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Sounds like she needs a long time without computer games, she seems far too addicted.
I intend to be very careful with computers, smartphones etc with my child(ren). I remember what an idiot I was on the internet as a teenager, talking to and meeting up with strangers. Also seeing how my OH's little brother is addicted to computer games is terrifying - he doesn't leave his room except to go to school or to heat up a microwave pizza. He's 15 and has no life skills at all, he can't even switch an oven on (although really his parents are to blame for that, not the computer, but the computer doesn't help either).
It's the peer pressure, similar to when others smoke and drink in front of a person that just don't understand the effects.
Where as people with phones, iPads, Tablets all have these great devices, the other people want them, too.
We did take the Wii away from her, it's not sitting at my dad's apartment. I'll try to incorporate it back when I feel she is more responsible, but she hasn't played it for more then 4-5 months.
After school she is escorted by a teacher, to make sure she makes the bus to daycare. I was trying to think how the teacher missed her going on the bus, but I feel there was a drop in security when she did (either the teacher walked them outside but didn't walk them to the bus).
Just once but that was last year.
Just for an update; I bought her Minecraft, but as quickly as I bought she is now grounded from it. At my nephews party, she was very rude to my brother/sister-in-law. She kept asking if we can leave, didn't want to play or mingle with family. Then, I got home, put her to bed and I went to sleep but woke up at 1:00am to find her playing Minecraft on my computer. She's grounded from it today.
And just so everyone knows, she was only aloud to play MC for 2 hours; one on Friday and one on Saturday. This was after she did her chores and homework. However, finding her playing it at 1:00am, she is not playing it today.
One day? My magic crystal snow ball says that this will continue to be a big issue for you.
Sounds like she needs a long time without computer games, she seems far too addicted.
I intend to be very careful with computers, smartphones etc with my child(ren). I remember what an idiot I was on the internet as a teenager, talking to and meeting up with strangers. Also seeing how my OH's little brother is addicted to computer games is terrifying - he doesn't leave his room except to go to school or to heat up a microwave pizza. He's 15 and has no life skills at all, he can't even switch an oven on (although really his parents are to blame for that, not the computer, but the computer doesn't help either).
When I was a teenager the internet was just getting started and we didn't have those problems.
You are sadly mistaken. Tablets bring in two way communication, which is no good for kids.
My God. . .now that is a disturbing way to view it. I mean seriously, you want your kids to engage with non interactive sit on your ass non learning medium because there is SOME potential for two way communication?
Kind of like banning books, because you heard that one book out there had bad words once upon a time.
My God. . .now that is a disturbing way to view it. I mean seriously, you want your kids to engage with non interactive sit on your ass non learning medium because there is SOME potential for two way communication?
Kind of like banning books, because you heard that one book out there had bad words once upon a time.
See, Chris, you've expressed your love for iPads before, but this is not actually a thread about which device the OP's kid should have.
It's about discipline and limits and parental understanding and communication and setting boundaries. Re-read the OP and some of their other posts and you'll understand how serious this situation is and how little the device matters here.
My God. . .now that is a disturbing way to view it. I mean seriously, you want your kids to engage with non interactive sit on your ass non learning medium because there is SOME potential for two way communication?
Kind of like banning books, because you heard that one book out there had bad words once upon a time.
There's some disturbing points of views on this board.
See, Chris, you've expressed your love for iPads before, but this is not actually a thread about which device the OP's kid should have.
It's about discipline and limits and parental understanding and communication and setting boundaries. Re-read the OP and some of their other posts and you'll understand how serious this situation is and how little the device matters here.
I don't think he thinks that.
His point was why say no to an tablet because you CAN communicate two ways on there?
That's stupid.
Little kids aren't going to be trying to chat up strangers and if the app isn't on there to "chat" and the kid who is say 6 years old has no interest in trying to chat online then what's the big deal what they use?
Ex: my boyfriends 4 year old niece( let's call her DN) uses the iPad to watch caillou, she can't read/spell yet, she can't navigate it all that great and even if there was all these apps on there to talk to strangers she couldn't work them or know what wa being said, so where is the danger were being told is imminent?
Even kids who are 10 or so wouldn't want to talk to a random person.
I think he's trying show that blazer is just being blazer again with the fear and mongering and what not.
It's pretty clear your 4 year old is not going to get snatched through the iPad screen into the lair of a pedo to never be seen again because he plays with an iPad connected to the Internet...
Our society is so screwed. I won't weep when it all comes crashing down, not one tear.
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