Babysat by phones

[ABonHawks]

I'm sorry
I really can't stand parents that babysit there kids with their phones
Out and about in buggy in a park and your child stuck to your phone or their iPad
Or put having dinner, and you got pepper pig playing non your phone as rest of you eat
Why can't you teach your child to speak to you about what's going on around then ?
Why can't you teach your child to sit nicely while adults eat? Or do some colouring ?
Why has a child under age of 10 been giving a phone ?

I'm sorry but phones tablets not happening in my household till my child goes to high school simple

I tell you what, I’ll be locked in a house 24/7 for literally months with your 1 10 month old and will look after them well with no screens at all. You can have my 7,5 and 3 year old (who are up at 5.30am) and see how well you get on, eh?

I know someone who has become this sanctimonious since having a baby too. I’m waiting for it to bite her on the arse. Hahaha.

Glad you love parenting OP, I’m sure you will love the 2/3 yr old stage where they speak non stop from 6am-7pm, drop their naps, throw themselves on the floor when they get the wrong coloured straw and follow you to the toilet.
As for no screens until in secondary school, that will majorly put them behind- primary schools set home work on apps these days- sorry it’s not the 70s anymore. Oh and had yours and my parents had access to screens you can damn well bet they would have used them!

0/10 for trolling skillz.

Op you are using a 'screen' to reply to this thread aren't you?

Not exactly setting the best example to your child.

By the time your kid is in high school people will probably have chips in their brain or something.

Good god I used to be that idealistic about having kids. It was going to be all cakes, cuddles, bonding, walks on the beach, perfectly tousled hair and picnics every day.

I remember watching Super Nanny one day and turning to DH and saying "I'll never let my children behave like that..."

Ten years and two DC later I'm just pleased if they are both still alive at the end of each day.

OP are you learning from the mistakes of your own parents, given how appallingly bad your written word is? Such awful grammar.

See what I did there? I’m judging you (and your rubbish parents) based purely on what I can see in front of me.

I really hope someone has set a reminder in their diary to restart this thread in three years time to see how the OP is getting on.

We just weren’t taken out to eat as kids often at all. Do you know why? Because it’s not fun. It’s not fun for them having to sit there whilst a meal takes ages when they would rather be running around or playing, and it’s not fun for the parents either having to listen to the constant moaning about how board they are. Technology has provided an avenue for everyone to enjoy the experience a whole lot more, parents and children.

@Lenny1980 - completely agree. There's a reason the Beefeaters of olden days all had adventure playgrounds and special kids menus that could be drawn on...

Order food, get sent out to play, called back in when food was ready.

We may not have had tablets and phones but we had loads of other distractions instead.

No iPads no tablets no phones for my child till start of high school
Simple

Firstly.... good luck with that.

Secondly, I think you are fundamentally doing your child a disservice if you do this; there is so much good content out there, and children do so much incidental learning with the good content on screens. Absolutely limit time on screens, but don't be so black and white about it all.

The future generation of coders are the children that are learning technology now, and having it become second nature to them.

Also - stop judging people. There are many reasons why people use screens at many different times in different situations. That doesn't mean that they are attached to them the whole time, nor does it make them bad parents.

I'm glad you have found the first ten months of your child's life easy. But parenting is NOT easy. We have good days and bad days. Everyone has their own challenges.

I also agree with Lenny and Zomblie - the world has changed. We eat out more as a country (well... did) than was ever done when I was a child late 80s early 90s. when we did eat out, there were other distractions. Life has moved on.