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Post by FortySixandTwo on Mar 2, 2014 0:36:06 GMT -8
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Post by PoorRichard (AKA - The Guido) on Mar 2, 2014 1:35:55 GMT -8
The reason why I call Facebook, FaceFuck. Because that's exactly what most people do on there. Fuck themselves. I would kill my daughter if she did that. Good thing I don't have any kids.
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Post by magnifiscent on Mar 5, 2014 13:31:11 GMT -8
My daughters are forbidden to have social media accounts (easily enforced as they are 1 and 4 years old). They also don't get cell phones until they start driving and God help them if they touch that phone while the car is in motion.
No cyber bullying for my kids. Just the regular old-fashioned bullying, thanks. They can learn to let it slide off, or get real comfortable fighting - just like normal people.
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Post by Swatz on Mar 5, 2014 13:37:55 GMT -8
Must ... resist ... urge ... to make ... inappropriate ... comment.
ARRG
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Post by Hans1942 on Mar 5, 2014 14:36:44 GMT -8
My daughters are forbidden to have social media accounts (easily enforced as they are 1 and 4 years old). They also don't get cell phones until they start driving and God help them if they touch that phone while the car is in motion. No cyber bullying for my kids. Just the regular old-fashioned bullying, thanks. They can learn to let it slide off, or get real comfortable fighting - just like normal people. I don't see how you will be able to enforce this later on lol  I don't see how you will be able to deal with the constant whining and tantrums that you will get because of lack of internets/cellphones/snapchats. |
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Post by magnifiscent on Mar 5, 2014 15:02:51 GMT -8
Training them early that tantrums don't produce positive results helps - my four year old is in the process of learning that I always win contests of will. The path of least resistance is to obey. As they get older, it's important to make it clear that you aren't just smarter than they are, but MUCH more experienced. There is not a thought that went through my head that my dad hadn't had first.
I don't intend to keep them off the internet entirely, but it's like my handgun. It needs to be respected. You don't wave a gun around in the air just like you don't give the entire world access to you 24/7. There is no legitimate reason for a teenager to be in constant contact with anyone through social media. Looking back, I did not have a single thought or experience that would have justified having access to facebook, texting, or snap-chat.
My personal philosophy on kids is something along the lines of this: You will never be able to stop them from breaking at least some of the rules. The trick is to set the rules far enough back from danger so that when they step over the line, they haven't stepped off the cliff. You don't tell a kid - okay, you can go to parties where your friends are doing drugs, but don't do drugs, ok? When they step over the line, where are they? The rule becomes, stay away from places where you can come in contact with drugs. Limit their activities so they have a hard time staying friends with those kids. I had a hard time maintaining friendships with the friends I had that were into all that. Eventually we grew apart and I found other friends. Kept me out of some serious trouble they got themselves into.
Obviously it doesn't prevent all disaster or every kid would grow up without fucking up. You just do your best, roll with it, and get real comfortable being a hypocrite.
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I don't see how you will be able to deal with the constant whining and tantrums that you will get because of lack of internets/cellphones/snapchats.