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re: Parents of young kids, what’s your technology plan as they get older?
Posted on 5/5/19 at 8:37 am to Muthsera
Posted on 5/5/19 at 8:37 am to Muthsera
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Montessori schools
Take it from a teacher, sending your kid to one of these is the best way to get a child who is unorganized, socially awkward, unaware, and inconsiderate of others whenever they leave for a real school
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Posted on 5/5/19 at 8:40 am to Tiger1242
I have a 1 year old and 1 on the way. We have been thinking about this as well.
We do not let our 1 year old hold or play with our phones or tablet.
Other parents think we are crazy but we look at their kids and they are glued to their iPads all day long. No judgement because, yes, it does keep them quiet and entertained, but we don't want that for our kids, yet
We do not let our 1 year old hold or play with our phones or tablet.
Other parents think we are crazy but we look at their kids and they are glued to their iPads all day long. No judgement because, yes, it does keep them quiet and entertained, but we don't want that for our kids, yet
Posted on 5/5/19 at 8:41 am to CatsGoneWild
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No smart phone till she can get a job at 16 and buy her own. Social media and texting are bad for young kids. Kids need to be outside more and play sports
See I’m with you 100% but here is the problem... once she’s in middle school basically ALL of her friends will have phones or at least constant access to the internet. If she doesn’t, she will be behind them socially and miss out on the majority of the interactions her friends have. Trust me I see it happen and this is my fear.
I would rather my kid not have a phone till he’s 16, but there is a very good chance that makes him a social outcast, and i don’t want that to happen
Posted on 5/5/19 at 8:44 am to Tiger1242
The answer is balance. Don’t let technology babysit your kids, be a parent. Engage them with physical activity and allow them technology.
Technology is a good thing
Technology is a good thing
Posted on 5/5/19 at 9:12 am to Tiger1242
I was homeschooled and raised super conservative so there was a very small circle of people that I knew growing up. I didnt have a phone until I could pay for it so I was 16 or 17.
My first job helped alot with social skills, just having to get to know and having to talk to people I didnt know. I would consider myself an introvert anyway so the homeschooling didnt help matters.
I'm now 25 and have a decent job and live alone without any help from anyone, which is better than alot of my generation so I tend to be of the opinion that screen time later isnt necessarily bad.
If you have a kid that can learn by reading (I could read at 4) and things like that, technology like the Internet should come easy to them in my opinion.
My first job helped alot with social skills, just having to get to know and having to talk to people I didnt know. I would consider myself an introvert anyway so the homeschooling didnt help matters.
I'm now 25 and have a decent job and live alone without any help from anyone, which is better than alot of my generation so I tend to be of the opinion that screen time later isnt necessarily bad.
If you have a kid that can learn by reading (I could read at 4) and things like that, technology like the Internet should come easy to them in my opinion.
Posted on 5/5/19 at 12:40 pm to joshwj93
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I was homeschooled and raised super conservative so there was a very small circle of people that I knew growing up. I didnt have a phone until I could pay for it so I was 16 or 17.
My first job helped alot with social skills, just having to get to know and having to talk to people I didnt know. I would consider myself an introvert anyway so the homeschooling didnt help matters.
No offense but this is not the childhood experience I want my kids to have
Posted on 5/5/19 at 12:46 pm to Tiger1242
What is a tick tock and what is a "pier"?
Posted on 5/5/19 at 12:52 pm to ksayetiger
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If you think I am teaching my kids how to masterbate you are a sick frick.
Baw, its 2019
They don't even have to do it themselves anymore
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This post was edited on 5/5/19 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 5/5/19 at 12:52 pm to Tiger1242
My kid is 12 and has an iPhone. I was originally against getting her one but we don't have a home phone and she's old enough to stay home by herself now.
Her school gives them iPads and they do a lot of their class work on them. It's inevitable in today's society.
Her school gives them iPads and they do a lot of their class work on them. It's inevitable in today's society.
Posted on 5/5/19 at 2:02 pm to ksayetiger
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If you think I am teaching my kids how to masterbate you are a sick frick.
Your OP was of a serious nature and I gave you a serious answer and, of course, you had to be a smartass. Kids don't play like they used to and it is impacting medicine, mechanical, etc.
