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<blockquote data-quote="Crayola13" data-source="post: 732426" data-attributes="member: 21066"><p>My son and I think TV and the XBox are delpressde. I definitely think people can learn things by watching TV, and hand and eye coordinate are greatly improved with cimpucom games. It just seems if my son sounds more than thirty minutes in that stuff, he has a meltdown. He prefers to swim, hang with friends, and volunteer at the animal shelter. He is stronger and tougher than me. Sometimes I have to go outside and have a break when we volunteer at the animal shelter. He likes to be busy--nonstop, as ooml as has someone to turn to when it gets to be too much. Volunteering at the animal shelter is heartbreaking at times, even through he loves it. We adopted two little black kittens last year, but we agreed in advance, that is it. I also had him volunteering at the battered women's shelter. I explained to him that it would be good for him to see how some women have to live. My son is naturally curious, and has started expressing interest in becoming an investigative journalist or reporter on various social issues such as these. It seems like when he has a project to focus on, he is hapoh because it gets his creative juices flowing. We've taught him empathy and compassion from preschool age, and I can see that when he talks to these women at the shelter, he is so mature, kind, and concious of their feelings, trying to phrase questions in such a careful way so not to embarrass them or talk down to them. I wouldn't have been able to do that at his age. He helps them make their beds and tries to connect them with services they need, ehiwh they usually turn away. He plays ball with their kids. It's not that my son is cimplcompl mature. Remember a few months ago when he was doing jumping stunts in the stairs? His shoes weren't conplcomplon, so he fell out if one of his shoes and went to the ER with a broken ankle. But, I'll tell you, he is much more mature than I was at that age. I would have been screaming my head off and lashing out at everybody, demanding they wait on me hand and foot. He handled the fracture so well like it never happened. I don't have that high of a pain tolerance. The point ImI trying to make is that occupying the mind will help a lot of problems. The problems won't vanish, but a person has to have something fun to focus in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crayola13, post: 732426, member: 21066"] My son and I think TV and the XBox are delpressde. I definitely think people can learn things by watching TV, and hand and eye coordinate are greatly improved with cimpucom games. It just seems if my son sounds more than thirty minutes in that stuff, he has a meltdown. He prefers to swim, hang with friends, and volunteer at the animal shelter. He is stronger and tougher than me. Sometimes I have to go outside and have a break when we volunteer at the animal shelter. He likes to be busy--nonstop, as ooml as has someone to turn to when it gets to be too much. Volunteering at the animal shelter is heartbreaking at times, even through he loves it. We adopted two little black kittens last year, but we agreed in advance, that is it. I also had him volunteering at the battered women's shelter. I explained to him that it would be good for him to see how some women have to live. My son is naturally curious, and has started expressing interest in becoming an investigative journalist or reporter on various social issues such as these. It seems like when he has a project to focus on, he is hapoh because it gets his creative juices flowing. We've taught him empathy and compassion from preschool age, and I can see that when he talks to these women at the shelter, he is so mature, kind, and concious of their feelings, trying to phrase questions in such a careful way so not to embarrass them or talk down to them. I wouldn't have been able to do that at his age. He helps them make their beds and tries to connect them with services they need, ehiwh they usually turn away. He plays ball with their kids. It's not that my son is cimplcompl mature. Remember a few months ago when he was doing jumping stunts in the stairs? His shoes weren't conplcomplon, so he fell out if one of his shoes and went to the ER with a broken ankle. But, I'll tell you, he is much more mature than I was at that age. I would have been screaming my head off and lashing out at everybody, demanding they wait on me hand and foot. He handled the fracture so well like it never happened. I don't have that high of a pain tolerance. The point ImI trying to make is that occupying the mind will help a lot of problems. The problems won't vanish, but a person has to have something fun to focus in. [/QUOTE]
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