Comments on: Too Wired? http://queenofspainblog.com/2009/01/03/too-wired/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:46:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Erin W. http://queenofspainblog.com/2009/01/03/too-wired/comment-page-1/#comment-65050 Erin W. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:14:08 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/?p=1336#comment-65050 I love that your daughter has a Princess Peach doll. That cracks me up every time I come to this page. :) I love that your daughter has a Princess Peach doll. That cracks me up every time I come to this page. :)

]]> By: Gwynne http://queenofspainblog.com/2009/01/03/too-wired/comment-page-1/#comment-65026 Gwynne Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:06:00 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/?p=1336#comment-65026 As parents, we always question ourselves. We don't want to screw our kids up, so we worry. I think that in this day and age, it's essential for our kids to be "plugged in." As long as there is plenty of other play, I think it's perfectly fine. My son has his own laptop. My sister gave him her old one when she bought a new one shorty before Christmas. He can do research on his own without bugging me about it, and I don't have to worry about him screwing up the computer that I work from home on! But we do play other than that. Lasertag, sledding, and in the summer, we bike together. He's 11, so I'm just glad he still wants to hang out with mom! As parents, we always question ourselves. We don’t want to screw our kids up, so we worry.

I think that in this day and age, it’s essential for our kids to be “plugged in.” As long as there is plenty of other play, I think it’s perfectly fine.

My son has his own laptop. My sister gave him her old one when she bought a new one shorty before Christmas. He can do research on his own without bugging me about it, and I don’t have to worry about him screwing up the computer that I work from home on!

But we do play other than that. Lasertag, sledding, and in the summer, we bike together. He’s 11, so I’m just glad he still wants to hang out with mom!

]]> By: Kristin http://queenofspainblog.com/2009/01/03/too-wired/comment-page-1/#comment-65022 Kristin Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:54:23 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/?p=1336#comment-65022 I worry about this too. My kids are 7 and 9 and plugged in... We turn the games off and have them do chores, play board games, imaginary play, read books. But they'd rather be plugged in... And I worry about this! I worry about this too.

My kids are 7 and 9 and plugged in…

We turn the games off and have them do chores, play board games, imaginary play, read books.

But they’d rather be plugged in…

And I worry about this!

]]> By: Paul "The Pageman" Pajo http://queenofspainblog.com/2009/01/03/too-wired/comment-page-1/#comment-65021 Paul "The Pageman" Pajo Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:13:29 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/?p=1336#comment-65021 maybe your 3 year old and 5 year old can try <a href="http://hacketyhack.net/reality/" rel="nofollow">Hackety Hack</a>? <blockquote>"Hackety Hack was not written in seclusion for my imaginary friends. It was written with the help of fifty budding hackers who I personally mentored. Most had tried to program, but had failed to catch on. Some wanted to teach their kids. So, I tried to teach them to program exciting things as quick as can be. And they let me know if, indeed, each lesson was exciting. And if it was quick. It made a huge difference!"</blockquote> maybe your 3 year old and 5 year old can try Hackety Hack?

“Hackety Hack was not written in seclusion for my imaginary friends. It was written with the help of fifty budding hackers who I personally mentored. Most had tried to program, but had failed to catch on. Some wanted to teach their kids. So, I tried to teach them to program exciting things as quick as can be. And they let me know if, indeed, each lesson was exciting. And if it was quick. It made a huge difference!”

]]> By: Paul "The Pageman" Pajo http://queenofspainblog.com/2009/01/03/too-wired/comment-page-1/#comment-65020 Paul "The Pageman" Pajo Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:11:50 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/?p=1336#comment-65020 maybe your 3 year old and 5 year old can try: http://hacketyhack.net/reality/ ? "Hackety Hack was not written in seclusion for my imaginary friends. It was written with the help of fifty budding hackers who I personally mentored. Most had tried to program, but had failed to catch on. Some wanted to teach their kids. So, I tried to teach them to program exciting things as quick as can be. And they let me know if, indeed, each lesson was exciting. And if it was quick. It made a huge difference!" maybe your 3 year old and 5 year old can try: http://hacketyhack.net/reality/ ?

“Hackety Hack was not written in seclusion for my imaginary friends. It was written with the help of fifty budding hackers who I personally mentored. Most had tried to program, but had failed to catch on. Some wanted to teach their kids.

So, I tried to teach them to program exciting things as quick as can be. And they let me know if, indeed, each lesson was exciting. And if it was quick. It made a huge difference!”

