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I have given birth to a demon

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Quattrocento · 13/05/2011 19:43

DD gave DS a birthday present recently

Said birthday present consisted of her old IPOD shuffle, which was no longer required

DS was very grateful

Say what you will about hand-me-down birthday presents but they are not particularly thoughtful IMO

But then she compounded this by STEALING what was now her brother's IPOD shuffle, and SELLING it on Ebay

Suggestions?

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Doha · 14/05/2011 17:24

Yes and l'm bad because the kids have TV's in their rooms but l can honestly say that DD2 haardly watches hers and we still have family movie nights and often we all watch TV together.

bellavita · 14/05/2011 17:29

Well we have Apple TV so can rent/buy movies and have family movie nights whenever we want.

Grin

We are the house of Apple

bellavita · 14/05/2011 17:32

Oh sorry Grin that was really childish of me, but I am super super giddy, really I am Grin

We have some friends (english) who moved to the states when DS1 was about 18 months old. They are his godparents. We have managed to see them on every holiday to the states we have been to (not where they live but have managed to meet up - they flew across to Vegas year before last to see us). We have just found out that they will be on the next island to us in August in Hawaii. We love love love them to bits and I cannot wait to see them.

Doha · 14/05/2011 17:38

Grin bellavita have some Wine to celebrate

We are house of Dell and Apple

(shhhh hoping to buy an Ipad in the states this summer) our secret Wink

bellavita · 14/05/2011 17:40

Thanks Doha Grin

bibbitybobbityhat · 14/05/2011 17:43

I have never seen a macbook and I only know a handful of grownups who own an iphone. And I live in very middle class London. Agree with Eric's post.

bellavita · 14/05/2011 17:48

Well middle class London needs to get with it Bib Grin.

I live out in the sticks and it is quite the norm out here.

PrinceHumperdink · 14/05/2011 17:53

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bibbitybobbityhat · 14/05/2011 17:53

I guess middle class Londoners can't afford such luxuries because we are being so fulsomely ripped off with our housing costs Grin.

Doha · 14/05/2011 17:58

Come live in Scotland then-we are very nice people honestly.Smile
And we are not mean and grumpy, just a wry sense of humour

EvenLessNarkyPuffin · 14/05/2011 17:59

Yup. Another one here. All the teens, and males under 50, that I know have iphones. All the teens have laptops. I have a laptop. DH had a laptop (and smugphone).

geraldinetheluckygoat · 14/05/2011 18:01

My nephew is at private school and has to do all his homework, or at least a lot of it electronically. He had a clapped out pc for ages, that broke, so he used the family pc, now someone has given him a clapped out laptop! My ds's are still little, and have only just started school. We're much less well off than my sister, so I can't imagine that we will afford two laptops for the ds's. but we also live in a pretty deprived area so I would imagine their peer's families will be in a similar boat. I suspect they will get a pc in their room or down here to share and then they will be able to use my laptop if needed. I think the upper school they will go to has a study centre too, so they will be able to use computers there, which is why the place exists, I guess, for those who don't have them at home.

I do think it's really normal for nephew and his peers to have laptops, and to be honest if families can afford it, the kids WILL have more than those who don't. That's just the way it is. There's no point being all outraged, I suspect if we could all afford it, all of us would probably buy them things that they wanted a bit more readily. Maybe not computers for some, but what about other things, like oh I dont know, pets, clothes, sports equipment or lessons, musical instruments, more expensive books or whatever.

If she's paid the money back, with interest, and you've had a stern talk, OP, then I think you've done all you needed to. Kids do do stupid things sometimes...irrespective of wether they own macbooks or not. I would gen up on the router password, etc, though, just so they dont get access to all the grot on the net Smile

bellavita · 14/05/2011 18:06

A good post Geraldiine.

Quattrocento · 14/05/2011 18:10

This thread has taken a gadgetry turn. I don't think I know any adults under retirement age who don't own either an Iphone or a blackberry.

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bellavita · 14/05/2011 18:18

Sorry Quatrro, your thread was kind of hijacked.

Quattrocento · 14/05/2011 18:19

:) Nah, threads go where they go. It's all good.

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PrinceHumperdink · 14/05/2011 18:19

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Quattrocento · 14/05/2011 18:22

Prince, do you want me to get DD in touch with you to sort out the battery issue on the macbook? Seriously? She is a 24 carat geek when it comes to computers (although I warn you she worships at the altar of Apple)

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PrinceHumperdink · 14/05/2011 18:27

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Quattrocento · 14/05/2011 18:32

She says:

"It depends which model it is. If it's an aluminium one, there should be a hinge in the middle on the bottom of the underside of the macbook. If you pull that off, it should take off the aluminium battery cover, and then the battery should be shown underneath that. There should be a flap underneath the battery to let you pull the battery out."

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missmelo · 14/05/2011 18:36

Hi Quattro, I don't think she is a demon, I think she was just being naughty and thinking she would get away with it and now it has backfired on her, hopefully she won't do it again :)
As for your children having gadgets, well, quite frankly I think thats up to you and their dad to decide and react to the consequences if and when you need too. They do have a lot, but thats because they are fortunate enough.

bronze · 14/05/2011 18:41

I'm actually a bit worried. Ds1 has just been offered a place at a good private school which we only have to pay 23% of and dpils have offered to pay that and for uniform. I know we can afford a few of the extra costs that will arise but iphones and laptops are pushing it. Can't even afford them for us. I use other peoples handmedown phones.
I was looking forward to him going knowing he will get an education and opportunities that he would never had got otherwise but I'm cacking myself now he will constantly feel like the poor relation.

BitOfFun · 14/05/2011 18:55

Quattrocento, I think you should show your daughter this as a warning- it is a slippery slope she's on Wink

quirrelquarrel · 14/05/2011 18:58

Well- in terms of having good feeling in the family, it's not great.

But in terms of teaching them a life lesson about the importance of not holding onto material goods...okay, it's not the best bright side one could muster, but it's not a complete disaster for your son. Some autistics are taught not to form such strong attachments to objects by having other people encouraged to take things away from them. That's a magnified version, but if you know that things like iPods (luxury items) aren't always safe, I don't know, it mightn't be such a bad thing. But then, it's one of those things that needs lots of reinforcements, and for a birthday present...

Demons can change! Anyway, it's not so surprising if you think back to what being a teenager's like- it's like having tunnel vision- all about 'me, me, me'. Not an excuse, but reassurance than she can and probably will quite suddenly change and start being lovely and thoughtful again.

wildfig · 14/05/2011 19:28

it's when you find out she's downloaded application forms for The Apprentice that you really need to worry...

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