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Kids today need to learn how to entertain themselves/deal with boredom
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:18 pm
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:18 pm
Went to brunch this morning with a few friends. One couple brought their 5 year old kid. Dude wouldn't stop throwing a tantrum at the table because he was bored and he had nothing to entertain him at a nice restaurant. We all tried to engage him to no avail. The couple ended up having to leave 45 minutes in because the child had a breakdown.
Kids today are losing the art of self-entertainment and just learning to deal with boredom. When I was a kid, boredom was a constant in my life. At the store with my mom, running errands with my dad, staying with my grandparents (who didn't own a TV). BORED. I just dealt with it. Nowadays kids expect to be entertained every waking hour.
We're raising a generation of people who will be unable to be alone with their thoughts.
Well, I use the general "we". I have no kids. You. It's you people.
Kids today are losing the art of self-entertainment and just learning to deal with boredom. When I was a kid, boredom was a constant in my life. At the store with my mom, running errands with my dad, staying with my grandparents (who didn't own a TV). BORED. I just dealt with it. Nowadays kids expect to be entertained every waking hour.
We're raising a generation of people who will be unable to be alone with their thoughts.
Well, I use the general "we". I have no kids. You. It's you people.
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Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:20 pm to lsuwontonwrap
This.
We played outside in the summer and came back home when it got dark.
Grew up on two channels and ice water.
We played outside in the summer and came back home when it got dark.
Grew up on two channels and ice water.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:23 pm to lsuwontonwrap
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Nowadays kids expect to be entertained every waking hour.
This is definitely true, but I think it's true with adults now as well. Look around when you're out, everyone on phones because they can't just sit.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:23 pm to lsuwontonwrap
What thoughts does a 5y/o have...? 
This post was edited on 9/15/19 at 2:24 pm
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:23 pm to lsuwontonwrap
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Well, I use the general "we". I have no kids. You. It's you people.
Applauded your rant until this. All I could think reading your last line was “ shut the F up then”.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:24 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Sounds like your friends are shite at parenting.
Not the kids fault.
Not the kids fault.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:24 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Technology bro, it killed imagination.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:24 pm to lsuwontonwrap
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At the store with my mom, running errands with my dad, staying with my grandparents (who didn't own a TV). BORED.
All those things are either engaging or a child is free to do something to occupy their time. We don't bring our kids to nice restaurants because they get bored and have to stay in one spot and be quiet for so long. You know what will happen to that little 5 yr old? They'll grow up and mature eventually. Enjoy your high horse and enjoy your childless life
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:25 pm to mahdragonz
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Sounds like your friends are shite at parenting.
Not the kids fault.
Bingo
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:25 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Kids were jackasses in public 30 years ago too, I remember it well enough
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:26 pm to HoustonChick86
quote:That’s what I was thinking. Surprised the lil 5 yr ol fuggar didn’t already have a phone.
This is definitely true, but I think it's true with adults now as well. Look around when you're out, everyone on phones because they can't just sit.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:26 pm to lsuwontonwrap
This was a problem when I was a kid in the 70s, though I admit it's worse now thanks to the wired society (no pun intended),
Children have been sentimentalized into little angels, when in fact they're little animals that have to be civilized.
This is the socializing function places like Pizza Hut and Cracker Barrel serve -- to teach kids proper public behavior.
Children have been sentimentalized into little angels, when in fact they're little animals that have to be civilized.
This is the socializing function places like Pizza Hut and Cracker Barrel serve -- to teach kids proper public behavior.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:26 pm to musick
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Technology bro, it killed imagination.
Whole reason sears went out of business. Teenage boys had porn at their fingertips instead of a catalog.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:28 pm to lsuwontonwrap
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This post was edited on 1/7/20 at 4:15 am
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:29 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Bringing a kid to a nice restaurant is just asking for trouble. Having a kid sit in one spot like that with no real entertainment is asking for trouble.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:29 pm to lsuwontonwrap
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Dude wouldn't stop throwing a tantrum at the table because he was bored and he had nothing to entertain him at a nice restaurant.
I bet a nice slap to the face would've kept him entertained.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:29 pm to pioneerbasketball
quote:Four Yorkshiremen
We played outside in the summer and came back home when it got dark.
Grew up on two channels and ice water.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:31 pm to Geauxtiga
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That’s what I was thinking. Surprised the lil 5 yr ol fuggar didn’t already have a phone.
That's where it gets difficult, give the kid a phone to shut him up, but that doesn't teach them.
We try to stay off our phones as much as possible around our son, they definitely learn early the instant gratification they provide.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:32 pm to lsuwontonwrap
I frequent brunch. I see these kids coming in with tablets. frick that. You sit there and be miserable while the adults enjoy themselves.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 2:39 pm to lsuwontonwrap
That seems weird for a 5 year old.
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