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Kids and tablets - out of control
Posted on 8/11/24 at 1:26 pm
Posted on 8/11/24 at 1:26 pm
I have two kids. They're annoying. I get it. But damn, I went to dinner last night with my family (two kids 5 and under).
There was a baseball team of maybe 15 kids. Around 10 years old. Every single kid was staring at a different screen (mostly tablets but a few phones).
WTFF? You can't talk to your teammates?
Family across from us was one kid and the parents. All three on phones.
What's the point of going out to eat to stare at a screen.
I get sometimes you just want a break but that's insane.
And they're so addictive. For example, recently flew with my kids for the first time. The first two flights they were excited and looking out the window. It was a long flight so we let them use the tablet. By the third flight they never even looked out the window at takeoff.
And then they whined for it in the car. Nope. Done.
Look out the window and learn something. Mine will not get a tablet again. I'm not totally anti screen, they watch TV but I'm not having some mindless drone kid staring at some bullshite screen all day.
There was a baseball team of maybe 15 kids. Around 10 years old. Every single kid was staring at a different screen (mostly tablets but a few phones).
WTFF? You can't talk to your teammates?
Family across from us was one kid and the parents. All three on phones.
What's the point of going out to eat to stare at a screen.
I get sometimes you just want a break but that's insane.
And they're so addictive. For example, recently flew with my kids for the first time. The first two flights they were excited and looking out the window. It was a long flight so we let them use the tablet. By the third flight they never even looked out the window at takeoff.
And then they whined for it in the car. Nope. Done.
Look out the window and learn something. Mine will not get a tablet again. I'm not totally anti screen, they watch TV but I'm not having some mindless drone kid staring at some bullshite screen all day.
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Posted on 8/11/24 at 1:28 pm to ghost2most
Did you post this on your phone or your tablet. Asking for myself.
Posted on 8/11/24 at 1:28 pm to ghost2most
Worst decision of my life was buying my son a tablet.
Posted on 8/11/24 at 1:29 pm to Hulkklogan
Yeah, I figured that was coming. But these kids are so screwed. They are going to have zero social skills.
Mine are little but in sports, Scouts, gymnastics, church activities, play all the time.
Not some little fricking tiktok zombies. shite is awful imo.
Mine are little but in sports, Scouts, gymnastics, church activities, play all the time.
Not some little fricking tiktok zombies. shite is awful imo.
Posted on 8/11/24 at 1:30 pm to liquid rabbit
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Did you post this on your phone or your tablet. Asking for myself.
Laptop
Posted on 8/11/24 at 1:30 pm to ghost2most
I'm sure a lot of posters here will talk shite about your opinion, but I agree. Its depressing looking at the future of our society.
Posted on 8/11/24 at 1:31 pm to ghost2most
It’s deeply concerning.
My kids don’t get to use them much.
My kids don’t get to use them much.
Posted on 8/11/24 at 1:31 pm to liquid rabbit
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Did you post this on your phone or your tablet. Asking for myself.
Yeah but it's ok because he looks out the window when the plane takes off.
Posted on 8/11/24 at 1:32 pm to ghost2most
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This post was edited on 5/4/25 at 5:52 pm
Posted on 8/11/24 at 1:32 pm to ghost2most
Agreed. It’s lazy parenting. I feel sorry for those kids.
Posted on 8/11/24 at 1:33 pm to ghost2most
Mr Beast and other middle aged male YouTubers are raising people's kids.
Posted on 8/11/24 at 1:35 pm to ghost2most
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Kids and tablets
Now do adults with phones
Posted on 8/11/24 at 1:38 pm to ghost2most
Do you want the kids running around bumping into tables and shouting and throwing shite around in the restaurant, like the good old days?
Posted on 8/11/24 at 1:39 pm to ghost2most
Here's the thing judgy mcjudgerson
You don't know anything about the kids and parents. The baseball team example is a good one and kind of extreme, but in day to day situations, you don't know shite.
Personally, we limit screen time and at restaurants and such we have them do other stuff, like coloring books, and we bring toys. But they get restless after a while, in particular after they've eaten. At that point we'll bust out phones or tablets while we finish eating and get the check.
Sometimes they have had a rough day, or slept bad the night before, or whatever it is, and they are cranky and mom and dad just want a break.
On an airplane my kids are usually glued to the windows during takeoff and landing, but the rest of the flight? Nah frick it, they get to play games on the switch or watch a show or whatever. Plane rides suck and are boring for adults, much less kids.
You don't know anything about the kids and parents. The baseball team example is a good one and kind of extreme, but in day to day situations, you don't know shite.
Personally, we limit screen time and at restaurants and such we have them do other stuff, like coloring books, and we bring toys. But they get restless after a while, in particular after they've eaten. At that point we'll bust out phones or tablets while we finish eating and get the check.
Sometimes they have had a rough day, or slept bad the night before, or whatever it is, and they are cranky and mom and dad just want a break.
On an airplane my kids are usually glued to the windows during takeoff and landing, but the rest of the flight? Nah frick it, they get to play games on the switch or watch a show or whatever. Plane rides suck and are boring for adults, much less kids.
Posted on 8/11/24 at 1:41 pm to deeprig9
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Do you want the kids running around bumping into tables and shouting and throwing shite around in the restaurant, like the good old days?
Yes
Posted on 8/11/24 at 2:01 pm to rintintin
Our son is almost 6. He has a tablet and at home will give him screen time and it gives us a break for an hour.
If we go out to eat somewhere, he is going to mind his matters. Will let him have the kids coloring page offered at the restaurant, but that’s it.
We just refuse to give our son a tablet at a restaurant, that’s just our choice and whatever other parents choose to do is there business, but my son is going to know how to interact and act appropriately in a social setting.
If we go out to eat somewhere, he is going to mind his matters. Will let him have the kids coloring page offered at the restaurant, but that’s it.
We just refuse to give our son a tablet at a restaurant, that’s just our choice and whatever other parents choose to do is there business, but my son is going to know how to interact and act appropriately in a social setting.
Posted on 8/11/24 at 2:15 pm to ghost2most
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They are going to have zero social skills.
What's worse is the adults who know better and choose their phone over being present.
Imagine having a family in front of you and all you care about is a fricking phone game.
Don't think it goes unnoticed...
Posted on 8/11/24 at 2:18 pm to Hulkklogan
Don’t take this personally but you shouldn’t have had children
Actually please take it personally
Actually please take it personally
Posted on 8/11/24 at 2:42 pm to Hold That Tiger 10
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Yeah but it's ok because he looks out the window when the plane takes off.
Or maybe it’s okay because he’s an adult and didn’t spend his childhood constantly behind a screen like so many kids do today?
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