Not really. What you call "torture" has was done in many past conflicts without anyone raising a peep.
Slavery was done in the past without anyone raising a peep...so you're saying it's ok now?
See, I agree. Too many kids taking more pills than my grandfather, the doctors are sooo happy to hand them out. And then everyone that was up in arms a few years ago (and still) that if you aren't doping your child you are a bad parent. But I've seen dozens of cases of ADD kids being retested and just a change of diet and they are off the pills and act like any regular child. I saw a child diagonosed as ADD because he was super hyper all day during school, come to find out his mom put him to bed at 6:30 and he woke up at 1 am and then took a nap right before school, he was just very well rested, so he never really calmed down toward the end fo the day.
I've also seen I don't know how many parents dope their kids up because they are always running around and yelling. My kids do that to, I just send them outside and they run it off and come back in...funny, they act like kids USED to act in my day instead of being forced to be little adults...
And in everyone one of these cases, it hurts the kids that really do have problems. I mean, how the hell can you nail down the reason a truly ADD child is ADD if we're doping every child that wakes up raring to go?
Here here hon, all forbid we parent to the CHILD and instead of a dictator to make the child be what we want.
The best parent isn't the holier than thou that keeps their child from the tv until school age and then let's them watch only half an hour if at all. The best parent is the one that is in touch with what each child needs as per the child's personality and meets those needs. It's one thing to ask them to try other activities and another to decide you can dictate how their personality is supposed to be (that they can't develop their own personality because your shoving your idea of who they should be down their throat)and how they are allowed to let that personality manifest. A parent guides a child to adulthood and teaches them all they need to live in the world according to that child's ability, we're not supposed to be dictators. Any parent that does otherwise and succeeds, they grew up well in spite of you , not because of you. You should worry less about how others view your parenting and more about WHO you are parenting.
And for the record "according to that child's abilities" and according to that child's wants are two seperate things.
Is it's apparently too much work for the average hack and slash player to find something to do in SL. As a very happily married woman, I have tons to do there that doesn't involve sex, gambling, and camping. And it wasn't that hard finding places that don't do those things. I explore a level or creativity I didn't even know I had, and as soon as I figure out how to build things in RL that compare to the beauty I produce in world (and without paying a dime!), I've discovered I have an artistic vision people will actually PAY for...now to learn carpentry and get some start up capital....why bother, I can do it in SL for free.
I started off the same as you guys, and you know, it took me less than 2 days to meet the "right" people and figure out where I wanted to take this. Now, I have a huge amount of friends, I acclompish real things, that make me REAL money (something WoW never did), and am a contributor to an 8 sim land (which has NO sex, gambling, etc. Just some really cool people). All in about 6 months...I've played MMORPG's, and you know what I have to show for it? The geeks think I'm cool, that doesn't even buy me a cup of coffee. Stay at home mom with a paycheck? WHOOOT!
hehe true story! it's funny...I taught my daughter to respect them at 3 and when she found some idiots pistol laying around she came to me instead of thinking "OOOO...new toy" and shooting someone...
Well said...at least heroin modifies your body's chemistry to need it, what's the gamer's excuse? I play as often as most people watch tv, of course, I don't watch tv. What's the difference in my screen and yours? Other than the fact I'm actually socializing with real people....
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Not really. What you call "torture" has was done in many past conflicts without anyone raising a peep. Slavery was done in the past without anyone raising a peep...so you're saying it's ok now?
Too hard to teach moderation?
oops, left a part out, the little boy also got a nap at school...he got a lot of sleep
See, I agree. Too many kids taking more pills than my grandfather, the doctors are sooo happy to hand them out. And then everyone that was up in arms a few years ago (and still) that if you aren't doping your child you are a bad parent. But I've seen dozens of cases of ADD kids being retested and just a change of diet and they are off the pills and act like any regular child. I saw a child diagonosed as ADD because he was super hyper all day during school, come to find out his mom put him to bed at 6:30 and he woke up at 1 am and then took a nap right before school, he was just very well rested, so he never really calmed down toward the end fo the day. I've also seen I don't know how many parents dope their kids up because they are always running around and yelling. My kids do that to, I just send them outside and they run it off and come back in...funny, they act like kids USED to act in my day instead of being forced to be little adults... And in everyone one of these cases, it hurts the kids that really do have problems. I mean, how the hell can you nail down the reason a truly ADD child is ADD if we're doping every child that wakes up raring to go?
If it's harmful to 3 people, why do 20 people that aren't hurt by it have to pay for it?
Here here hon, all forbid we parent to the CHILD and instead of a dictator to make the child be what we want. The best parent isn't the holier than thou that keeps their child from the tv until school age and then let's them watch only half an hour if at all. The best parent is the one that is in touch with what each child needs as per the child's personality and meets those needs. It's one thing to ask them to try other activities and another to decide you can dictate how their personality is supposed to be (that they can't develop their own personality because your shoving your idea of who they should be down their throat)and how they are allowed to let that personality manifest. A parent guides a child to adulthood and teaches them all they need to live in the world according to that child's ability, we're not supposed to be dictators. Any parent that does otherwise and succeeds, they grew up well in spite of you , not because of you. You should worry less about how others view your parenting and more about WHO you are parenting.
And for the record "according to that child's abilities" and according to that child's wants are two seperate things.
Is it's apparently too much work for the average hack and slash player to find something to do in SL. As a very happily married woman, I have tons to do there that doesn't involve sex, gambling, and camping. And it wasn't that hard finding places that don't do those things. I explore a level or creativity I didn't even know I had, and as soon as I figure out how to build things in RL that compare to the beauty I produce in world (and without paying a dime!), I've discovered I have an artistic vision people will actually PAY for...now to learn carpentry and get some start up capital....why bother, I can do it in SL for free. I started off the same as you guys, and you know, it took me less than 2 days to meet the "right" people and figure out where I wanted to take this. Now, I have a huge amount of friends, I acclompish real things, that make me REAL money (something WoW never did), and am a contributor to an 8 sim land (which has NO sex, gambling, etc. Just some really cool people). All in about 6 months...I've played MMORPG's, and you know what I have to show for it? The geeks think I'm cool, that doesn't even buy me a cup of coffee. Stay at home mom with a paycheck? WHOOOT!
hehe true story! it's funny...I taught my daughter to respect them at 3 and when she found some idiots pistol laying around she came to me instead of thinking "OOOO...new toy" and shooting someone...
Well said...at least heroin modifies your body's chemistry to need it, what's the gamer's excuse? I play as often as most people watch tv, of course, I don't watch tv. What's the difference in my screen and yours? Other than the fact I'm actually socializing with real people....
You can't possibly mean they should actually parent??!!