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Demsrule86

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50. Gaming is done on social media. My son (grown) has friends he met playing WOW.

Tue May 10, 2022, 02:02 PM

May 2022

They are still friends...the ones from Canada came to his wedding in Ohio. I always supervise my kids in any endeavor but I think you are handicapping your kids to not allow them to participate in technology they will use for the rest of their lives is a mistake...and I am old enough to remember the fury about games and gaming...it seemed silly to me at the time and still does. I still have younger kids and a grandchild...I have to wonder what the median age of those who think that denying a kid modern technology and making him/her 'the other'...the weird kid is OK...it is not. I speak from experience. I was sent to junior high in mary Jane shoes and cute little girl dresses.

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Meet the parents who refuse to give their kids smartphones [View all] brooklynite May 2022 OP

My house would be no less then 13 years old jimfields33 May 2022 #1

Ours was 16 - Ms. Toad May 2022 #14

That's even better. You did great! jimfields33 May 2022 #15

She did have access to the internet - Ms. Toad May 2022 #17

My son is 32 forthemiddle May 2022 #18

Given that we parents still have (mostly) dumb phones Ms. Toad May 2022 #22

I use mine as a GPS and to manage my ADHD...honestly, I think technology is fantastic. Demsrule86 May 2022 #45

If cell phones had been available when I was a teenager, my parents would have given one sooner csziggy May 2022 #33

Nope. I want the ability to track where my kids is at all times...too many bad people out there Demsrule86 May 2022 #43

Posted from iPhone Johnny2X2X May 2022 #2

Zombification. 2naSalit May 2022 #6

Such parents do their kids a disservice. Like it or not. This is the world they live in. Demsrule86 May 2022 #3

Children's brains are not developed enough to deal with social media Sympthsical May 2022 #9

Indeed, there are plenty of adults who are taken for a ride by social media ck4829 May 2022 #12

This might come as a shock. Act_of_Reparation May 2022 #16

That's not really an answer Sympthsical May 2022 #26

I heard the same thing about gaming...and making a kid an outcast isn't good psychologically Demsrule86 May 2022 #39

Gaming and social media are not the same things Sympthsical May 2022 #44

Gaming is done on social media. My son (grown) has friends he met playing WOW. Demsrule86 May 2022 #50

I have a degree in psychology and access to PubMed. Act_of_Reparation May 2022 #53

I know right? Demsrule86 May 2022 #41

Sorry that is just BS...I was a military brat and when got Dad got out we moved to Connecticut. Demsrule86 May 2022 #38

The world you grew up in is not the world as it exists now Sympthsical May 2022 #46

Kids picking on kids perceived to be 'weird' hasn't changed. And you are trying to hold Demsrule86 May 2022 #52

Well, not teaching your kid anything about technology can only harm them. Demsrule86 May 2022 #42

Monsters! dawg May 2022 #4

I didn't. madaboutharry May 2022 #5

I like the idea of a dumb phone for kids/teens. honest.abe May 2022 #7

Well, these days, kids need smartphones for school oregonjen May 2022 #8

My kids sorta had dumb phones... LeftInTX May 2022 #10

But the phones could save the kids lives in an emergency MagickMuffin May 2022 #11

By the time kids are old enough to be out by themselves, they need a means to make phone calls. Ms. Toad May 2022 #13

The phone on the corner costed a dime crazylikafox May 2022 #21

Looks like it probably was a dime for most of my growing up years. Ms. Toad May 2022 #23

We Must Be Around The Same Age ProfessorGAC May 2022 #40

Wow! How did I survive my childhood, teenage years, young adulthood? BlackSkimmer May 2022 #34

The world wasn't quite as dangerous back then MagickMuffin May 2022 #35

Are we talking US kids? LakeArenal May 2022 #19

Meet this week's generational warfare piece. Act_of_Reparation May 2022 #20

My kids did not have phone or social forums until 16. I wanted home to be a safe LizBeth May 2022 #24

educational events/ conferences often ask us to "take out our phones" and respond to questions Demovictory9 May 2022 #25

My kids are 24 and 27. They did not have that issue. So I did not run into that quandry. LizBeth May 2022 #27

from college kids in class to adults at conferences. Your kids would have that issue today Demovictory9 May 2022 #29

No they would not seeing that at under 16 they were not in either college, or at adult conferences. LizBeth May 2022 #30

It is about Parenting, at the end of the day. Caliman73 May 2022 #28

Psychologists wrote the same about TV in the 1970's, Computer Games JCMach1 May 2022 #31

Yep. Any new technology is seen as a threat DavidDvorkin May 2022 #36

David Leonhardt in the NY Times today had a column Tomconroy May 2022 #32

They're just using their friends devices Arazi May 2022 #37

I seriously have not idea what to say really...I mean I love technology and have used it for Demsrule86 May 2022 #47

Same shit different era. CrackityJones75 May 2022 #48

Recommended. H2O Man May 2022 #49

Every parent does their own thing. I'm not a restrictive parent Buckeyeblue May 2022 #51