To snigger at parents who's young children keep breaking their Nintendo DSs?

[MrsGravy]

Before Christmas there seemed to be loads of parents buying their young (3 or 4yo) children Nintendo DSs. As my old mum used to do, I tutted to myself and thought 'there'll be tears before bedtime'. Sure enough, 2 months later, and quite a few of them are pissed because their kids have broken them already.

Not rocket science is it? Give a preschooler an expensive gadget and what did you think would happen? I don't get why people would give a small child something so expensive and easily broken. Hmph. In our day we got a jigsaw and a satsuma if we were lucky...

I'm afraid that you would glean very little satisfaction from my 4 year old. He carefully replaces the stylus after use, switches it off so it doesn't need recharging too often - etc, etc. Miserable little spoiler!

hmm, you nice aren't you!

What kind of 4 year old is he?? He should be throwing it around and jumping on it or something. At the very least he should have lost the stylus. Or maybe I just know some very naughty 4 year olds...

Memoo, I only snigger if they're not too upset by their broken DSs.

If they're actually crying I laugh out loud.

We reluctantly gave our son when he was 5 quite an expensive mobile fone - 3 years on his fone is used frequently and is in immaculate condition.....

He's the kind of 4 year old who lives in fear of his draconian mother, who barks orders at him to tidy up, look after his stuff etc

YABU and unkind.

Nelson Mandela once said that he could never understand how a man could take pleasure in another mans misfortune.

think you must just know some naughty 4 year olds! A 4 year old is old enough to know that you don't just throw things around or jump on them.

As for the stylus you get a few with each Ds are it only cost's a pound to buy a new one

Yes I often laugh at the thought of a 3/4 year old been upset .

I know where you are coming from.
DD1 might be allowed one when she has learnt to read and also has a greater realisation of what £100 means . It is SOOOOOOOO much money.

HMC - Your 4 yo is obviously ready for one and does appreciate how to care for it. Unusual though I think....

OMG, you laugh at a crying child!!!!

You are very immature and nasty tbh

My 9 year old has a ds and she sometimes lets her 3 year old dsis play on it and I am amazed at how careful and good she is with it.

Ahem - I would like to qualify I am sniggering at the parents as per the OP....

Snurk! I don't think she really does you know.

No more than I am when I snigger at adults who don't understand the correct use of the apostrophe.

if you mean me nontoxic I am pregnant and have custard for a brain at the moment but know my apostrophe was used incorrectly,

But do you know what I don't care, i'm a crap typer and i'm lucky if i don't get to the end of a sentence without a mistake

no, memoo, you're a crap typist lol

cuuuuummmmmm onnnnnnnnnn lets get her

or was it a comma i used, god i'm brain dead today!

Whoa, Isn't the OP laughing at parents that were stupid enough to buy a completely inappropriate gadget for their children?
My dss have Gameboys but only because they were super cheap, hard to break and we get all games for £1.30 (my parents live in China).
TBH I agree with OP. The children who have been given such a thing as a DS are far more likely to be the children that have far too much and would not be upset by it breaking, IME. If they were the sort of children who were made to respect things then it wouldn't be broken would it?

stop picking on the fat pregnant lady!

Memoo, yes I laugh at crying children. I also kick puppies and steal zimmer frames. I'm evil me. I wonder how far I have to take this before the irony becomes obvious?

Of course you're right though, I'd expect a 4 year old not to jump on a DS. But I wouldn't expect them to remember to replace the stylus, not tip drinks on it etc.

Myfunnynametaken, I suppose I only laugh when I feel the misfortune has been so obviously brought upon themselves, because I am of course laughing at the parents, who seem so amazed that a small child isn't more careful and more aware of the cost of things.

I know where OP is coming from (not the laughing, mind...but that mgiht be meant to be a joke[hopeful emoticon])...when es was around 8 years old he got the Nintendo GBA or whatever it was called...well that first fliplid one....and he broke it within weeks of getting it...and he was by no means a boystrous boy....I was very pissed off with him, and he only got a DS last year for his 12th Birthday....
My little ones would break it, unless highly supervised....so, they ar allowed to play with es DS (highly supervised) and for short periods of times, only.

I realise that some Kids are obviously very good at looking after their stuff at a young age...but I think that is rare...

nitchick...why would you give a 5 year old child a mobile phone at all, never mind an expensive one? JUst trying to work out why a 5 year old would need a mobile phone, tbh?

Yes YABU .

My DS is totally accident prone and for this reason I didn't buy him one - he's got a much more robust VSmile thingie instead - he calls it his DS and once he's less accident prone he'll get a real one.

I am loving my clumsy english tonight.

Exactly Divine!