual property. Technology is not the enemy in “Toy Story 5,” which opens Friday, but screens do throw some conflict into the mix. The latest installment out of imagination emporium Pixar finds Bonnie’s beloved toys despondent over the arrival of Lilypad. The tablet threatens to

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