We’ve got a baby so haven’t had the worst of this yet but even at a few months old I can see the effect of screens - She’s entranced even by a music video or a podcast if she sees it.
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Good to hear. By the sound of it, I suppose you’re already way ahead of the herd.
My oldest (10) is the only kid in his class/football team/neighbourhood/friend group without his own tablet.. luckily he’s a good kid and he understands why we do what we do (we’re open and vocal about it). It also keeps us in check: no phones during dinner, movies, games, social interactions etc.
But goddamn I hate to say it.. I’m extremely pessimistic for the coming generation(s). We’ve had 10 year olds come over who couldn’t watch a 90-minute movie because the attention span just wasn’t there.. 8 year olds coming to a sleepover with a tablet and a powerbank, unable to play boardgames because of the patience required.. 3 year olds who can’t go more than an hour without watching some YouTube.. it’s gruesome once you see it with your own eyes..
And don’t even get me started on the attention-cancer they call Roblox (35M active *daily* users in the US and Europe <16!!)
Whatever you do, stay as far away from that shit as you can.
My generation likes to dump on the boomers for fucking everyone over financially and leaving us with nothing, but I think what we’re doing to the kids now is an order of magnitude worse. We’re destroying their future so we can get fat and lazy. At least the boomers got rich enough to leave us with a nice inheritance…
My oldest (10) is the only kid in his class/football team/neighbourhood/friend group without his own tablet.. luckily he’s a good kid and he understands why we do what we do (we’re open and vocal about it). It also keeps us in check: no phones during dinner, movies, games, social interactions etc.
But goddamn I hate to say it.. I’m extremely pessimistic for the coming generation(s). We’ve had 10 year olds come over who couldn’t watch a 90-minute movie because the attention span just wasn’t there.. 8 year olds coming to a sleepover with a tablet and a powerbank, unable to play boardgames because of the patience required.. 3 year olds who can’t go more than an hour without watching some YouTube.. it’s gruesome once you see it with your own eyes..
And don’t even get me started on the attention-cancer they call Roblox (35M active *daily* users in the US and Europe <16!!)
Whatever you do, stay as far away from that shit as you can.
My generation likes to dump on the boomers for fucking everyone over financially and leaving us with nothing, but I think what we’re doing to the kids now is an order of magnitude worse. We’re destroying their future so we can get fat and lazy. At least the boomers got rich enough to leave us with a nice inheritance…
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