Posted on 5/5/19 at 2:36 pm to Sody Cracker
He’s not the OP but okay
Posted on 5/5/19 at 2:59 pm to SoulGlo
quote:you're really benching kids for playing fortnite off of team time?
His entire team understands it. They don't show up to a game on Saturday after playing 4hours of fortnite the day before. I can tell, and will bench them. They understand why.
Posted on 5/5/19 at 3:11 pm to SoulGlo
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They don't show up to a game on Saturday after playing 4hours of fortnite the day before. I can tell, and will bench them. They understand why.
A. You can't tell, they are 9, you can just ask them and they will tell you
B. You bench kids as a punishment at 9 years old?
You are an idiot and hurting these kids athletic and social development.
Congrats on forcing a bunch of kids to burn out on sports by middle school...
You are exactly the type of horrible parent coach that we high school coaches hate and are doing damage to organized sports
they are NINE YEARS OLD, you don't punish them for BEING KIDS. Your ONLY job as a coach at that age is to teach them fundamentals and make sure they are HAVING FUN.
Seriously, you just really pissed me off, please quit coaching, you are doing permanent damage to those kids and to whatever sport you are coaching, I guarantee it
Posted on 5/5/19 at 3:15 pm to Tiger1242
Lincoln logs, tinker toys, and playdough.
Posted on 5/5/19 at 3:20 pm to LSU6262
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Other parents think we are crazy but we look at their kids and they are glued to their iPads all day long. No judgement because, yes, it does keep them quiet and entertained, but we don't want that for our kids, yet
i understand, and feel the same. I have a year and half old. We let him on the ipad for youtube kids video at night. During the day no ipad, but on the flip side.. technology is the way of the world, and dont want him so far behind when he gets in school.
Posted on 5/5/19 at 3:44 pm to Tiger1242
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You bench kids as a punishment at 9 years old?
You think that’s bad?
If you play on my team and I find out you played fort nite the day before the game and I bang your mom.
Gotta teach them discipline young.
Posted on 5/5/19 at 4:20 pm to Tiger1242
Read about what tech execs in Silicon Valley think about this. Most almost totally restrict screen time. While pushing iPads in schools, they don’t allow them in theirs.
Posted on 5/5/19 at 4:48 pm to Tiger1242
I have my first one on the way (due in September), and so this is an interesting topic for me and one that I contemplate about as much as any other soon-to-be-new-dad subject area. IMO, it could shape who he becomes... nah, to hell with that, it quite literally WILL.
But will it? I wonder? Probably so, but I wonder...
What I mean is that nothing under the sun is new, and I wonder whether or not the technology we are talking about (entertainment, social media, etc.) will be utilized like it is today, or will we adapt in order to mitigate for its obviously negative effects? We're doing it now with this thread, so will we find the right answers years from now? Could we possibly shun the current situation altogether and grow tired of each other? I see the same problem that you do, but then I wonder if I'm not being foolish to assume that the interface between society and phones will even be recognizable to today?
One thing is for sure: there's a lot of tech savvy folks...but many of them are savvy only in their ability to navigate their way around Facebook, etc., as well as the online "culture" of it all (e.g., you follow me after I follow you, etc.). One knows how to use snapchat, but not excel; one is for entertainment while the other is a tool with income potential and value to the societal gears that keep us afloat. One is not like the other.
Several posters have brought up a strategy that is as fail-safe as any we currently have: Setting an example. Set the tone of the culture in your home, and make no compromises. I know many parents who've adopted that and have popular teenagers that are very much "in the mix" but with a modest social media presence. The reason why is because they're too busy getting with their parents and tackling projects, or learning to ski, and just being "do'ers," and so it's not impossible. Though unfortunately for the naysayers, that requires effort from the parents. They'll need to set aside updating their followers on the status of their rectal exam, and get their azzes out there and teach the kids how to build a fort.
I think reverse psychology can help cut down on the addiction to screens and entertainment technology: My son will learn to turn a wrench, wear safety glasses when he's weed eating, and also the drudgery of sitting down to plug in some useful-to-his-dad spreadsheet data (or whatever the current platform at the time is). I hope that he'll strive for the lawn and spreadsheets to be done for him, under his informed oversight because he knows how, but by a paid employee. I hope that it helps him decide whether he likes those spreadsheets enough to make a living doing it, or if he'd rather learn how to prepare a seed bed for tree planting. Either way, the ultimate goal will have of been achieved: to make him into a productive member of society, thereby minimizing his allowable time to live vicariously through others in a pitiful online existence.
