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re: People who let their kids play with their phones while at restaurants.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 2:47 pm to OldmanBeasley
Posted on 4/29/22 at 2:47 pm to OldmanBeasley
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Absolutely not, basic hand signals should get the job done
Thanks, OldMan - you’re a lifesaver!
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Posted on 4/29/22 at 2:54 pm to LNCHBOX
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my SIL is crushing med school and she got electronics constantly.
You were going out to eat with your sister-in-law when she was 3?
That's weird
Posted on 4/29/22 at 2:54 pm to BugAC
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Cool so you have no practical experience with raising children. Got it.
I was just saying what you wanted to hear. You were hoping that I did not have experience so as to delegitimize my point. Sorry that you don’t want to be a parent.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 2:54 pm to GetBackToWork
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I get having kids watch videos in waiting rooms or car rides, but never at the table. You learn to behave and manage conversation. This is a life skill.
Those same kids grow up and continue doing this well past ages 2-5. Some of the down votes are those same kids now adults.
We have four kids….each of our kids were given screen time distractions until 3(ish) …and once they got old enough to know to act appropriately- they don’t get it.
Also, as a rule of thumb- if a person didn’t need a reservation or the menu is wipeable …that person isn’t at a restaurant “for the experience” or no “child destroyed the ambience”- so a person complaining at that place, I’ll say sorry that my children were being children but I’ll only say that bc I’m nice - they can still Go eff themselves
That being said- if we see that the restaurant is a quiet setting, we won’t take our children
Posted on 4/29/22 at 2:55 pm to Hulkklogan
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That has absolutely nothing to do with giving a 3 year old a TV show for 45m
Get over yourself
Of course it does...it has to do with being a parent
Posted on 4/29/22 at 2:57 pm to jnethe1
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I was just saying what you wanted to hear. You were hoping that I did not have experience so as to delegitimize my point. Sorry that you don’t want to be a parent.
You don't have experience yet. Your time is coming. Enjoy thinking you have it all figured out.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 2:58 pm to REB BEER
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You were going out to eat with your sister-in-law when she was 3?
That's weird
No, but I do have a good relationship with my inlaws and discuss things like parenting with them.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 2:58 pm to jnethe1
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I was just saying what you wanted to hear.
Ok, weirdo...
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You were hoping that I did not have experience so as to delegitimize my point.
No, i was asking the age of your kids for relevance. And your response was to lie? On an anonymous message board... good job, i guess.
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Sorry that you don’t want to be a parent.
Now that last sentence, is EXACTLY what i wanted to hear.
Ok, adwizard. Please show me the logical jump you made from "i give my kids the phone sometimes in restaurants" to "i don't want to be a parent".
This post was edited on 4/29/22 at 3:00 pm
Posted on 4/29/22 at 2:59 pm to REB BEER
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Of course it does.
Maybe you can get your smart no screen time kids to explain to you correlation vs causation.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 3:00 pm to REB BEER
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Of course it does...it has to do with being a parent
These people want to make babies, but then they will use any excuse to not interact with these poor kids. Then later on when their children end up being manipulated to hate them and their history they will wonder why.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 3:00 pm to jnethe1
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I wouldn’t call that parenting. Just lazy.
Do you have kids? My money is on no
Posted on 4/29/22 at 3:01 pm to jnethe1
I have a friend that just hasn't shown their kids the volume yet. Absolute silence and it's awesome.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 3:02 pm to BugAC
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Ok, adwizard. Please show me the logical jump you made from "i give my kids the phone sometimes in restaurants" to "i don't want to be a parent".
You don’t give that child the phone/tablet for their benefit. You do it for your own benefit. It’s selfish.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 3:03 pm to Pettifogger
quote:Times were good back in the day.
Oh sure, we could just talk to each other, is it 1960?
Posted on 4/29/22 at 3:03 pm to jnethe1
I consider it hard to judge people for this behavior, because I totally get the temptation to get the kids to just STFU...especially if both parents are working stiffs.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 3:04 pm to jnethe1
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but then they will use any excuse to not interact with these poor kids.
If they wouldn't be such little assholes, maybe we would want to parent them more.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 3:04 pm to jnethe1
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I wouldn’t call that parenting. Just lazy.
A married couple is in a restaurant with their 14 month old child. The child starts crying loud for no obvious reason. The parent could bring up whatever the kid enjoys watching, on their phone, which would likely calm the kid down.. But what would be "real parenting" in this situation?
Let the kid continue to scream and cry and bother everyone else around just because you don't want your kid to have a phone watching something?
Posted on 4/29/22 at 3:04 pm to jnethe1
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These people want to make babies, but then they will use any excuse to not interact with these poor kids. Then later on when their children end up being manipulated to hate them and their history they will wonder why.
Again, show us the logical steps you used to deduce that "we don't want our kids" from the simple statement that "i sometimes give my kids cellphones at restaurants to play with".
Listen, jnethe1, i don't want to make you look stupid. That's not a big challenge. I want YOU to make you look stupid. So if you can just fill in the gaps of the above request, and how you develop your logic, we can all sleep better at night.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 3:04 pm to REB BEER
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Of course it does...it has to do with being a parent
It has more to do with feeding your own ego, thinking you are a better parent for having some arbitrary rule.
Pray tell, what form of entertainment do you deem acceptable for your all-star children?
Posted on 4/29/22 at 3:05 pm to TDsngumbo
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no 2 year old is spending more than 15 minutes in any restaurant without losing its shite.
and thats why you leave it at home with a sitter. Can't afford or find one? Stay home. Your decision to have a kid doesn't give you a right to make everyone else suffer raising it.
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