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Post by The Rocketmen on Jul 10, 2019 13:31:58 GMT -5
Disney's Recess! I remember being in grade 2 when I started watching that and when I hit grade 4 it felt that I was the same age as them. My best memory of that show is when the school wanted to tear down the jungle gym so all the kids and parents were sitting on it singing songs. holy crap, you just reminded me of something that was really weird as a kid transitioning into adulthood is when you watch something that features "older kids" and you sort of look up to those kids in the show/movie and then you become their age and it's strange, and then you grow older than them and you look back and it gets even weirder. especially for weird things like thinking someone was hot in a teen movie and growing up and you're like "jesus christ, that's a child!" |
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Post by xx - Former Bulldozers on Jul 10, 2019 13:32:56 GMT -5
I'll make it a rule. I don't care if they go to their friend's house or if their friend comes to my house. Technology is off limits and if you use it you lose privileges. I'm not gonna have kids who are addicted to phones before they can even do their times tables. In one sense, I get this. In another, new studies are actually suggesting that phones and video games are not reducing people's ability to socialize, it's just that socializing is now different. Back in the 50s, there were no phones, and telephone calls were brutal. So people socialized by hanging out at hang out spots like diners, drive-ins and shit, rotting their brains. In the 80s, no cell phones, people drove around and hung out at pool halls and basements watching tv and rotting their brains. 90s, kids got together and played games and rotted their brains. 00s, kids get together and hang out on their phones and watch videos and rot their brains. You gotta think, the things we find nostalgic are absurd to our parents, and vice-versa. So the things you remember from your childhood, you can share with your kids, but your kids are going to find interests based in the world they live in as well. And then when they are 30, they can look back and think about their cell phones as being "the good old days." Socialization is not a matter of skill in conversing with someone in a public space and being physical with the earth or whatever the fuck old people are yelling about. It's just a matter of being able to socialize and have a good time with people in whatever way people are doing it. We're socializing right now on an obscure website forum, and none of us find it weird. Also, back when there were no phones, there were still a ton of people who were socially awkward. They were called nerds and geeks for reading books or comic books lol or hanging out playing dungeons and dragons and rotting their brains with nonsense. Or listening to music, the devil's music, and rotting their brains. It's not the socializing I'm against. Be social all you want. But I don't want my kid's focus to be on technology and not on school. Too many parents nowadays just through an ipad at their kid to make them shut up. Hell, my aunt and uncle can't even feed my baby cousin without him watching a video or else he'll throw a tantrum. There's no way I'm gonna let my kids be like that. |
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Post by xx - Former Bulldozers on Jul 10, 2019 13:35:07 GMT -5
Disney's Recess! I remember being in grade 2 when I started watching that and when I hit grade 4 it felt that I was the same age as them. My best memory of that show is when the school wanted to tear down the jungle gym so all the kids and parents were sitting on it singing songs. holy crap, you just reminded me of something that was really weird as a kid transitioning into adulthood is when you watch something that features "older kids" and you sort of look up to those kids in the show/movie and then you become their age and it's strange, and then you grow older than them and you look back and it gets even weirder. especially for weird things like thinking someone was hot in a teen movie and growing up and you're like "jesus christ, that's a child!" Right? I remember having a huge crush on Kim Possible when I was like 12 and she's 16/17 so now that I'm 21 it's kind of weird, especially considering that she is a fictional character. |
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Post by The Rocketmen on Jul 10, 2019 13:35:58 GMT -5
In one sense, I get this. In another, new studies are actually suggesting that phones and video games are not reducing people's ability to socialize, it's just that socializing is now different. Back in the 50s, there were no phones, and telephone calls were brutal. So people socialized by hanging out at hang out spots like diners, drive-ins and shit, rotting their brains. In the 80s, no cell phones, people drove around and hung out at pool halls and basements watching tv and rotting their brains. 90s, kids got together and played games and rotted their brains. 00s, kids get together and hang out on their phones and watch videos and rot their brains. You gotta think, the things we find nostalgic are absurd to our parents, and vice-versa. So the things you remember from your childhood, you can share with your kids, but your kids are going to find interests based in the world they live in as well. And then when they are 30, they can look back and think about their cell phones as being "the good old days." Socialization is not a matter of skill in conversing with someone in a public space and being physical with the earth or whatever the fuck old people are yelling about. It's just a matter of being able to socialize and have a good time with people in whatever way people are doing it. We're socializing right now on an obscure website forum, and none of us find it weird. Also, back when there were no phones, there were still a ton of people who were socially awkward. They were called nerds and geeks for reading books or comic books lol or hanging out playing dungeons and dragons and rotting their brains with nonsense. Or listening to music, the devil's music, and rotting their brains. It's not the socializing I'm against. Be social all you want. But I don't want my kid's focus to be on technology and not on school. Too many parents nowadays just through an ipad at their kid to make them shut up. Hell, my aunt and uncle can't even feed my baby cousin without him watching a video or else he'll throw a tantrum. There's no way I'm gonna let my kids be like that. Again, to be