Parents now spend twice as much time with their children as 50 years ago

Re:Parents now spend twice as much time with their children ... by DoubleCribble on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @02:26PM (#15800537)

Mystery power outages that seem to hit only our house have been known to occur in my neighborhood on fine weather days. It's like a ghost in the breaker box or something...

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Re:Parents now spend twice as much time with their children ... by conanbatt on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @02:47PM (#15800733)

Kids today learn faster than we did also. One they he will fix the breaker box for you and its GG dad.

I truly consider that my kid will be able to use the internet against me in ways inimaginable. Its exciting!

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Re:Parents now spend twice as much time with their children ... by tomc1985 on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @04:37PM (#15802025)

My parents used to swipe critical computer parts from my machine as punishment, to take it away. Things like power cords, keyboards -- little stuff that cripples the computer. But I had spares for days, stuffed in a little box in the back of my closet :)

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Re:Parents now spend twice as much time with their children ... by stickfigure on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @02:17AM (#15805213)

Growing up, I didn't need my parents to do that. Getting an IBM PC clone to play the latest games in the 80s required a constant effort of flipping dip switches, pulling jumpers, and reseating chips. Not to mention the whole EMM/EMS thing.

I'm still figuring out what I'm going to do for my son to give him the same... incentives.

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Re:Parents now spend twice as much time with their children ... by bpicolo on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @03:04PM (#15800901)

"Man I have no idea where we keep the key for this thing"

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Re:Parents now spend twice as much time with their children ... by conanbatt on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @03:15PM (#15801005)

"Dont worry dad, I'll know how to pick locks in a sec"

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Re:Parents now spend twice as much time with their children ... by bpicolo on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @03:41PM (#15801304)

"Oh man who snuck in and welded the thing shut and buried it under 5 feet of concrete? What are the odds?"

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Re:Parents now spend twice as much time with their children ... by conanbatt on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @04:14PM (#15801740)

I told you, its an exciting time to be a parent.

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Re:Parents now spend twice as much time with their children ... by DoubleCribble on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @04:40PM (#15802070)

One day the kid may outsmart the sly, old fox. Hopefully, today is not that day!

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Re:Parents now spend twice as much time with their children ... by dexterdog on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @04:20PM (#15801827)

I just shut off the wifi and turn off the data on their phones

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Re:Parents now spend twice as much time with their children ... by xexers on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @02:58PM (#15800834)

That's awesome! I'm going to use that one

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