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If you saw a ten year old girl with an iPhone....
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There is no reason for an iphone, you can get a cheap prepaid. That is just my honest opinion.0
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Guess I am the worst parent ever because my kids have no portable gaming toys. I prefer that they learn to speak with other people and behave themselves without having to be distracted with flashing light and sounds.0 -
Guess I am the worst parent ever because my kids have no portable gaming toys. I prefer that they learn to speak with other people and behave themselves without having to be distracted with flashing light and sounds.
Do they have the misery of being active too?0 -
Gameboy doesnt have internet (unless you fix settings) and a monthly payment.
your point was you wouldnt want him having an expensive phone because a thief would target him. Game Boy and PSP cost about the same and probably have a higher resale value since they are harder to track.0 -
Guess I am the worst parent ever because my kids have no portable gaming toys. I prefer that they learn to speak with other people and behave themselves without having to be distracted with flashing light and sounds.
so your kids wouldnt be able to learn to speak with other people or behave w/o "flashing lights" if they had a portable gaming system? thats sad.0 -
I didnt realize we had so many luddites on here.
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I use to be pretty anti kids having cell phones... until I became a parent and realized how convenient it would be if my son when he was older got lost or needed to you know... dial 911...
What kind of device really doesnt matter. The facetime app alone on iphones are worth the price. Plus you can have a lot of parental control devices if the parent is at all educated about the damned thing.0 -
so your kids wouldnt be able to learn to speak with other people or behave w/o "flashing lights" if they had a portable gaming system? thats sad.
unfortunately it seems that way. Kids stand there staring at screens all day long. They tag along behind a parent with their electronic devices in hand, barely talking to other kids at family functions because they "just have to finish this game." Parents are getting just as bad. I go to my kids' swimming lessons, soccer games, etc. and the parents barely look up from their iphones, ipads, and whatever else. God forbid they actually watch their kid. I'm not anti techology but I hate that its in every single aspect of life. I think it contributes to making lazy, antisocial children.0 -
unfortunately it seems that way. Kids stand there staring at screens all day long. They tag along behind a parent with their electronic devices in hand, barely talking to other kids at family functions because they "just have to finish this game." Parents are getting just as bad. I go to my kids' swimming lessons, soccer games, etc. and the parents barely look up from their iphones, ipads, and whatever else. God forbid they actually watch their kid. I'm not anti techology but I hate that its in every single aspect of life. I think it contributes to making lazy, antisocial children.
I see this all of the time. Earlier I saw a kid riding on his bike looking at his iphone/smart phone. He was probably 10-12 years old. Its amazing.0 -
unfortunately it seems that way. Kids stand there staring at screens all day long. They tag along behind a parent with their electronic devices in hand, barely talking to other kids at family functions because they "just have to finish this game." Parents are getting just as bad. I go to my kids' swimming lessons, soccer games, etc. and the parents barely look up from their iphones, ipads, and whatever else. God forbid they actually watch their kid. I'm not anti techology but I hate that its in every single aspect of life. I think it contributes to making lazy, antisocial children.
I know what you mean, I have a 2 year old nephew and there are times when my family visit that he is just glued to his parents IPhone. I'll also never understand why some parents choose to be focused on the phone, tablet, or laptop at their child's sporting events, I notice this a lot at my niece's basketball games. Also, as a side note to you comment, technology is creating asocial kids, antisocial suggest hostile behaviour (sorry, I just had to through that in there).0 -
i would argue with today's technology kids are more social than at any time in history. they are constantly connected to all of their friends.0
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i would argue with today's technology kids are more social than at any time in history. they are constantly connected to all of their friends.
Yes maybe via text messaging, facebook, twitter, etc. Not face to face. Most of the time not even throgh a phone conversation. Being "constantly connected" is not the same as actually connecting.0 -
Yes maybe via text messaging, facebook, twitter, etc. Not face to face. Most of the time not even throgh a phone conversation. Being "constantly connected" is not the same as actually connecting.
not only are they constantly conneccted but they are constantly connecting too. is it that much different if i tell you about a movie i saw in person, or on the phone or on facebook....?
in the past a kid maybe socially connected to none, one or two others at any given time...now they are connected to 100's. of course not all are on the same level but overall its a lot more than it used to be.0
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