fair, unless I'm like sitting at a table and chatting with people (and I actively want to do that), I basically get irritated if I can't multi-task while I'm eating by watching something at the same time. It's legitimately annoying as fuck to have to sit somewhere and not have my phone or listen to something while I'm eating. If I have the ability to multi-task while doing something, I absolutely will. I don't blame technology for being part of every day life, if every day life now features technology. It just kind of is what it is. Only when abuse comes into it would I ever be worried about it. The things they are actively engaging in being where the abuse can come into play. But if they are just having a good time and generally being a good kid, then I don't see the harm in them using the things we pay so much fucking money for. That's like going from doing dishes in the sink to using a dishwasher and then yelling at people for using the dishwasher when they can be using the sink. But again, if you're spending so much money on a dishwasher, fucking use it? |
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Post by The Rocketmen on Jul 10, 2019 13:36:29 GMT -5
holy crap, you just reminded me of something that was really weird as a kid transitioning into adulthood is when you watch something that features "older kids" and you sort of look up to those kids in the show/movie and then you become their age and it's strange, and then you grow older than them and you look back and it gets even weirder. especially for weird things like thinking someone was hot in a teen movie and growing up and you're like "jesus christ, that's a child!" Right? I remember having a huge crush on Kim Possible when I was like 12 and she's 16/17 so now that I'm 21 it's kind of weird, especially considering that she is a fictional character. It's weird listing an age to a cartoon character voiced by a probable 40 year old lol |
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Post by xx - Former Bulldozers on Jul 10, 2019 13:53:33 GMT -5
It's not the socializing I'm against. Be social all you want. But I don't want my kid's focus to be on technology and not on school. Too many parents nowadays just through an ipad at their kid to make them shut up. Hell, my aunt and uncle can't even feed my baby cousin without him watching a video or else he'll throw a tantrum. There's no way I'm gonna let my kids be like that. Again, to be fair, unless I'm like sitting at a table and chatting with people (and I actively want to do that), I basically get irritated if I can't multi-task while I'm eating by watching something at the same time. It's legitimately annoying as fuck to have to sit somewhere and not have my phone or listen to something while I'm eating. If I have the ability to multi-task while doing something, I absolutely will. I don't blame technology for being part of every day life, if every day life now features technology. It just kind of is what it is. Only when abuse comes into it would I ever be worried about it. The things they are actively engaging in being where the abuse can come into play. But if they are just having a good time and generally being a good kid, then I don't see the harm in them using the things we pay so much fucking money for. That's like going from doing dishes in the sink to using a dishwasher and then yelling at people for using the dishwasher when they can be using the sink. But again, if you're spending so much money on a dishwasher, fucking use it? They can watch tv, for a couple of hours a day, but I don't want their lives revolving around technology. I don't believe that technology is meant for kids. I used to be an A student, got an iPod and my marks dropped significantly. Hell, my ex never had wifi in her house until she was 19 and her and her sisters all finished in honour roll in high school. Now yes, those are just two examples but my point is that if they don't have too many distractions or aren't easily distracted then they will likely do better in school and be smarter because of it. I mean, I had a notebook in grade 5 that I would just do multiplications in all the way up to 20 just for fun and now I have all of those memorized while kids my age still struggle with multiplication. There was even a girl my age who could barely read out loud in college and it was because her parents never taught her and she fell behind and her school didn't help her. And it was because her parents would just tell her to watch tv (like Matillda lmao) and she got screwed because of it. A little technology is fine, but my kids won't have a phone or ipad that they can stare at for countless hours a day until they're older and are responsible enough for it. |
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Post by xx - Former Bulldozers on Jul 10, 2019 13:54:09 GMT -5
Right? I remember having a huge crush on Kim Possible when I was like 12 and she's 16/17 so now that I'm 21 it's kind of weird, especially considering that she is a fictional character. It's weird listing an age to a cartoon character voiced by a probable 40 year old lol Don't even go there haha, gonna blow my mind. |
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Post by The Rocketmen on Jul 10, 2019 14:06:59 GMT -5
Again, to be fair, unless I'm like sitting at a table and chatting with people (and I actively want to do that), I basically get irritated if I can't multi-task while I'm eating by watching something at the same time. It's legitimately annoying as fuck to have to sit somewhere and not have my phone or listen to something while I'm eating. If I have the ability to multi-task while doing something, I absolutely will. I don't blame technology for being part of every day life, if every day life now features technology. It just kind of is what it is. Only when abuse comes into it would I ever be worried about it. The things they are actively engaging in being where the abuse can come into play. But if they are just having a good time and generally being a good kid, then I don't see the harm in them using the things we pay so much fucking money for. That's like going from doing dishes in the sink to using a dishwasher and then yelling at people for using the dishwasher when they can be using the sink. But again, if you're spending so much money on a dishwasher, fucking use it? They can watch tv, for a couple of hours a day, but I don't want their lives revolving around technology. I don't believe that technology is meant for kids. I used to be an A student, got an iPod and my marks dropped significantly. Hell, my ex never