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Eh, I took a 1:1 with my manager and he was holding his newborn right there. Its a slightly different world of work now, I was just glad I wasn't in his positio

by mym1990 4y ago

Eh, I took a 1:1 with my manager and he was holding his newborn right there. Its a slightly different world of work now, I was just glad I wasn't in his position.

lotsofpulp 4y ago
A newborn that has been fed and slept and lays around is easy, but it is not long before the kid wants to play with keyboard and mouse and headphones and unplug things, etc. I setup my brother MFC printer on the ground so they can mess with the display and open and shut the flatbed scanner and whatnot. The device can apparently take quite a beating.
- kridsdale2 4y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjsSr3z5nVk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjsSr3z5nVk
- bombcar 4y ago
  Kids adore doing whatever their parents are doing, so giving them some "office equipment" can be a great way to get them "working away" for quite some time. Maybe I should dig up some old IBM PCs, those things were tank-like, but likely the kids would start trying to beat each other with the keyboard.
  - Terr_ 4y ago
    > Kids adore doing whatever their parents are doing Sometimes I worry that many parents focus in "teaching" or "instilling" a desired behavior at the expense of "role-modeling" it through personal lived demonstration. The latter can be far more powerful because of how kids are hardwired to mimic adults... at least up until a certain age where they go the opposite way. :P > Maybe I should dig up some old IBM PCs It's be great if there were more "child's version of adult thing" toys that focused on a realistic appearance rather than multicolored plastic. (Unless there's some research showing that actually helps?)
    - throwaway27727 4y ago
      I was playing with my baby's fisher-price rotary phone (the rolling one with the googly eyes) and realized that in the past they would have had much more fun playing with it, since they saw mommy and daddy doing the same thing. It's unfortunate that much of the tools we use today exist virtually, making our kids interests totally virtual as well.
      - Terr_ 4y ago
        Yeah, there are some interactive My First Digital Device things out there (or baby-software to run on a real tablet one) but IMO that is a double-edged sword with respect to physical activity and screen-time addiction.

Eh, I took a 1:1 with my manager and he was holding his newborn right there. Its a slightly different world of work now, I was just glad I wasn't in his position.

lotsofpulp 4y ago

A newborn that has been fed and slept and lays around is easy, but it is not long before the kid wants to play with keyboard and mouse and headphones and unplug things, etc. I setup my brother MFC printer on the ground so they can mess with the display and open and shut the flatbed scanner and whatnot. The device can apparently take quite a beating.

kridsdale2 4y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjsSr3z5nVk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjsSr3z5nVk
bombcar 4y ago
Kids adore doing whatever their parents are doing, so giving them some "office equipment" can be a great way to get them "working away" for quite some time. Maybe I should dig up some old IBM PCs, those things were tank-like, but likely the kids would start trying to beat each other with the keyboard.
- Terr_ 4y ago
  > Kids adore doing whatever their parents are doing Sometimes I worry that many parents focus in "teaching" or "instilling" a desired behavior at the expense of "role-modeling" it through personal lived demonstration. The latter can be far more powerful because of how kids are hardwired to mimic adults... at least up until a certain age where they go the opposite way. :P > Maybe I should dig up some old IBM PCs It's be great if there were more "child's version of adult thing" toys that focused on a realistic appearance rather than multicolored plastic. (Unless there's some research showing that actually helps?)
  - throwaway27727 4y ago
    I was playing with my baby's fisher-price rotary phone (the rolling one with the googly eyes) and realized that in the past they would have had much more fun playing with it, since they saw mommy and daddy doing the same thing. It's unfortunate that much of the tools we use today exist virtually, making our kids interests totally virtual as well.
    - Terr_ 4y ago
      Yeah, there are some interactive My First Digital Device things out there (or baby-software to run on a real tablet one) but IMO that is a double-edged sword with respect to physical activity and screen-time addiction.