Words of Wisdom

Youth is wasted on the young.

Monday 24 March 2008

I Have Some Amazing Readers

For those of you who don't always read comments, may I encourage you to go here and see what these fine ladies had to say about their approaches to technology in their kids' lives (also Elisa but she doesn't have a blog....maybe she should!!!!????).

I am encouraged by the quality of response to this discussion! :-) but it would still be great to hear from a few dads. Fathers in the family are often great fans of the interactive simulation game; I guess it has replaced shooting cans off the fence or fishing as a father/son activity. What are the merits fathers?? Speak up!

3 comments:

Gawlerites said...

I have always been known for jumping into a hornets nest and this discussion is probably one of the biggest that I have attempted so here goes:-
The advance in technology with regards to home installations has been huge over the last 30 to 40 years and what a tremendous difference it has made not only to the Adult generations but unfortunately to the younger set..
I am one of the older ones (ancient) that not only uses but builds the things as well so I can be blamed for what has happened to the younger ones sense of adventure. Growing up in the 40s and 50s we were never bored, if we even used that word we would be either clouted or given the nastiest job in the household to do (and without extra pocket money for doing it). We went out with our friends and got up to harmless mischief or just enjoyed ourselves without the use of electronics, in fact I am not sure we knew what electronics were. On the other side I think provided the young person who is using the electronic fun machines or watching the TV understands that there is a life that can be enjoyed if there is a sudden power cut or the hard drive catches fire I find in my limited wisdom that there is not a single thing wrong, but this must be up to the parent to teach that there is this other life

Professor Booty said...

This father is brain dead from four days of house disassembly. ;)

The boy is more interested in bits of paper and my watch right now that electronic gadgets anyway...

kim said...

An interesting discussion. I'm afraid we're a technologically advanced household. My husband not only owns an xbox 360, but also a wii. Lauren has a preschool gaming system and her own computer. She's already very good at using the mouse and keyboard and navigates well around several child-friendly websites.
I don't have a problem with her using any of it. Especially through this long, cold winter, I'm glad she has something to keep her occupied for awhile.
That said, I'd never let her sit all day and play on the computer or a video game. And once the weather warms up and we're able to get outside, I know she'll prefer to play outside and run around with the neighbors rather than sit inside with a game.