Originally Posted by
myrandex My wife and I notice it and do not do it. We gave our son a Lumia 900 for Christmas to use on WiFi only (8 years old BTW), but he only gets it at certain times during the day. He always wants to play on it, but it gets limited and taken away and essentially he has to earn time with it. We try to actively engage in conversation and stuff like that all the time with him. We don't allow out at the dinner table (although we have occasionally allowed him to bring it or his DS to a restaurant when we were going out and knew we would be there for a while with our friends or family).
Jason
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I think that is the best way to go about it, this way you already have established certain boundaries and a reward mechanism which in turn would encourage good behaviour. Kids are incredibly fast learners. Like Martinmc said they will only mimic what they see especially the younger ones.
Originally Posted by
mase123987 In short, this will continue to get worse worse among lazier parents.
That unfortunately will always be true thus possibly creating a cycle.
Originally Posted by
Laura Knotek I think it's just a continuation of a trend. Before smartphones existed, lazy parents used the TV as a babysitter.
I'm 44, and I can remember my parents talking about what happened at a parent-teacher conference back when I was in grade school. This was probably 35 years ago or so. The teacher asked why one of my classmates didn't do his homework. The kid's dad said the kid "had better things to do--watch TV".
Wow, I'm intrigued as to what happened to your class mate now lol.
Originally Posted by
palandri LOL! Growing up, I never watched much TV since my parents controlled the TV in the evening and I had no desire to watch Lawrence Welk or Name That Tune.
Haha, I understand how you feel my folks were like that too, pushed hard - get good grades = rewards. I'm truly grateful for them for pushing so hard.
Originally Posted by
martinmc78 Kids are a reflection of their parents. If they see them constantly on phones or tablets then they will only naturally want to copy. I only have my little girl every other weekend but I have noticed if I am on my phone or tablet for any length of time then she will ask to have a go on it as well.
I actually don't mind her using the RT at all - shes coming up to 4 - but can already sign into her profile with a picture password. She closes and opens her games and apps just as I showed her. I wont let her use it for more than an hour a day but I feel her grasp of tech at such an early age is only a good thing.
That's also abit worrying too.. you will need a rather secure method of logging in for your account soon!, I kid lol. Some people think kids at an early age aren't quick thinkers or that they don't understand.
My neighbour uses games on their ps3 to distract their kid whilst spoon feeding him (almost 3 now). Back when I used to baby sit, I kept telling them to turn it off and interact with him, or heck let him start using his hands for some foods (in a humorous way ofc.. you don't want to sound patronizing lol) they would say his not old enough to understand and its easier to feed them when their distracted. Recently I heard the kid's older brother was not doing well in school, well you reap what you sowe.
I think that is the best way to go about it, this way you already have established certain boundaries and a reward mechanism which in turn would encourage good behaviour. Kids are incredibly fast learners. Like Martinmc said they will only mimic what they see especially the younger ones.
