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Sorry but kids that age are not interested in each other no matter what it is.
Now if it was late teens then it would be funny, this is not.
I think a general over-dependence upon modern technology + educators having an, ‘everyone wins to some degree/ even if you lose you lose COLLECTIVELY’ (as opposed to INDIVIDUALLY, because you were clearly somewhat gash in doing whatever you were supposed to be doing etc) ethos + parents being overly paranoid about their being a kiddy fiddler on every corner (therefore, no more summer time adventures for you sonny Jim!!!), is more the issue.
Video game addiction can certainly play a big part in all of this, but then, so does Facefuck, mobile phones, stamps that don’t even need to be licked & Wii-Fit Bullshit!!!
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Sorry but kids that age are not interested in each other no matter what it is.
Now if it was late teens then it would be funny, this is not.[/quote]
I see I’ve ruffled some feathers in this thread, as a general comment.
More general statements, I play madden, admitted in post one. My opinion is that games replacing life = bad, games as a tempered form of entertainment in a balanced life = ok.
The sad thing is that kids these days spend time in front of a tv that was once spent roaming the neighborhood, hitting the pools, climbing trees, playing pick up football/baseball/basketball games with other neighborhood kids, making out in the neighborhood park et cetera.
It’s just a trend I’ve noticed in my little cousins, friends kids et cetera. What was once a few hours per weekend or summer day in the peak heat of the afternoon (assuming the pool was dead) is now all day, every saturday until parents literally force kids to turn the tv off.
It’s sad.
Do kids even wrap each others houses any more?
Ring and run?
Surprise each other with paintball guns?
Nevermind the discussed to death participation in real life sports, be it football, baseball or Irishes boxing…
[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
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Sorry but kids that age are not interested in each other no matter what it is.
Now if it was late teens then it would be funny, this is not.[/quote]
I see I’ve ruffled some feathers in this thread, as a general comment.
More general statements, I play madden, admitted in post one. My opinion is that games replacing life = bad, games as a tempered form of entertainment in a balanced life = ok.
The sad thing is that kids these days spend time in front of a tv that was once spent roaming the neighborhood, hitting the pools, climbing trees, playing pick up football/baseball/basketball games with other neighborhood kids, making out in the neighborhood park et cetera.
It’s just a trend I’ve noticed in my little cousins, friends kids et cetera. What was once a few hours per weekend or summer day in the peak heat of the afternoon (assuming the pool was dead) is now all day, every saturday until parents literally force kids to turn the tv off.
It’s sad.
Do kids even wrap each others houses any more?
Ring and run?
Surprise each other with paintball guns?
Nevermind the discussed to death participation in real life sports, be it football, baseball or Irishes boxing…[/quote]
Nope just making a statement like you.
I have 5 children the youngest will soon be 16.
I feel I can comment about child rearing and where a majority of kids are today.
Your expressing your opinion which is your right, however you are also in a tunnel. Unless you are actually out there coaching peewee football or volunteer as a big brother how can you state what kids are doing now a days?
CNN and Fox are not real world experience and source of information.
Damn I hate it when my posts lag or get lost.
HG there are more kids getting into Football, soccer and MMA then ever before.
Dont believe the media fed BS.
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Sorry but kids that age are not interested in each other no matter what it is.
Unless they are wearing skirts & doing handstands…
Now if it was late teens then it would be funny, this is not.[/quote]
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[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:
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[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:
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Sorry but kids that age are not interested in each other no matter what it is.
Now if it was late teens then it would be funny, this is not.[/quote]
I see I’ve ruffled some feathers in this thread, as a general comment.
More general statements, I play madden, admitted in post one. My opinion is that games replacing life = bad, games as a tempered form of entertainment in a balanced life = ok.
The sad thing is that kids these days spend time in front of a tv that was once spent roaming the neighborhood, hitting the pools, climbing trees, playing pick up football/baseball/basketball games with other neighborhood kids, making out in the neighborhood park et cetera.
It’s just a trend I’ve noticed in my little cousins, friends kids et cetera. What was once a few hours per weekend or summer day in the peak heat of the afternoon (assuming the pool was dead) is now all day, every saturday until parents literally force kids to turn the tv off.
It’s sad.
Do kids even wrap each others houses any more?
Ring and run?
Surprise each other with paintball guns?
Nevermind the discussed to death participation in real life sports, be it football, baseball or Irishes boxing…[/quote]
Nope just making a statement like you.
I have 5 children the youngest will soon be 16.
I feel I can comment about child rearing and where a majority of kids are today.
Your expressing your opinion which is your right, however you are also in a tunnel. Unless you are actually out there coaching peewee football or volunteer as a big brother how can you state what kids are doing now a days?
