Only a lighthearted thread..
Are you grateful that your childhood happened before technology took over ?
Do you think your children missed out by not having a similar childhood to you.
Den building, riding bikes, climbing (and falling) out of trees, 20 aside street football, etc
It's a funny one because I think my lad missed out on a big part of his childhood by being lost in technology (gaming) etc but to him technology IS his childhood
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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago
South Wales |
My kids have a fairly outdoorsy lifestyle because to be honest, they are so active (youngest has ASD and is non stop on the go) that i need to tire them out!
They have an Xbox between them but they’re not on it all the time. They have a curfew for coming off it.
But i wish i could relax about them playing out more, like i used to - home before tea sort of thing. But they are both a bit young for that anyway.
No request for a mobile phone yet from my eldest so that’s one good thing. Some of his friends already have one. |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
Travelling |
There are pros and cons of both.
Social media for example as stated above can be hell for kids, a whole new level of pressure and bullying.
To be assuming "your" childhood is better than another child's from a different era is quite... Biased. You won't have experienced what it is like to be a child with current technology, and your experience for your own childhood can and is often rose tinted glasses.
I was slightly ahead of the transition in terms of the Internet, it was becoming public while in high school. So I appreciate both sides of it. |
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