the TV debate

No screen time before two is what most pediatricians and child advocates say....but times are a changing...and I wonder does this really mean NO screen time at all or just no TV? does this include face time on iPhones, Skype, Kindles, and iPads? Does a photo in an electronic format count as screen time? By 1.5 J could scroll on the mouse and pretend type on a keyboard, and by 2 he could operate an iPhone (my sister's of course as we can't afford one...yet). Recently he told a babysitter how to turn on the Xbox including the password (note to self to change that often) to get to Netflix to watch a movie. I guess what I am saying is that it is a different time with kids...they are growing up with technology as a the norm and in all forms impacting their lives on the daily.
Olde and I have opted to limit TV and movies for our kids, as we believe that some of these formats have suggestions of corruption that we can't control.  So far we have been lucky to be able to control this part of their lives...For example, when we were visiting my sister recently and had the public broadcasting channel on for some "appropriate" cartoons (this is a whole another blog topic for another day), and the adds came on J got upset and told me to put the movie back on...I had to explain to him about adds on TV. I couldn't help but feel proud of the fact that our 3 year old had never seen TV and therefore did not know about adds. And...while I am bragging about our parenting...you should also know that although our 3 year old has had a bean and cheese burrito and rice from taco hell, I mean taco bell (it was a screaming moment on the freeway of one too many hours driving---you know that kind if you area parent)---BUT has never set foot in any other fast food nastiness as of yet...Take that McDonald's!!!!
ok sorry for the ranting...back to the debate at hand...
I guess what I have decided is that technology changes so often that we have to adjust our parenting styles to what we feel is right instead of blanket statements of NO or YES on everything.
Here is our list for under the age of 2:

• Skype YES
• Iphone games NO
• Iphone Facetime YES
• Ipad NO
• Kindle NO
• Pictures in electronic format YES

So in other words media that allows for interacting is ok by us....it is the other brain numbing that we find not so good for baby's little brain. What are your thoughts?