CNN and Fox are not real world experience and source of information. [/quote]As a matter of fact I have volunteered as a big brother…
He loves playing videogames. It’s just a shift is all. Videogames were always fun but kind of back up entertainment for rainy days or super hot summer afternoons we so fortunately get to experience here in SE Texas.
These days it’s like the first thing they want to do is plug that new game in and then if they have to turn off the tv they find something else to do.
Just my observation.
I will be honest though, the saddest part of this thread for me was Christine breaking it off but I know she’ll come back around.
Now it’s that I realize I am the old dude criticizing the new dudes.
I still think they are going to be a bunch of softies though. I mean honestly, my grandparents, your parents, fought in WW2 and chopped their own wood shit like that. We are pretty soft in comparison. I can admit it.
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
CNN and Fox are not real world experience and source of information. [/quote]
See “Video Games Make You Less Manly?” thread.
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[quote]Derek542 wrote:
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Sorry but kids that age are not interested in each other no matter what it is.
Now if it was late teens then it would be funny, this is not.[/quote]
I see I’ve ruffled some feathers in this thread, as a general comment.
More general statements, I play madden, admitted in post one. My opinion is that games replacing life = bad, games as a tempered form of entertainment in a balanced life = ok.
The sad thing is that kids these days spend time in front of a tv that was once spent roaming the neighborhood, hitting the pools, climbing trees, playing pick up football/baseball/basketball games with other neighborhood kids, making out in the neighborhood park et cetera.
It’s just a trend I’ve noticed in my little cousins, friends kids et cetera. What was once a few hours per weekend or summer day in the peak heat of the afternoon (assuming the pool was dead) is now all day, every saturday until parents literally force kids to turn the tv off.
It’s sad.
Do kids even wrap each others houses any more?
Ring and run?
Surprise each other with paintball guns?
Nevermind the discussed to death participation in real life sports, be it football, baseball or Irishes boxing…[/quote]
Nope just making a statement like you.
I have 5 children the youngest will soon be 16.
I feel I can comment about child rearing and where a majority of kids are today.
Your expressing your opinion which is your right, however you are also in a tunnel. Unless you are actually out there coaching peewee football or volunteer as a big brother how can you state what kids are doing now a days?
CNN and Fox are not real world experience and source of information. [/quote]As a matter of fact I have volunteered as a big brother…
He loves playing videogames. It’s just a shift is all. Videogames were always fun but kind of back up entertainment for rainy days or super hot summer afternoons we so fortunately get to experience here in SE Texas.
These days it’s like the first thing they want to do is plug that new game in and then if they have to turn off the tv they find something else to do.
Just my observation.
I will be honest though, the saddest part of this thread for me was Christine breaking it off but I know she’ll come back around.
Now it’s that I realize I am the old dude criticizing the new dudes.
I still think they are going to be a bunch of softies though. I mean honestly, my grandparents, your parents, fought in WW2 and chopped their own wood shit like that. We are pretty soft in comparison. I can admit it.
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But as a parent (we posted about this before) is preparing them for the world.
Nobody chops wood anymore, but they damn well better know how to do excel or word.
There are a ton of strong geeks on this board and I can guarantee 10 years from now that will not change.
So how do you reconcile the fact that the number of kids getting into sports have never been higher?
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[quote]Derek542 wrote:
CNN and Fox are not real world experience and source of information. [/quote]
See “Video Games Make You Less Manly?” thread. [/quote]
Fishing in the Gulf of Mexico > Fishing video games.
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CNN and Fox are not real world experience and source of information. [/quote]
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CNN and Fox are not real world experience and source of information. [/quote]
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CNN and Fox are not real world experience and source of information. [/quote]
See “Video Games Make You Less Manly?” thread. [/quote]
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CNN and Fox are not real world experience and source of information. [/quote]
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[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:
The sad thing is that kids these days spend time in front of a tv that was once spent roaming the neighborhood, hitting the pools, climbing trees, playing pick up football/baseball/basketball games with other neighborhood kids, making out in the neighborhood park et cetera. [/quote]
What area are you living in where this shit is an option without worrying about the 13 & 14 year old kids selling drugs, stealing cars and carring weapons?
I have to worry about that shit where I live. Fucking 13 year old kids, 13, stabbing people in the park.
The high school 1 “town” over from where my kid is going to go, is gangland central. Less than 5 mins drive from my house are streets where you can’t walk down if you belong to the wrong ethnic group, and the Hell’s Angels won’t go, their club is couple blocks down.
So shit like:
Is putting your life at risk. Not in my immediate neighborhood, I moved across the bridge, but I live close enough to the shit, where I get nervous.
So, given the choice of my son home playing COD and listening to us, or like some of his peers, out ignoring their parents thinking living a fucking rap video is cool… I’ll take a kid “ruining his life on video games” 99 times out of 99.