And they even get a seizure when you take their ipads away
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I'm not having kids, but this always feels like such a missed opportunity to let kids do something more mentally stimulating on that tablet.
Drawing apps and eBooks are right there! Hell, set up Termux and Acode up for them and let them program a bit (or like, I bet there's a mobile version of Scratch they could use if they can't read yet). Let them take photos and make little collages. Get them some music Synthesizer App so that they can tinker on their own little beats. Literally just show them that they have the tools to make something great instead of just shoveling in mindless content all day..I am the donor for a lesbian couple. I'm pretty involved in my son's life. I took him for his third haircut. Midway through, he was bored, and shooting me one of the angriest looks I've ever gotten from him. I took a pic and sent it to his mom.
"Oh god look how mad he is, give him your phone!"
What? He's being quiet and learning how to be patient while a haircut happens. Some parents think reality is a BAD substitute for devices, it seems.
At least one night a week, he comes to my house and plays without any screens. We talk and explore the world.
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Don't judge the kid, judge the parents. Parents who should not be parents prefer to make their kids less of a burden to them by handing them over to the overstimulation square
100% My kids have tablets. The only time they get them is on road trips and plane rides. Some parents we know bring them to restaurants, family gatherings, you name it. It's fucking annoying. Make your kid socialize or they're going to grow up weird AF.
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100% My kids have tablets. The only time they get them is on road trips and plane rides. Some parents we know bring them to restaurants, family gatherings, you name it. It's fucking annoying. Make your kid socialize or they're going to grow up weird AF.
I was at a friends and family barbecue recently, and it just so happened none of the parents there brought tablets for their kids. It was just kids running around the backyard being kids. The parents generally let them do whatever but were attentive enough to prevent them climbing on the shed and stuff.
I can't remember the last time there wasn't some kid glued to a screen at that type of party. It was a joy to see.
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100% My kids have tablets. The only time they get them is on road trips and plane rides. Some parents we know bring them to restaurants, family gatherings, you name it. It's fucking annoying. Make your kid socialize or they're going to grow up weird AF.
When I was a kid, we'd get together with family and do our thing. Then we'd all eat a meal, and usually after the meal it was all right, everyone go do whatever you want, and the kids would usually go down the basement and play toys or video games, and adults sit around digesting, having some drinks, etc.
Fast forward to now, I'll bring my kids tablets or whatever, and when the party is entering the food coma stage, I say do whatever you want, you've spent the last couple hours talking to people, or just existing around people who are 30-60 years older than you.
I feel like it always comes to this, but everything in moderation. I played a lot of Nintendo as a kid, and I grew up well adjusted (enough), and I don't doubt my kids can do the same. For me, the whole tablet thing just stretches out the amount of time I get to hang. Kids get antsy. Shit, I get antsy and I'm an adult, but if letting them do whatever for 30-60m at the end of a party let's me unwind with my family and friends, it's fine.
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Most often the iPad is not for the kids but for inattentive Parents that just want to doomscroll in peace and not deal with their offspring.
You don't know that it's "most often".
That's just how you feel about it. You're being judgmental but don't have any idea.
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Sometimes that iPad is there for you not the kids, try raising an autistic kid with unlimited energy, when you get them in a restaurant or bus, if the iPad is gonna keep him quiet and occupied, that means you don’t have to hear him complain.
Kids aren’t robots, they’re people, and some have special needs and get overwhelmed in the fucked up world we made. If super kitties is gonna keep him relaxed for a bit so be it.Hey, super kitties is quality content compared to YouTube. We have a YouTube ban in my house - the only exception is if it's an actual show that can't be found on streaming services.
The rest of this is spot on. We use iPads to keep our kids quiet in public places that are boring to them, like restaurants or planes.
We've all experienced an annoying kid in a restaurant, or a crying baby on the plane. It sucks, but usually that's short lived. This post just seems like child-free snark/elitism signaling to me.
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Exactly. We gathered together around my friend’s monitor, and laughed at FreddyW videos for 10 minutes, the continued our board game / rpg session.
Compare this to how some kids are watching mind numbing shit whole day on their personal screens. Very diffrent effect
That’s even different because what you are describing is brainrot as a social activity, strengthening the bonds with your friends through shared experience
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And their parents allow them to blast the sound in public with no headphones. I can't fathom the lack of give-a-fucks for their fellow humans (to include their own children).
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When I was a kid, we'd get together with family and do our thing. Then we'd all eat a meal, and usually after the meal it was all right, everyone go do whatever you want, and the kids would usually go down the basement and play toys or video games, and adults sit around digesting, having some drinks, etc.
Fast forward to now, I'll bring my kids tablets or whatever, and when the party is entering the food coma stage, I say do whatever you want, you've spent the last couple hours talking to people, or just existing around people who are 30-60 years older than you.
