Hang up and learn

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Defender

 

[BTExpress]

I was a child of Gorf. There was this one machine we simply called "attack Gorf" because once you reached a certain mid-level, it would cover the screen with bombs that there was no escape from.

 

[playthrough]

Both my wife and i being journalists, we spend a lot of time on our phones -- or have them close by at all times.
I hate the example this sets for our 2-year-old. Have already seen the effect of screens -- which we try to limit. If he's ever watching Blippi or whatever on a TV or phone and his mom or I walk into the room, he pretty much completely ignores us.
I happen to be an Indiana resident, too, so I'm all for this restriction. Not sure what took them so long, really. And I'm eager to face off against the enabling parents who will push back.

Nice of us Hoosiers to be out front on something for a change. But I hear you ... just the other day we were arguing with our 11-year-old over her one hour of evening phone time and how it now has to be after her homework, not before, because she's not as focused after the screen time. And then I went right back to my phone for work. I know that looks hypocritical to a kid.

 

[MisterCreosote]

In the early-mid 80s, hyperactive dixiehack would while away the hours at the laundromat watching other kids play Pac Man and Galaga once my supply of quarters was exhausted, to the point that some of them had a legit case for a restraining order. If no one was playing, I’d grab the joystick and pretend I was playing while the attract screens cycled through.

And there was a moral panic then too. (I realize this sound hypocritical now that I’m on the other side of the debate.)

My brothers and I played ****ing Tecmo Bowl for hours and hours at a time when we were that age. And we’d fight over it all the time.

I taunted my older brother from across the room once after I beat him, and he picked up a boot and chucked it at my head. I ducked and it shattered my bedroom window.

I’ve seen kids get medicated for much less.

 

[Human_Paraquat]

Nice of us Hoosiers to be out front on something for a change. But I hear you ... just the other day we were arguing with our 11-year-old over her one hour of evening phone time and how it now has to be after her homework, not before, because she's not as focused after the screen time. And then I went right back to my phone for work. I know that looks hypocritical to a kid.

Our 28-month-old has said to both of us in the past week: "Put your phone down." So maybe if we tweak our approach a bit maybe that's a good sign when it comes time to regulate him down the line.

 

[dixiehack]