Things are really Bad

[Manuel01]

We just had a couple visiting us with a 4 year old Boy. As expected, the child was playing at his tablet the whole time.
My wife went into the garden and brought him a snow white baby rabbit that was born just 3 weeks ago (cutest thing on earth).
The mother of the boy tried to take his tablet away so he can hold the baby rabbit. He got hysterical and did not even want to look at the rabbit.
Screaming only ended after he had his tablet back. Can this world still be saved !? I honestly doubt it.

 

[irishpaddy]

Dont give the tablet back ...send kid to room

 

[josh2203]

Screaming only ended after he had his tablet back. Can this world still be saved !? I honestly doubt it.

That's where things went wrong. So the kids bad behavior was accepted or even rewarded by the mother (I don't mean to disrespect anyone).

Yes, this world can be saved but it takes effort, this thing called parenting and a lot of work. Both of us (me an my wife) were just recently in regular meetings with the school staff (school nurse) with our kids and even though they are far from being the worst, we were still scolded heavily due to the "screen time" we reported them having. Based on their "guidance books", it should be at max 2-3 hours per day I think. My opinion is that a bit more does not do any harm, but the OPs example goes to an extreme. I admit our kids might do slightly more, in particular when the weather is bad outside, but you cannot keep them away from anything outdoors when the sun is shining...

 

[Gadfly]

 

[Uzin]

I remember when personal computers were becoming popular in offices and homes, the kids and youth, who were allowed near them, were instinctively picking up how to use them, while the older generation, their parents, not that old, just maybe 40+, were totally stuck...! Still are mind you... 😅

Now we have even younger generations hooked on tablets and mobile phones, just wait until AI start working it's way, seriously, in our lives..., we will be totally lost, while the 5 year olds, using it, be smarter than their parents and grand parents...! 😯

I see this as next step in our evolution, humans will not evolve with extra fingers or eyes etc., but the next step in our evolution is our brains, and as it's physically not going to get any bigger soon, the computers and AI will be our next generation, I'm sure humans will move into cloud soon, our brain I mean... 😎

Just seat back and enjoy the ride, no point in fighting it...! 🤗

 

[malko]

Nothing new.
40 years ago parents who couldn't be bothered tending their kids sat them in front of the TV.
30 years ago they sat them in front of a gaming console or a PC.
Today it's in front of a tablet or smartphone.

 

[Ecoman1949]

Nothing new.
40 years ago parents who couldn't be bothered tending their kids sat them in front of the TV.
30 years ago they sat them in front of a gaming console or a PC.
Today it's in front of a tablet or smartphone.

What is new is the apps and programs these young minds become addicted to and the effect on their cognitive abilities as they get older. A few governments have filed lawsuits against social media companies because of this.

My ex-wife was a child psychologist with a major school board. Whenever teachers saw very young children displaying overt sexual behaviour, she was contacted to determine the problem. The problem was parents not monitoring what their children were watching (porn) or blocking their children’s access to adult sites. It’s a very different world for young children now.

 

[Manuel01]

Nothing new.
40 years ago parents who couldn't be bothered tending their kids sat them in front of the TV.
30 years ago they sat them in front of a gaming console or a PC.
Today it's in front of a tablet or smartphone.

I disagree, i'm 58 years old and when i grew up, watching TV was a privilege. I spend 95% of my free time playing with real toys or outside in the nature. I think it is totally unacceptable that parents allow their kids to be hooked to any electronic device.

 

[windeguy]

We just had a couple visiting us with a 4 year old Boy. As expected, the child was playing at his tablet the whole time.
My wife went into the garden and brought him a snow white baby rabbit that was born just 3 weeks ago (cutest thing on earth).
The mother of the boy tried to take his tablet away so he can hold the baby rabbit. He got hysterical and did not even want to look at the rabbit.
Screaming only ended after he had his tablet back. Can this world still be saved !? I honestly doubt it.

Now you know why Steve Jobs did not want his kids to have such devices. The man was responsible for this sourge on the world.
But if he didn't do it, someone else would have.

 

[windeguy]

Nothing new.
40 years ago parents who couldn't be bothered tending their kids sat them in front of the TV.
30 years ago they sat them in front of a gaming console or a PC.
Today it's in front of a tablet or smartphone.

Believe it or not, they had TV when I grew up . I watched TV for mayb 4 hours a week. I played Baseball, Basketball, learned to play an instrument, rode my bike and visited friends all over the city. Things were nothing like they are today with smart phones/tablets and adults living in their parents basements.

 

[malko]

What is new is the apps and programs these young minds become addicted to and the effect on their cognitive abilities as they get older. A few governments have filed lawsuits against social media companies because of this.

My ex-wife was a child psychologist with a major school board. Whenever teachers saw very young children displaying overt sexual behaviour, she was contacted to determine the problem. The problem was parents not monitoring what their children were watching (porn) or blocking their children’s access to adult sites. It’s a very different world for young children now.

But before that is was violent video games.
And before that is was violent movies.
And before that it was deviant music like rock and roll.


In my opinion its the excess of anything that is bad for the kids --- and adults for that matter.

