Prove what?
I donât know, I havenât met them. I wouldnât judge as my parents are leftie wokists and look what they produced.
That Iâm wrong. We can all cite studies, I just canât be arsed proving that which 250,000 years of human existence has shown to be demonstrably correct. Bloody modernists.
And a few is never, ever 5.
Whoâs child is in the Royal Ballet?
Oh my god. The 250,000 years of human history argument. Fuck me.
Do you want to make a compelling case for abandoning any other stuff we only started thinking about recently because of science?
Shall we go back to letting our teeth rot in our heads and barely live past 30 past it was fine for 250,000 years?
Christ, I thought you were better than that.
Is that an argument for hitting her (or him).
Is everything she achieves in life because you hit her, or in spite of you hitting her?
And there we have the base argument I was expecting.
I thought you liked studies and statistics?
What is âbetter behaviourâ? Being scared shitless because their father is going to whack them? Kids naturally mess around and push boundaries. Itâs an important part of development. And itâs far harder to engage emotionally, and try to empathise, explain and model good behaviour. A âshort, sharp, shockâ is the easy, lazy option
In your opinion. You have kids as per a previous post? I hope theyâre fine upstanding humans.
I hate the bible (having read it multiple times) but judge not lest ye be judged.
Thatâs me out then.
I canât fucking wait to see what happens in 10yrs when all these kids growing up with a LCD babysitter have to adjust to awkward conversations and disciplinary measures in the real world.
Good luck ever getting them out of the house.
Hasnât this doom-mongering been going on forever?
I donât think so, society has been evolving for thousands of years. But it appears that weâve hit a wall of saturation when it comes to how quickly we can blindly expand and consume before the natural contraction and ebbing of the tide, so to speak.
I go back to one of my favorite quotes, left an indelible impression on me
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What an illuminating 168 posts i just caught up on.
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You mean to say someone actually reads posts on here?
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youâve spent this entire discussion goading people into disclosing their family set-up so you can judge them
This is an interesting one and probably for another thread. Itâs a complex issue, and there is research suggesting parents shouldnât be overly worried. But my experience as a child psychologist would sway me to your side of the argument. I have real concern about the impact of being glued to screens almost from birth.
I didnât allow my first kid any screen time before 2. Was more difficult with 2nd but am still really boundaried with both. Not meaning to judge at all here, as said, some research would differ from my view.
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we have adopted a reward system using tokens/chips. we have a couple of jars labelled using the rewards we have discussed with him as what heâd like to earn towards and he earns tokens/chips by good deeds/behavior and chores around the house. he puts the tokens towards the reward of his choice and he is able to redeem them at will. usually gets split between ipad time and dairy queen blizzards.
only exception is long road trips and flights where he gets an ipad to keep himself entertained in the back seat by himself, but he sometimes prefers a book as he reads 15-20min before bed every night.
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Doesnât worry me at all. If theyâre glued to screens they wonât get ID so they canât vote.
@Semmy exactly about long trips. The only time jnr got an iPad to play with was flying to your side. No TV and no phone in the bedroom. Only got jnr a phone when high school kicked in. Has the usual kidsâ apps but Mrs monitors that and I check internet history. A little hands on maybe but better than the opposite of âhereâs a phone now fuck off and shut upâ
Heard a worried mother on the radio a few days ago saying âI have no idea what my daughter looks at on her phoneâ Itâs frightening how stupid some people are.