At the end of the day, people like the way that a pissed off bass hitting a buzz bait makes them feel. They like the way that building something useful with their hands and tools (technology included) makes them feel. They like the tangible benefits that an active lifestyle affords them. They appreciate those that paved the way for them to learn it all, and the gift of mobility and cognitive skills, and others. Building a fort and using it, or mining data for trends that produce results will never get old: it is who we are. It is how we got to this point: we build and use and make. Flip that primordial switch in a child's mind while they're willing to learn from anybody about any subject, while the king and queen of their world -their parents- are doing the same, and you will have of done all that you can do.
But will it? I wonder? Probably so, but I wonder...
What I mean is that nothing under the sun is new, and I wonder whether or not the technology we are talking about (entertainment, social media, etc.) will be utilized like it is today, or will we adapt in order to mitigate for its obviously negative effects? We're doing it now with this thread, so will we find the right answers years from now? Could we possibly shun the current situation altogether and grow tired of each other? I see the same problem that you do, but then I wonder if I'm not being foolish to assume that the interface between society and phones will even be recognizable to today?
One thing is for sure: there's a lot of tech savvy folks...but many of them are savvy only in their ability to navigate their way around Facebook, etc., as well as the online "culture" of it all (e.g., you follow me after I follow you, etc.). One knows how to use snapchat, but not excel; one is for entertainment while the other is a tool with income potential and value to the societal gears that keep us afloat. One is not like the other.
Several posters have brought up a strategy that is as fail-safe as any we currently have: Setting an example. Set the tone of the culture in your home, and make no compromises. I know many parents who've adopted that and have popular teenagers that are very much "in the mix" but with a modest social media presence. The reason why is because they're too busy getting with their parents and tackling projects, or learning to ski, and just being "do'ers," and so it's not impossible. Though unfortunately for the naysayers, that requires effort from the parents. They'll need to set aside updating their followers on the status of their rectal exam, and get their azzes out there and teach the kids how to build a fort.
I think reverse psychology can help cut down on the addiction to screens and entertainment technology: My son will learn to turn a wrench, wear safety glasses when he's weed eating, and also the drudgery of sitting down to plug in some useful-to-his-dad spreadsheet data (or whatever the current platform at the time is). I hope that he'll strive for the lawn and spreadsheets to be done for him, under his informed oversight because he knows how, but by a paid employee. I hope that it helps him decide whether he likes those spreadsheets enough to make a living doing it, or if he'd rather learn how to prepare a seed bed for tree planting. Either way, the ultimate goal will have of been achieved: to make him into a productive member of society, thereby minimizing his allowable time to live vicariously through others in a pitiful online existence.
At the end of the day, people like the way that a pissed off bass hitting a buzz bait makes them feel. They like the way that building something useful with their hands and tools (technology included) makes them feel. They like the tangible benefits that an active lifestyle affords them. They appreciate those that paved the way for them to learn it all, and the gift of mobility and cognitive skills, and others. Building a fort and using it, or mining data for trends that produce results will never get old: it is who we are. It is how we got to this point: we build and use and make. Flip that primordial switch in a child's mind while they're willing to learn from anybody about any subject, while the king and queen of their world -their parents- are doing the same, and you will have of done all that you can do.
Posted on 5/5/19 at 5:04 pm to Tiger1242
My 2 year old had a kid's tablet we setup with learning games for him. He was allowed 1 hour a night after spending all day at school. It definitely helped with his speech skills. He loved listening to children's songs mostly.
Posted on 5/5/19 at 5:25 pm to Tiger1242
Tik Toks are retarded. I've been down that rabbit hole and it's no Vine 2.0. Don't let your kid Tik Tok, guaranteed way to lower his IQ by 30 points.
Viral videos on the other hand are okay, you need the kid to be able to reference pop culture for jokes. You know what I like the most?
Viral videos on the other hand are okay, you need the kid to be able to reference pop culture for jokes. You know what I like the most?
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