It’s not easy to parent when you’re divorced, especially when you’re trying to discipline your child. There might be behaviors that dad thinks are unacceptable, but mom couldn’t care less about. These differences arise in marriages, too, but they’re easier to discuss and get on the same page about when you’re living in the same …
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‘[Do you] have one with more storage?’: 23-year-old immediately regrets giving her old iPad to her friend’s 12-year-old sister after getting accosted for upgrades without as much as a ‘thank you’
Having an iPad used to be the ultimate sign of frivolity and wealth. It had some of the capabilities of a phone and some of the capabilities of a computer, but was ultimately rather useless unless you really liked playing Candy Crush on the big screen. Nowadays, iPads can do a lot more, and the …
Seguir leyendo ‘[Do you] have one with more storage?’: 23-year-old immediately regrets giving her old iPad to her friend’s 12-year-old sister after getting accosted for upgrades without as much as a ‘thank you’
Woman ends relationship with iPad-obsessed boyfriend after he spends her grandmother’s 80th birthday celebration glued to the device: ‘I snapped’
We’re living in the age of cutting-edge technology. Millions of pieces of information are at our fingertips and our brains are in need of constant stimulation to keep us engaged and entertained. The upside of all of this is that our learning capabilities are infinite—any question can be answered with a quick and simple Google …
Seguir leyendo Woman ends relationship with iPad-obsessed boyfriend after he spends her grandmother’s 80th birthday celebration glued to the device: ‘I snapped’
Parents on airplane ask mom to take away her daughter’s iPad because their 3-year-old isn’t allowed to use his on vacation, toddler cried for 2 hours when she refused: ‘The parents kept shooting me dirty looks which I just ignored’
If you’re going to be strict with your kids, you must be strong enough to stand your ground when other parents are not as strict. Let’s say you refuse to buy your kid a smartphone until they’re in 9th grade. That’s an intelligent and responsible decision on paper, but it’s much easier said than done. …
Seguir leyendo Parents on airplane ask mom to take away her daughter’s iPad because their 3-year-old isn’t allowed to use his on vacation, toddler cried for 2 hours when she refused: ‘The parents kept shooting me dirty looks which I just ignored’
Excessive screen time causes 10-year-old boy to lose his Australian accent, parents defend their parenting choices: ‘The kid obviously is deteriorating’
Everyone has a right to parent in their own way, but we also all have the right to think what we think about those choices. There are as many ways to parent as there are children in the world, and we will never understand the full scope of a situation from the outside. We can …
Seguir leyendo Excessive screen time causes 10-year-old boy to lose his Australian accent, parents defend their parenting choices: ‘The kid obviously is deteriorating’
Grandmother scolds mom for not buying her 8-year-old son a new iPad after he punched and broke his: ‘It’s unfair younger son has a tablet and older son doesn’t’
All actions have consequences, and unless parents are willing to let those consequences stand, their kids will have difficulty transitioning into adult life. A famous line of parents everywhere is «Money doesn’t grow on trees,» and they’re absolutely correct about that. Money only grows if you put it into a very specific type of investment …
Seguir leyendo Grandmother scolds mom for not buying her 8-year-old son a new iPad after he punched and broke his: ‘It’s unfair younger son has a tablet and older son doesn’t’
Parents let toddlers use noisy iPad during wedding speeches, get angry when fellow wedding guest tells them to turn it off: ‘The mother thought I was questioning her parenting skills and screen-time choices’
There is a time and place for an iPad. I am not young enough to have grown up with this useful technology in elementary school, nor old enough to have to decide whether I’m going to buy one for my children. I know that having ‘iPad kids’ is a stigmatized thing, and I understand why. …
Seguir leyendo Parents let toddlers use noisy iPad during wedding speeches, get angry when fellow wedding guest tells them to turn it off: ‘The mother thought I was questioning her parenting skills and screen-time choices’
‘The darkest timeline imaginable’: Gen Alpha toddler horrifies internet by browsing 4chan on iPad
Perhaps the biggest difference between a kid born today and one born thirty years ago is the relationship that they have with screens. While there’s no denying that most adults are addicted to their phones, they have nothing on the iPad kids who seem to have been glued to a tablet since the day that …
Seguir leyendo ‘The darkest timeline imaginable’: Gen Alpha toddler horrifies internet by browsing 4chan on iPad
‘Letting the tablet raise them’: Parents share the parenting trends they disagree with
Throughout the past 100 years, many different parenting trends have gone in and out of style. One of the biggest trends that has all but dissipated is parents leaving their kids outside to play by themselves for hours at a time. Starting with panic about child abductions in the 80s, compounded with the rise of …
Seguir leyendo ‘Letting the tablet raise them’: Parents share the parenting trends they disagree with
5-year-old stars the day with a chocolate bar and iPad time, commenters chastise parents: ‘What level of brain rot’
I was a picky kid. There wasn’t a lot I’d be willing to eat for breakfast, but cereal was one of them. I craved that hit of sugar in the mornings. I still do, though I realize that a bowl of cereal is not nearly enough to keep me sustained for more than an hour. …
Seguir leyendo 5-year-old stars the day with a chocolate bar and iPad time, commenters chastise parents: ‘What level of brain rot’