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> we've only recently discovered that the headphones that came with the car for the DVD player not only work, but will let Michelle and I listen to Wait, Wait w

> we've only recently discovered that the headphones that came with the car for the DVD player not only work, but will let Michelle and I listen to Wait, Wait without the loud protestations of the kids (since they can watch a movie while we listen to podcasts) I don’t have kids and this guy can raise his kids however he pleases as far as I’m concerned but: it strikes me that letting the kids always consume Kid Media feels like a bad idea. There’s exposure to adult concerns and concepts they’re missing out on. There’s probably something they’re missing in learning about sharing. There’s a variety of input they’re lacking. They’re sitting there in a little bubble of media created for kids, designed in part to exploit kids to make money - “buy all our play sets and toys”, as one Homestar episode out it. Whenever I was in the car as a kid, it was Mom’s hand on the radio dial. Mostly the local classical/NPR station. I didn’t always like it but sometimes I was surprised by what I did. I dunno, something about media bubbles, something about the vast task of passing on some measure of your values to your kids, also something about getting the little bastards to STFU and let you drive on a long trip too.

Jgrubb 8y ago
> I don’t have kids I used to think all kinds of things about how we'd raise our kids before we had them, but I'm pretty satisfied with the job that we're doing overall - they're outside catching the first frogs of spring in the creek that goes by our house at this very moment. However, sometimes when you're driving for hours to somewhere they get a little bored and want to watch a movie. And sometimes you get bored of listening to the dialog from Hotel Transylvania and want to listen to a podcast and then you discover how handy those headphones actually are. edit: I mean, this is constructive feedback and I do appreciate it. And you should absolutely think about your parenting strategy before you have children as well. It's just that, well, sometimes your opinions on things soften as you age and gain domain experience is all...
- egypturnash 8y ago
  I am pretty sure I am never going to have kids. :) That part about letting the kids watch movies while the parents listen to adult things, without the context of "on a multi-hour drive", just struck me and I wanted to interrogate it a bit.

Jgrubb 8y ago

> I don’t have kids I used to think all kinds of things about how we'd raise our kids before we had them, but I'm pretty satisfied with the job that we're doing overall - they're outside catching the first frogs of spring in the creek that goes by our house at this very moment. However, sometimes when you're driving for hours to somewhere they get a little bored and want to watch a movie. And sometimes you get bored of listening to the dialog from Hotel Transylvania and want to listen to a podcast and then you discover how handy those headphones actually are. edit: I mean, this is constructive feedback and I do appreciate it. And you should absolutely think about your parenting strategy before you have children as well. It's just that, well, sometimes your opinions on things soften as you age and gain domain experience is all...

egypturnash 8y ago
I am pretty sure I am never going to have kids. :) That part about letting the kids watch movies while the parents listen to adult things, without the context of "on a multi-hour drive", just struck me and I wanted to interrogate it a bit.