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Consumer Electronics Causing 'Death of Childhood'?
An anonymous reader writes "Top children's authors, including best-seller Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials), have written an open letter to the British Government claiming that consumer electronics have brought about the death of childhood. They say that children desperately need 'real play (as opposed to sedentary, screen-based entertainment), first-hand experience of the world they live in'. The letter writers also state that children have lost their imaginations because they are, 'pushed by market forces to act and dress like mini-adults and exposed via the electronic media to material which would have been considered unsuitable for children even in the very recent past.' The article asks, 'is modern life too fast for the supple human mind? Do children have a rev counter we're red-lining by exposing them to so much input?'" So what does Slashdot think? Are kids growing up too fast nowadays because of them new-fangled technologies?
Short answer: No
Long answer: Yes
You can mod your friends, you can mod your nose, but you can't mod your friend's nose.
Dang kids today, with their sprialgraph and rock em sockem robots.
In my day all we had was a hoop and a stick! And sometimes we didn't even have the hoop!
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
Kids live longer today than they did before, so let's not all start talking about going back to the "simple life" where all the farm girls look like Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie.
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Fortunately my kid's too poor for all that crap. 200 pound per hour therapists? His only indulgence is slashdot.
If you must moderate, please moderate as irrelevent, not something bad, because I'm sure someone will find this interest
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my child was raised to educate himself through playing video games alone in his room from a young age. my wife and i feel that many modern parents spend far too much time trying to entertain their children, who themselves would rather be defining their own identities by using technology. this is often because the parents themselves do not have much in their lives and are bored.
our son is growing into a well-adjusted and emotionally literate young man. the skeptical may wish to view this home video of him relaxing and playing unreal tournament.
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Cardboard box? You were lucky. We had to live, all 115 of us, in a paper bag in a septic tank.
I drank what? -- Socrates
Good god. It's... almost like... her parents... have the biggest impact... on her upbringing!
Jesus Christ! Think of the implications! Someone get Jack Thompson and Hillary Clinton on the phone and tell them they've been wasting their time right now!
I think I've got a whole new solution to this "wayward kids" problem they're so concerned about!
Everything in moderation, including moderation itself