Submitted by Sam (not verified) on Sat, 08/03/2008 - 1:54pm.
I wholeheartedly applaud and support your actions. The kids of today are techno-junkies and it shows in their attitudes to life and the people around them.
I know of a very anti-social boy who is now 15, and he spends his days locked away in his room playing online games. When talking to him, he does little more than grunt, always looks sullen and grumpy and has no life apart from his computer. His mother (solo) has done him no favours by allowing this situation to happen.
Television is an excellent educational medium, yet too many people use it to babysit their kids and don't monitor or ration what their kids are watching. That never happened in our house. TV was for teaching the kids and when it wasn't being used they were encouraged to go outside to play. No computer games, no X-Box, no I-Pods or anything of that nature.
I was discussing this very issue with someone the other day. I see all these kids walking around with these damn earplugs stuffed in their ears and an I-Pod or similar hanging off the end. They have music spamming their brains 24/7! They have never switched off and listened to the sounds around them. It's not good for their brains. No wonder we have a society of anti-social and angry kids!
A house without all these distractions is indeed a much better place.
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I wholeheartedly applaud and
I wholeheartedly applaud and support your actions. The kids of today are techno-junkies and it shows in their attitudes to life and the people around them.
I know of a very anti-social boy who is now 15, and he spends his days locked away in his room playing online games. When talking to him, he does little more than grunt, always looks sullen and grumpy and has no life apart from his computer. His mother (solo) has done him no favours by allowing this situation to happen.
Television is an excellent educational medium, yet too many people use it to babysit their kids and don't monitor or ration what their kids are watching. That never happened in our house. TV was for teaching the kids and when it wasn't being used they were encouraged to go outside to play. No computer games, no X-Box, no I-Pods or anything of that nature.
I was discussing this very issue with someone the other day. I see all these kids walking around with these damn earplugs stuffed in their ears and an I-Pod or similar hanging off the end. They have music spamming their brains 24/7! They have never switched off and listened to the sounds around them. It's not good for their brains. No wonder we have a society of anti-social and angry kids!
A house without all these distractions is indeed a much better place.