]]> By: Rattling the Kettle http://queenofspainblog.com/2009/01/03/too-wired/comment-page-1/#comment-65018 Rattling the Kettle Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:03:36 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/?p=1336#comment-65018 When we were over last week, our kids played for hours together in a perfect, unstructured, imaginative way. Whatever the "dangers" of video games, your kids don't seem to have suffered from them. Your husband, OTOH... ;-) When we were over last week, our kids played for hours together in a perfect, unstructured, imaginative way. Whatever the “dangers” of video games, your kids don’t seem to have suffered from them.

Your husband, OTOH… ;-)

]]> By: Jozet at Halushki http://queenofspainblog.com/2009/01/03/too-wired/comment-page-1/#comment-65017 Jozet at Halushki Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:49:14 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/?p=1336#comment-65017 http://ow.ly/25A Connected to what I'm talking to. When we're discussing young children - or children of any age to some extent - who are learning social interactions and the rules of living in a civil society, the draw and "opiate" of computer games could possibly act as a deterrent to getting beyond any normal "anxieties" that accompany learning new skills. With kids who might be genetically hardwired to be more anxious or depressed, then the addiction to the salve of computer games is going to get hard-wired in. Again, not a reason to keep kids away from technology, but basically any screen time is a social and physiological experiment in our 10,000 years of social evolutionary hard-wiring. It's my opinion that if there is a gut reaction that this might not be a good thing for a particular child, or that even a little is too much, it behooves a parent to go with that reaction and to limit or at least more heavily monitor the child's interaction with the medium. Not just sit them in front of the TV because it keeps them from beating their sister. etc. http://ow.ly/25A

Connected to what I’m talking to. When we’re discussing young children – or children of any age to some extent – who are learning social interactions and the rules of living in a civil society, the draw and “opiate” of computer games could possibly act as a deterrent to getting beyond any normal “anxieties” that accompany learning new skills. With kids who might be genetically hardwired to be more anxious or depressed, then the addiction to the salve of computer games is going to get hard-wired in. Again, not a reason to keep kids away from technology, but basically any screen time is a social and physiological experiment in our 10,000 years of social evolutionary hard-wiring. It’s my opinion that if there is a gut reaction that this might not be a good thing for a particular child, or that even a little is too much, it behooves a parent to go with that reaction and to limit or at least more heavily monitor the child’s interaction with the medium. Not just sit them in front of the TV because it keeps them from beating their sister. etc.

]]> By: Maxine http://queenofspainblog.com/2009/01/03/too-wired/comment-page-1/#comment-65014 Maxine Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:09:27 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/?p=1336#comment-65014 I have a nearly 3 year old grand daughter, and would love to know of any good programmes which can be purchased on disc or otherwise, for her to help her learn on the computer. She's been sending videoemails with us and loves using the computer, and I can only think that it's a good thing, provided, as previously people have pointed out, that time is limited, and physical activity takes up a large part of her day. I have a nearly 3 year old grand daughter, and would love to know of any good programmes which can be purchased on disc or otherwise, for her to help her learn on the computer. She’s been sending videoemails with us and loves using the computer, and I can only think that it’s a good thing, provided, as previously people have pointed out, that time is limited, and physical activity takes up a large part of her day.

]]> By: Sathington Willoby http://queenofspainblog.com/2009/01/03/too-wired/comment-page-1/#comment-65010 Sathington Willoby Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:11:14 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/?p=1336#comment-65010 In my personal opinion...you have nothing to fear. My gosh, look how much these gadgets make them think critically, just don't let them do it 24hrs a day, and that doesn't seem to be a problem with your ankle biters. Really, let them plug-in, our world has changed, it's time for us all to accept it. In my personal opinion…you have nothing to fear. My gosh, look how much these gadgets make them think critically, just don’t let them do it 24hrs a day, and that doesn’t seem to be a problem with your ankle biters. Really, let them plug-in, our world has changed, it’s time for us all to accept it.

]]> By: phyllis http://queenofspainblog.com/2009/01/03/too-wired/comment-page-1/#comment-65006 phyllis Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:48:33 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/?p=1336#comment-65006 i worry about this too -- i am reading "growing up digital" which i think/hope will give me some insight and perhaps even make me feel better. i'm hoping. i worry about this too — i am reading “growing up digital” which i think/hope will give me some insight and perhaps even make me feel better. i’m hoping.

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