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...

Ahh but you said "I only snigger if they're not too upset by their broken DSs"

you said their which implies you meant the child,

If you mean the parents then that is different

Lol not exactly at your clumsy English! Exactly at your stressing of the parents being laughed at...

Why TF would you give a five year old a mobile?

And my sentence is def harder to read than yours!!

who's whose

Hey I have walked for 2 hours on THe Downs in Bristol with my dcs (dss 7,5 & 14 wks in a baby carrier and dd 2)...my brain has left the building!!

where have all the pedants come from

Hmmm - nasty.

hippi you got there first!

The sniggering brought out the pedant in me too.

My sentence is truly awful.
I mean I posted Exactly in response to you writing about laughing at the parents not exactly referring to your clumsy English (which isn't nearly as clumsy as mine!)

Memoo (belated apology) I wasn't referring to your apostrophe usage - you're not sniggering at crying children - I was referring, as was Hippi, to the OP.

ah i see wouldn't blame you if you were though.

Someone was on the vino! I love it!!

My five year old has had a DS lite for about 2 years now and his is still working whilst my 11 year old's has been broken for a while now.

It all depends upon the kid. Many young children are very careful with their toys/gadgets.

DS Lites are great for long journeys and dentists waiting rooms.

YABU. And learn to a write before you "snigger" at anyone again.

Learn to write, rather. Stupid auto-correct on phone.

I bought my 3 year old a second hand ebay one with marks and knocks for £27 inc postage. That way when it does break I won't be devistated. But he has been really carefull and I totally surprised at how well he can manage it. Yes I think he is way too young, but it was more to stop him torturing his older brothers for theirs.

memoo! I didn't know you were pregnant! :o congrats (I have you on FB, my initials are D T-B if you're wondering why I'm stalking you!)

I would never have bought a DS at all, let along one for such a young child - my DSD got one for Xmas age 9 and took no care of it, her mum got her ANOTHER one the next Xmas!

however.

a few years ago my DH actually won a DS in a raffle. I've let DD mess around on Nintendogs etc sometimes but she knows to take care of it. she's 3.1 and I just got her her first game of her own - it's Pocoyo and it's really good actually! :o but I'm really strict about it, she's only allowed to play once a day and then the DS goes to sleep :)

not sure how useful my input was on this thread as it seems to be more about grammar

WTF? this is an ancient thread.

My WTF was a general one and not directed at you MathsMadMummy, just in case it came over badly

She had her baby last September - I know because I had one too :o

oh! PMSL ok then :o

MMM I'm not, she is 10 months old now, this thread is really old

:o

I was wondering why I hadn't noticed anything on your FB...

why did this thread get dragged up anyway?