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Wait to see what will happen in the next few years. With cellphones, videogames and the pandemic kids have almost zero free play outside with other kids. I do

by alfor 4y ago

Wait to see what will happen in the next few years. With cellphones, videogames and the pandemic kids have almost zero free play outside with other kids. I don’t know how to change this, even if I become strict with my kids, there is no kids outside anymore. It’s going to get much worse.

silisili 4y ago
Noticed mostly the same. I still think it's a win, our kid seems much happier and more outgoing than a lot of others that end up over. Further, she tends to find friends with similar minded kids, I guess because they don't have much in common with someone glued to their phones. I've had to actually ban kids from our house for their shitty attitudes and/or social media addiction, which may or may not be related. I don't care if I'm too strict, if you try to entice a 9 year old into sexy dancing for TikTok, you ain't coming back. Ever.
- dopeboy 4y ago
  I respect the heck out of that - it takes guts banning your kid’s friends. Curious - how did you carry this out? You told your child to stop inviting them or you asked the problematic kid’s parents?
  - teaearlgraycold 4y ago
    My parents did this growing up. They’d tell me directly about the child being banned and to not invite them over.
  - silisili 4y ago
    I can remember two examples. One was wife's friend's kid. That was a very problematic child - cussing, bullying, making nasty tiktok vids, and often verbally abusing her mom in front of us all. That one was a little hairier but that kid would make my blood boil to the point of wanting to smack her mouth, we talked it over, and decided the friend nor the kid would be over again. The other was a neighborhood kid, we just told ours she could still play with her, but not come over anymore. That one wasn't as bad, I just remember our daughter crying and coming in and telling us her friend didn't want to play anything and was just playing with her phone.
leobg 4y ago
Not to forget advertising and social media that specifically target kids and condition them to care about artificial goals.

by alfor 4y ago

silisili 4y ago

Noticed mostly the same. I still think it's a win, our kid seems much happier and more outgoing than a lot of others that end up over. Further, she tends to find friends with similar minded kids, I guess because they don't have much in common with someone glued to their phones. I've had to actually ban kids from our house for their shitty attitudes and/or social media addiction, which may or may not be related. I don't care if I'm too strict, if you try to entice a 9 year old into sexy dancing for TikTok, you ain't coming back. Ever.

dopeboy 4y ago
I respect the heck out of that - it takes guts banning your kid’s friends. Curious - how did you carry this out? You told your child to stop inviting them or you asked the problematic kid’s parents?
- teaearlgraycold 4y ago
  My parents did this growing up. They’d tell me directly about the child being banned and to not invite them over.
- silisili 4y ago
  I can remember two examples. One was wife's friend's kid. That was a very problematic child - cussing, bullying, making nasty tiktok vids, and often verbally abusing her mom in front of us all. That one was a little hairier but that kid would make my blood boil to the point of wanting to smack her mouth, we talked it over, and decided the friend nor the kid would be over again. The other was a neighborhood kid, we just told ours she could still play with her, but not come over anymore. That one wasn't as bad, I just remember our daughter crying and coming in and telling us her friend didn't want to play anything and was just playing with her phone.

leobg 4y ago

Not to forget advertising and social media that specifically target kids and condition them to care about artificial goals.