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Old 10-27-2021, 04:33 PM
 
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What a psycho.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ali-ab...fe-court-hears

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A professional TikToker accused of shooting dead his estranged wife and her male friend in a San Diego high-rise had allegedly bugged his 5-year-old daughter’s iPad to catch them together. Appearing at San Diego Superior Court on Monday, Ali Abulaban, 29, pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder as well as “special circumstances” allegations of multiple killings that could allow prosecutors to demand the death penalty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdK5apWQ_xc
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Old 10-28-2021, 05:26 AM
 
Location: Redwood City, CA
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California hasn't had an execution since 2006.
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Old 10-28-2021, 01:41 PM
 
Location: State of Transition
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5-year-olds have iPads??
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Old 10-28-2021, 06:36 PM
 
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5-year-olds have iPads??
Yes. They also have robot friends, like Moxie, who does the work a parent should be doing, like teaching social skills.
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Old 10-28-2021, 06:46 PM
 
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5-year-olds have iPads??
Absolutely…infants/toddlers have them.
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Old 10-28-2021, 08:22 PM
 
Location: Honolulu/DMV Area/NYC
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California hasn't had an execution since 2006.
And without a GOP governor again, I doubt they ever will. Getting sentenced to death in California is meaningless.
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Old 10-29-2021, 07:37 AM
 
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5-year-olds have iPads??
Yes and it's pathetic
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Old 10-29-2021, 07:44 AM
 
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Yes and it's pathetic
It's a great thing, as long as you manage it. Just like with everything else.
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Old 10-29-2021, 08:34 AM
 
Location: Honolulu/DMV Area/NYC
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It's a great thing, as long as you manage it. Just like with everything else.
That's the key, though. While I agree with your thinking, I'd refrain personally from letting my kid have an iPad at that age unless s/he was a certified genius who needed the machine to perform complex academic work

I'm becoming more and more of a fan of being unplugged, especially at that age. I want my kids to at least know what it's like to experience life outside of all of the fancy gadgets, etc.

But that's me.
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Old 10-29-2021, 09:50 AM
 
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That's the key, though. While I agree with your thinking, I'd refrain personally from letting my kid have an iPad at that age unless s/he was a certified genius who needed the machine to perform complex academic work

I'm becoming more and more of a fan of being unplugged, especially at that age. I want my kids to at least know what it's like to experience life outside of all of the fancy gadgets, etc.

But that's me.
Me too! I played with empty boxes when I was a kid. The refrigerator boxes totally stimulated the imagination. We kids turned them into space ships, pirate ships, haunted houses, jails, jungle huts,,, whatever our imaginations dictated. We lived down the street from an appliance shop that tossed away plenty of empty boxes.

No one was able to bug our toys to spy on someone else.

I feel really sorry (and a bit scared) for kids today. We may be turning them into electronic techies, but from whom are they getting their social skills? Maybe mankind's future has no need for social skills?
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