Re:Staring at a Wall: Embracing Deliberate Boredom
by basisword on Saturday October 28, 2023 @08:27AM
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The options aren’t iPad or uncontrollable noise. I think you’re missing the third option - parenting the kids. Disciplining children (even just verbally) seems to be something nobody wants to do anymore. If I was told to be quiet as a kid I did it because I knew I’d get in trouble otherwise.
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Re:Staring at a Wall: Embracing Deliberate Boredom
by j7ake on Saturday October 28, 2023 @09:52AM
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This third option is not fool proof.
No amount of being told to be quiet to a 1-2 year old will do the Jo .
Re:Staring at a Wall: Embracing Deliberate Boredom
by brvsft on Saturday October 28, 2023 @09:58AM
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Sometimes parenting the kid means precisely not giving a response to their annoying and noisy behavior.
Re:Staring at a Wall: Embracing Deliberate Boredom
by makeitdouble on Saturday October 28, 2023 @10:44AM
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Some kids will behave with just a verbal cue. For the better or worse, most won't. That's one of the reason some restaurants have a play area, to deal with that tension.
> Disciplining children (even just verbally) seems to be something nobody wants to do anymore
"Parents these days" ?
Re:Staring at a Wall: Embracing Deliberate Boredom
by joe_fishfish on Saturday October 28, 2023 @10:47AM
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You don’t have children.
Re:Staring at a Wall: Embracing Deliberate Boredom
by switch007 on Saturday October 28, 2023 @03:00PM
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> The options aren’t iPad or uncontrollable noise
Absolutely. Visit France; see many well-behaved and well-dressed children eating with their parents at cafes and restaurants. It's almost like they respect that this is actually their parents' treat time - that they've been taught that they are not the centre of the universe.