had wifi in her house until she was 19 and her and her sisters all finished in honour roll in high school. Now yes, those are just two examples but my point is that if they don't have too many distractions or aren't easily distracted then they will likely do better in school and be smarter because of it. I mean, I had a notebook in grade 5 that I would just do multiplications in all the way up to 20 just for fun and now I have all of those memorized while kids my age still struggle with multiplication. There was even a girl my age who could barely read out loud in college and it was because her parents never taught her and she fell behind and her school didn't help her. And it was because her parents would just tell her to watch tv (like Matillda lmao) and she got screwed because of it. A little technology is fine, but my kids won't have a phone or ipad that they can stare at for countless hours a day until they're older and are responsible enough for it. But by that logic, any household with an iPad has failing kids, and that's just not true. When I was in high school, kids had iPods and I didn't, and I still didn't get as high of grades as they did, but that's just because I didn't really try. Self-discipline is also a thing. But suggesting it is somehow the technology's fault is a tad silly. Who's the say your friends wouldn't have done even better in school had they had wifi so they could actually benefit from the internet? The girl that couldn't read, perhaps she had undiagnosed learning disability? That happens a LOT. Like a lot more than it should. |
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Post by The Rocketmen on Jul 10, 2019 14:08:46 GMT -5
It's weird listing an age to a cartoon character voiced by a probable 40 year old lol Don't even go there haha, gonna blow my mind. christy Carlson Romano, born in 1984, voiced Kim Possible. She is now 35 years old. If you watched it ten years ago, she was 25, playing a 15 year old. |
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Post by xx - Former Bulldozers on Jul 10, 2019 14:25:55 GMT -5
They can watch tv, for a couple of hours a day, but I don't want their lives revolving around technology. I don't believe that technology is meant for kids. I used to be an A student, got an iPod and my marks dropped significantly. Hell, my ex never had wifi in her house until she was 19 and her and her sisters all finished in honour roll in high school. Now yes, those are just two examples but my point is that if they don't have too many distractions or aren't easily distracted then they will likely do better in school and be smarter because of it. I mean, I had a notebook in grade 5 that I would just do multiplications in all the way up to 20 just for fun and now I have all of those memorized while kids my age still struggle with multiplication. There was even a girl my age who could barely read out loud in college and it was because her parents never taught her and she fell behind and her school didn't help her. And it was because her parents would just tell her to watch tv (like Matillda lmao) and she got screwed because of it. A little technology is fine, but my kids won't have a phone or ipad that they can stare at for countless hours a day until they're older and are responsible enough for it. But by that logic, any household with an iPad has failing kids, and that's just not true. When I was in high school, kids had iPods and I didn't, and I still didn't get as high of grades as they did, but that's just because I didn't really try. Self-discipline is also a thing. But suggesting it is somehow the technology's fault is a tad silly. Who's the say your friends wouldn't have done even better in school had they had wifi so they could actually benefit from the internet? The girl that couldn't read, perhaps she had undiagnosed learning disability? That happens a LOT. Like a lot more than it should. She was very smart and taught herself how to read in second year. For me though a kid isn't able to develop a proper self-discipline at that young of an age. Nor do they really have the brain capacity to multi task properly on homework and an ipod/ipad. I'm probably old fashioned but I'd much rather my kids grow up with little technology than with it always in their face. |
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Post by The Quads on Jul 10, 2019 14:28:27 GMT -5
Tbh, if my kids know what a TV is before the age of 15, they'll get belted
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Post by xx - Former Bulldozers on Jul 10, 2019 14:28:48 GMT -5
Don't even go there haha, gonna blow my mind. christy Carlson Romano, born in 1984, voiced Kim Possible. She is now 35 years old. If you watched it ten years ago, she was 25, playing a 15 year old. The girl who played Ren Stevens from Even Stevens? I didn't know that! I had a crush on her too lmao. Is that a crushception then  |
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Post by xx - Former Bulldozers on Jul 10, 2019 14:30:15 GMT -5
Tbh, if my kids know what a TV is before the age of 15, they'll get belted Flips flop always work better than belts. Might be an Arab thing though... |
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Post by The Quads on Jul 10, 2019 14:40:26 GMT -5
With my kids, Mr. Laraque and I will be focused on creating an optimal vegan nutritional program tailored towards equal development of all four Quads. We will have three main goals in mind - strength, size, and sustainability. During which, monthly shots will be performed directly into both gluteal muscles, since, as we all know, is connected directly to the rectus femoris. Laraque's months of gruesome research has led to his secret LTVAD (Long-term Vegan Athlete Development) nutritional guide. In this plan, it is highlighted that the 'Awareness' and 'First Contact' stages are most vital to a sustainable athletic true vegan lifestyle. iPads and CareBears? How about some fucking squats kid. Once my kids are training to compete, you think they'll be reminiscing about Lola the trannybear? No, they'll be fuel with vegan rage and optimal quads.
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Post by The Rocketmen on Jul 10, 2019 14:44:21 GMT -5
christy Carlson Romano, born in 1984, voiced Kim Possible. She is now 35 years old. If you watched it ten years ago, she was 25, playing a 15 year old. The girl who played Ren Stevens from Even Stevens? I didn't know that! I had a crush on her too lmao. Is that a crushception then that is EXACTLY what that is.   |
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