Dad takes down town's internet by mistake to get his kids offline

Re:Dad takes down town's internet by mistake to get his kids... by passivate on Friday February 18, 2022 @01:01PM (#30388968)

You're defining end-states and goals, e.g. - 'focus on coming to a shared understanding of why it's a problem' and 'building a relationship where they can have some faith that you might be able to see a danger where they don't', etc.

While that is great, I think the problem parents have is with the steps/process to get there. What works for one child won't work for the other, etc. Like I said, the problem isn't that parents don't know these things, the problem is stuff they're trying isn't working.

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Re:Dad takes down town's internet by mistake to get his kids... by dbrueck on Friday February 18, 2022 @01:21PM (#30389200)

Hmm... maybe. Since we're generalizing, I'll throw another generalization on the pile. :) Most parents are slow to react to these problems but, once they do react, they want fast results and so they are tempted to reach for actions that are unhelpful or even counterproductive.

When parents approach it with a mindset of realistic expectations (especially around timeframes), I think most of them can in fact figure out things that work (where 'work' means 'lead to improvement over time'). There are always some kids who simply don't respond, but speaking generally, I believe most do.

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Re:Dad takes down town's internet by mistake to get his kids... by passivate on Saturday February 19, 2022 @11:41AM (#30398380)

Yes, we can only speak in generalities. Thankfully we aren't automatons, quite yet! :) I'd say we agree on most things here.

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