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"Bicycles bad"? I don't think anyone has said that since Victorian times. Probably not then either. If your son hadn't been into BMX/MTB/Cross (are you sure yo

"Bicycles bad"? I don't think anyone has said that since Victorian times. Probably not then either. If your son hadn't been into BMX/MTB/Cross (are you sure you mean halfpipe?) before the unlimited screen time policy, don't you think he might have ended up obsessed with computer games or youtube instead?

rock_hard 5y ago
We have never had a screen time policy. I was always unlimited. He also watches a bunch of dumb crab on YouTube…but hey, I enjoy my stupid TikTok memes too…so why wouldn’t I let him. I make fun of him when I think he does something stupid…but it’s in good spirit. My job as a parent is not to manipulate him into the life I think he should live…my job is to enable him to live his! And Yes, our 5y old takes a full size dirt park half pipe…has done so ever since he has been 3y or so. I wouldn’t do that myself…but he does He also is into skateboards, snowboards, plays basketball, soccer and what not. He got me into skateboarding at 40…don’t worry though, I wear a helmet :) In this moment I am watching him race an RC car with 30-40mph across a meadow Earlier today he was had. oculus headset strapped on and was playing job simulator
- Grustaf 5y ago
  How do you ride a dirt bike in a half pipe? I think you're mixing up terminology here. And he must be very big for his age if he can ride a full-size dirt bike. > My job as a parent is not to manipulate him into the life I think he should live That happens to be exactly what your job is. Children don't know what's best for them, that's why they have parents.
  - lazyasciiart 5y ago
    You're misreading the words. It said "full size dirt park half pipe"
    - Grustaf 5y ago
      So what does he take to the "dirt park half pipe", and what is that? I've never seen a half pipe in a dirt park, do you ride it like a snowboard half pipe or a skate ramp?

rock_hard 5y ago

We have never had a screen time policy. I was always unlimited. He also watches a bunch of dumb crab on YouTube…but hey, I enjoy my stupid TikTok memes too…so why wouldn’t I let him. I make fun of him when I think he does something stupid…but it’s in good spirit. My job as a parent is not to manipulate him into the life I think he should live…my job is to enable him to live his! And Yes, our 5y old takes a full size dirt park half pipe…has done so ever since he has been 3y or so. I wouldn’t do that myself…but he does He also is into skateboards, snowboards, plays basketball, soccer and what not. He got me into skateboarding at 40…don’t worry though, I wear a helmet :) In this moment I am watching him race an RC car with 30-40mph across a meadow Earlier today he was had. oculus headset strapped on and was playing job simulator

Grustaf 5y ago
How do you ride a dirt bike in a half pipe? I think you're mixing up terminology here. And he must be very big for his age if he can ride a full-size dirt bike. > My job as a parent is not to manipulate him into the life I think he should live That happens to be exactly what your job is. Children don't know what's best for them, that's why they have parents.
- lazyasciiart 5y ago
  You're misreading the words. It said "full size dirt park half pipe"
  - Grustaf 5y ago
    So what does he take to the "dirt park half pipe", and what is that? I've never seen a half pipe in a dirt park, do you ride it like a snowboard half pipe or a skate ramp?