Before tablets, parents didn’t survive.
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surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 6 months agoSupervision? All the time? Found the guy without kids.
Sure sure, you make a point. But kids are 24 god damn 7 and occasionally I need to do things like chores and cooking. They get tablets so I can survive. I did remove YouTube, but their school didn’t.
Rodeo@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
noobnarski@feddit.de 6 months ago
When I have kids I will allow them to go on the Internet, but I will teach them about where to find good content and stuff like that.
They will ultimately have to learn how to do this anyway, so its better to teach them early.
And I dont want to completely block their internet access because their classmates will have it too and it sucks to be the only one who doesnt, you just dont fit in quite as well and arent able to talk about stuff from the internet if you dont know anything about it. (I am speaking from experience)
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 6 months ago
When I was little, in such situations I was occupied either with toys or DVDs. The only difference my child would have is that DVDs would be replaced by hard drives with content I curate for them.
VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
It’s funny yeah everyone knows exactly how to raise kids until they have their own.
My parents were obsessive never letting us watch anything violent, the only way you’d tell the difference between me and my buddy that watched them all is I do a little worse than most at pop culture pub quiz rounds. I really don’t think humans are as fragile as some people assume, playing on a tablet isn’t going to melt anyone’s brain.
Socsa@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Weird how I managed to be a kid without tablets and my parents survived.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Weird how people didn’t need two or more full time jobs to afford a family back then too.
Socsa@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
My parents both worked
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 6 months ago
And look how that turned out.
If you want to sing wheels on the bus with your kids for that five hour car ride, more power to you. You’re a stronger mind than I. My kids are getting tablets.