I feel like it always comes to this, but everything in moderation. I played a lot of Nintendo as a kid, and I grew up well adjusted (enough), and I don't doubt my kids can do the same. For me, the whole tablet thing just stretches out the amount of time I get to hang. Kids get antsy. Shit, I get antsy and I'm an adult, but if letting them do whatever for 30-60m at the end of a party let's me unwind with my family and friends, it's fine.
The annoying part is when the kids roll into the party iPad already blasting.
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100% My kids have tablets. The only time they get them is on road trips and plane rides. Some parents we know bring them to restaurants, family gatherings, you name it. It's fucking annoying. Make your kid socialize or they're going to grow up weird AF.
Yeah or they're really introverted they'll at least use their imagination to disassociate.
Like I used to look around and imagine little beings making their way around objects and walls. Or looking into the distance and imagining things farther away were right in front of me, but the same size — so now you've got a miniature waiter running around the table, trying to catch the little beings.
My ability to zone out probably masked a lot of brain problems, but it did also make me a champ at sitting in waiting rooms while having the time of my life.
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I am the donor for a lesbian couple. I'm pretty involved in my son's life. I took him for his third haircut. Midway through, he was bored, and shooting me one of the angriest looks I've ever gotten from him. I took a pic and sent it to his mom.
"Oh god look how mad he is, give him your phone!"
What? He's being quiet and learning how to be patient while a haircut happens. Some parents think reality is a BAD substitute for devices, it seems.
At least one night a week, he comes to my house and plays without any screens. We talk and explore the world.
Makes sense when even adults use phones as a means to escape even a moment of boredom. How many adults use their phones while driving? That's one of the most mentally stimulating things I can think of, and people get BORED.
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Not really, it's a kid, it should know that by using the Ipad it is destroying it's capability to pay attention in the future, not to mention using an Ipad, a product built in a Chinese factory with suicide nets, really the kid should feel ashamed for supporting such a business practice.
and who gave the kid this iPad? Was it magically summoned into existence?
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Bro I watch Loiter Squad by choice, who the fuck am I to judge?
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Somewhere right now there is a iPad kid watching skibidi toilet that will one day be president.
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And their parents allow them to blast the sound in public with no headphones. I can't fathom the lack of give-a-fucks for their fellow humans (to include their own children).
i mean, if they were wearing headphones the kid'd still be blasting it. it saves the kid's hearing at a minor social cost. tinnitus really sucks and if the parents have to take measures to prevent it, i'll take being annoyed for a few minutes to keep someone else from getting tinnitus. it's beyond a fair trade.
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This is actually me when I'm in public and see someone judging a family based on exactly one frame of their lives.
I know a family with small kids who watch stuff like this on an iPad. One kid figured out how to get onto regular YouTube, and now watches tutorials to bypass parental controls. A true hacker in the making.
It's been a nightmare for the parents tho, the kid figured out how to turn on all the game systems and plays stuff they're not supposed to now lol.
Also, for anyone feeling high and mighty about the content from their childhood: https://youtu.be/EIyixC9NsLI
I think the problem people generally have with cocomelon or w/e is that it's hours and hours of content that is replacing stuff like Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street. It's okay to watch trash and it's okay to let your kids watch trash but there's a responsible way to do it.
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I was at a friends and family barbecue recently, and it just so happened none of the parents there brought tablets for their kids. It was just kids running around the backyard being kids. The parents generally let them do whatever but were attentive enough to prevent them climbing on the shed and stuff.
I can't remember the last time there wasn't some kid glued to a screen at that type of party. It was a joy to see.
my brother's got six kids. whenever he visits, first thing he and his wife do is go to sleep. they wake up for meals, then go back to sleep. now, i love my nieces and nephews, but i don't invite my brother over to be unpaid babysitters. i invite them over to see the family. so, we don't invite them over much anymore.
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I'm not having kids, but this always feels like such a missed opportunity to let kids do something more mentally stimulating on that tablet.
Drawing apps and eBooks are right there! Hell, set up Termux and Acode up for them and let them program a bit (or like, I bet there's a mobile version of Scratch they could use if they can't read yet). Let them take photos and make little collages. Get them some music Synthesizer App so that they can tinker on their own little beats. Literally just show them that they have the tools to make something great instead of just shoveling in mindless content all day..If I had termux with ghc as a child I would NOT stop studying math.
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i mean, if they were wearing headphones the kid'd still be blasting it. it saves the kid's hearing at a minor social cost. tinnitus really sucks and if the parents have to take measures to prevent it, i'll take being annoyed for a few minutes to keep someone else from getting tinnitus. it's beyond a fair trade.
Set volume limit then? Lol
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Makes sense when even adults use phones as a means to escape even a moment of boredom. How many adults use their phones while driving? That's one of the most mentally stimulating things I can think of, and people get BORED.
i "use" my phone while biking, mounted to the fucker, to play music (so i don't have to use my bell as often, also music rests my brain) and the other day i passed a kid pedaling, holding his phone in his lap and staring into the thing and jesus heelslut christ he wasn't even wearing a helmet i'm still worrying about him
