Let Children Get Bored Again

Re:Let Children Get Bored Again by hutzlibu on Sunday September 15, 2019 @03:34PM (#20979055)

Do you yell it out randomly? If so, do you feel good about your power, to disrupt any digital activity of your children? How would you feel, anybody doing this to you?

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Re:Let Children Get Bored Again by learnstats2 on Sunday September 15, 2019 @04:36PM (#20979345)

I would agree that is really a display of power, and not a good one.

They are learning to manage this kind of situation, for sure: that is, random disruption.

I see them learning peculiar time management strategies that they will have to unlearn as adults.

I see them learning that their efforts on medium-difficulty tasks are often going to be randomly wasted and are therefore not worth bothering with.

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Re:Let Children Get Bored Again by fastball on Sunday September 15, 2019 @10:23PM (#20980644)

What exactly are you imagining these kids doing on these screens that are A. "medium difficulty" B. previous effort will immediately be wasted if they turn it off?

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Re:Let Children Get Bored Again by fastball on Sunday September 15, 2019 @10:24PM (#20980648)

What kind of logic is this?

I don't like it when someone tells me what to do, but I'll be damned if I let my kids run wild and do whatever they want.

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