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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 20 2009, 12:21 AM (177 Views) | |
| QuirtEvans | Jan 20 2009, 12:21 AM Post #1 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1122225/The-toxic-Web-generation-Children-spend-hours-day-screens.html Speaking for my kids, I know this is true. They do go outside ... but mostly it's with the dogs. And they do read ... because they have to read to earn screen time. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| sue | Jan 20 2009, 09:22 AM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I don't think tv screen time is the same as that spent on the computer. Kids spend a lot of time communicating with each other during their on-line screen time; whether it's or just chatting about their day, or (and I saw this develop in high school) sharing notes and information for homework, and for exams. I'd rather have a kid who is involved with something, and having some interaction with other humans, than sitting like a blorb in front of the tv. |
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| Riley | Jan 20 2009, 09:25 AM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I learn more on TNCR than I possibly could reading anything. |
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| sue | Jan 20 2009, 09:30 AM Post #4 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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uh oh. |
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| DivaDeb | Jan 20 2009, 09:34 AM Post #5 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I agree about the TV Sue (as compared to the computer)...although, I have to admit...my two girls have always been so active (Amy's sports schedule has always been crazy and now she does Army PT three mornings a week as well, and Merry dances 20-24 hours a week) that I'm almost relieved to see them sit down and watch a show. Usually, it's House or NCIS. They spend a little time on Facebook, but not a lot, just don't have that much 'free' time in their schedules. I'm not sure how they missed the message that you need to rest once in a while! |
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| brenda | Jan 20 2009, 09:35 AM Post #6 |
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Yeah, Riley, we're afraid what you are learning might be ......... (A mom's perspective there.) Hi, Riley!
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“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” ~A.A. Milne | |
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| NAK | Jan 20 2009, 08:28 PM Post #7 |
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Senior Carp
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Good grief. Some of these comments are seriously enough to make me reconsider giving my old drug habit another go: "Better they sit in front of a computer screen than being left to run wild out on the streets!" "I am all for tv, computers, games and books, it keeps them off the streets getting up to no good" (Whew. Let me take a few deep breaths.) I totally agree. Why fulfill your duties as a parent when you can let your computer babysit your kids? I have heard this argument many times, and in most cases it really only comes down to a laziness on the part of the parents to keep their kids occupied in some more constructive ways. People will always find trouble to get into if they're looking for it, whether it's on the streets or in cyberspace. And what's with all this fear of "the streets"? The streets is where people interact. It's where real life happens! It's where we learn to converse with people in a setting in which it is easiest to understand each other, without having to use smileys and other means to make sure our intent isn't lost in the often ambiguous language of typescript! I'm not trying to mark computers with a 666 here. I use them, and enjoy conversing with people I would otherwise not have ever come in contact with. It is also probably the greatest source of information ever made. I mean it. But I can't recall ever having to rely on it for work, or anything else for that matter. I know some people do, but to assert that we would be in the "stone ages", as one learned 14 year-old commented, is so astoundingly idiotic I think my IQ lowered just reading it. |
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| sue | Jan 20 2009, 09:18 PM Post #8 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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NAK, I had the same reaction when I first read the article (and the comments!!!) but when I saw where they were coming from, I took a step back. Far enough to maybe think that where I live is perhaps a very different place. I've always thought 'outside' was better, but really, maybe there are places where it is not. |
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| NAK | Jan 20 2009, 09:22 PM Post #9 |
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Point taken. But are computers really the best solution? The way some of these people talk, we're preparing the future generation to be a generation of hermits. |
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| sue | Jan 20 2009, 09:26 PM Post #10 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I hope not, but yeah, it worries me. Really glad to hear someone of your age sees that. |
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| NAK | Jan 20 2009, 09:36 PM Post #11 |
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Believe me, you're talking to the former patron saint of internet addicts. It's not healthy , and it now bothers me to see younger people - specifically my siblings, at present - following the same route. Everything in moderation. |
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