 

[malko]

I disagree, i'm 58 years old and when i grew up, watching TV was a privilege. I spend 95% of my free time playing with real toys or outside in the nature. I think it is totally unacceptable that parents allow their kids to be hooked to any electronic device.

I am 44 and TV was also a privilege. Lots of outdoor playing as well along with lots of reading.
But only because my parents gave a 💩.
Many of my friends were sat in front of the TV for hours so that they wouldn't bug their parents.

The issue is not the electronic devices ---- I grew up in the golden age of gaming consoles and computers ---- ,the issue is the lack of parental skills. Then and now.

 

[CristoRey]

The problem was parents not monitoring what their children were watching (porn) or blocking their children’s access to adult sites. It’s a very different world for young children now.

It's not just porn.
The internet has removed all barriers between childhood and adulthood. What we are ending up with is children engaging in adult criminal activities like drug use, robbery and murder along with adults who at 24, 25 years of age are begging the police to let them call mommy when they get in trouble.
It's sad, sick and disgusting.

 

[Ecoman1949]

It's not just porn.
The internet has removed all barriers between childhood and adulthood. What we are ending up with is children engaging in adult criminal activities like drug use, robbery and murder along with adults who at 24, 25 years of age are begging the police to let them call mommy when they get in trouble.
It's sad, sick and disgusting.

CR. We were fortunate to grow up in a time of childhood innocence where our parents set boundaries, and we respected people in authority, especially those in uniform. Drinking wasn’t legal for us until age 21, although you could join the military at age 17 and vote at age 18. The family unit isn’t what it used to be.

 

[keepcoming]

So, let's talk about how it effects the kids of the DR. One of my nephews was constantly on his computer playing video games or watching cartoons on TV. I mean almost 24/7. As he grew older, I noticed he did not handle social situations that well. To this day I really believe the video games, cartoons, is the main reason why he did not "mature" as well as my other nieces and nephews.

 

[NALs]

We just had a couple visiting us with a 4 year old Boy. As expected, the child was playing at his tablet the whole time.
My wife went into the garden and brought him a snow white baby rabbit that was born just 3 weeks ago (cutest thing on earth).
The mother of the boy tried to take his tablet away so he can hold the baby rabbit. He got hysterical and did not even want to look at the rabbit.
Screaming only ended after he had his tablet back. Can this world still be saved !? I honestly doubt it.

In other words, he’s a normal child in this 2024… errr, it’s 2025 already,

 

[LindseyKaufman]

Here is a response from someone on the front lines. And this just happened today.

We have a child in our kindergarten class (pre-primaria here ) 5 year olds. His communication skills are far beyond his age.
But his learning lags way behind…..maybe equal to a 3 year old although he is 5.

His parents are professionals.

We have a program in our school that we use with our smart board. It is called Boom Learning. I can download practice activities for every skill we teach. The parents can download the app and their child’s class and the child can play the same “games- learning practice.” The activities are learning based but also somewhat entertaining. The children also work on the downloaded skills on our smart board, but the beauty of it is that each parent can download the ap on their phone, log into their child’s account and their child can play the same games (practice the same skills taught in class) and the beauty of it all is this: The results- whether in school or at home- can be downloaded in to a report that I can print out.

So today, a parent came asking me to help him download the app for his child. He gave me his child’s phone, a 5 year old. And there had to be almost 50 gaming apps in this child’s phone.

I told the Father that I would place our learning app on the child’s phone on the condition that he erase every other gaming app. And I explained that I believe his learning lags behind because of all the gaming.

Later today I received a message the all other games were eliminated.

I will let you know if his learning skills improve. I bet they will!

 

[lifeisgreat]

Hopefully parents don’t load games back on after..

 

[bob saunders]

My wife got an iPhone 16 pro for XMAS from her son. She is still trying to figure it out. She was trying to share some files and couldn't figure it out. A couple of the grade two girls showed her how to do it and taught her a few other things as well.

 

[irishpaddy]

Here is a response from someone on the front lines. And this just happened today.

We have a child in our kindergarten class (pre-primaria here ) 5 year olds. His communication skills are far beyond his age.
But his learning lags way behind…..maybe equal to a 3 year old although he is 5.

His parents are professionals.

We have a program in our school that we use with our smart board. It is called Boom Learning. I can download practice activities for every skill we teach. The parents can download the app and their child’s class and the child can play the same “games- learning practice.” The activities are learning based but also somewhat entertaining. The children also work on the downloaded skills on our smart board, but the beauty of it is that each parent can download the ap on their phone, log into their child’s account and their child can play the same games (practice the same skills taught in class) and the beauty of it all is this: The results- whether in school or at home- can be downloaded in to a report that I can print out.

So today, a parent came asking me to help him download the app for his child. He gave me his child’s phone, a 5 year old. And there had to be almost 50 gaming apps in this child’s phone.

I told the Father that I would place our learning app on the child’s phone on the condition that he erase every other gaming app. And I explained that I believe his learning lags behind because of all the gaming.

Later today I received a message the all other games were eliminated.

I will let you know if his learning skills improve. I bet they will!

If he deleted and if he doesnt allow back on