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Was the stick screen accurate?
Kids don't like toys anymore
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Was the stick screen accurate?
Who could blame them? Mainstream toys today suck. The only ones I've bought this year were the TMNT Classics set and a few Kenner vintage-style 3 3/4" SW figures.
Though I do agree parents need to put a moratorium on cellphones and such until their kids become teenagers. One of my folks' godchildren (who at the time this took place was eight) kept bugging his mom for a cellphone. She asked him why and he responded "to play games" -- and he already owns a Wii, an XBox 360, and a Nintendo DS.
Though I do agree parents need to put a moratorium on cellphones and such until their kids become teenagers. One of my folks' godchildren (who at the time this took place was eight) kept bugging his mom for a cellphone. She asked him why and he responded "to play games" -- and he already owns a Wii, an XBox 360, and a Nintendo DS.
Kids were also allowed to play outside, ride all over the neighborhood, go to off in to the forest, down to river or creek ect... Now parents are scared to leave kids in the front year alone. The media, the Internet all have parents thinking strangers are out to kill kidnap rape their kids. I highly doubt there are more predators now then when we were kids, but they is much more exposure now so it seems much worse.
Hell I wanted to get my nephew those little skate ramps, and parents weren't to sure. At his same age I had 4' tall skate board launch ramps. After pointing that out my sister backed off and they got them, next year he got grind rail, and had a friend dislocate his elbow a week later
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Hell I wanted to get my nephew those little skate ramps, and parents weren't to sure. At his same age I had 4' tall skate board launch ramps. After pointing that out my sister backed off and they got them, next year he got grind rail, and had a friend dislocate his elbow a week later
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LOL at least the stick was free for you. Over at Universal Studios the Potter sticks are 35 bucks
My nephew plays with toys (action figures, vehicles, toy guns, swords, etc.). His little sister is more into art type stuff, but she plays with dolls, and she plays hard (toys fear her, as do most inanimate objects and small animals). Their older cousin loved toys up until she was about 10, but she's 12 now and much more interested in clothes. The two girls watch a lot of tv, and the boy plays PS2 when he gets a chance, but otherwise, I don't see a lot of difference between them and myself and my siblings at that age.
However (and this might be the dime it turns on) none of their parents are particularly wealthy. The older one is an only child, first grandchild, and her dad has been AWOL for years. Her mom works hard and makes good money, but she has her in a private school and extra money isn't abundant. The other two have both parents, and my mom lavishes what she can on them, but they're still middle income on a good day, and they just had a baby brother.
That also may have nothing to do with it. They all grew up in quiet neighborhoods with good backyards to play in. They've had each other to play with. They get a lot of attention from the adults around them.
So, who knows.
I think that does have to do with it. I really hate how spoiled kids have become now. Of course parents want them to have what they didn't when they were growing up I understand that, but one thing is caring for your kid and another thing is spoil them.
It is kinda funny because when you see kids from a middle age family that does okay but they are not rich or anything, does kids play outside.
But then you have kids in a wealthy family and they are all glued to electronics. I can speak from experience too. My cousin does really well and all his kids are that way, playstation/being online all day/ have I phones. One of them is 7.
I also have to agree with this. I think it is the parents' fault if kids don't get exercise or play with toys. I mean after all it is the parents getting them these things. In my neighborhood you see kids playing all the time outside, the parents are outside watching them.
I don't see how anyone under 10 needs a phone or access to a computer, that's too young.
I would generally have to disagree. If I was a kid today I would have a blast with figures like the HALO ones and the Gears Of War to name a couple. The wrestling figures they have out now and the superheros are great.
I grew up in the 70's and some of my fondest memories were with little green army men and building fortresses in the sandbox. Friends and I would spend hours upon hours building fortresses in the sand box and then knocking them down with rocks. We had great times.
Kids today just don't know how to pretend. Some of it is not their fault though. A lot of things we did are not PC anymore. We played cops and robbers, war, and cowboys and indians. We would even play this stuff at recess using our fingers as guns. What happens now when little kids use their fingers as guns? Suspension? Detention? It's a shame really.
I disagree I think it is the opposite of that, toys now are much better than before and there is much more selection. I mean with the internet you can have any toy from now or from any other year. Sure some toys are hundreds but there is a lot of toys for kids to play with. I don't remember there being so many choices when I was little.
there is a lot now.
Shropt
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I actually played with my niece this Christmas for a few minutes and her Lalaloopsie (sp?). We both jumped on a dogtoy raft and floated around the African jungle. It was pretty cool. They got DS systems this year for Christmas but they spent way more time playing with their dolls.
I gotta agree with Nam that if the parents spend every second on a phone/tablet then the kids will do the same.
I gotta agree with Nam that if the parents spend every second on a phone/tablet then the kids will do the same.
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I almost wanna make christmas cards out of that...Honestly cool...LOL...You must be a real big deal...LOL
KillerCam251
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I think a large part of this how parents raise their kids. I myself being relatively young at 22 when I was growing up my parents refused to get me a gaming console until I turned 14 which was a PS2 up until then and even after I played with toys all the time my parents even bought me the same figure sometimes after years of wear and tear because I loved them so much. Besides that I was always watching Star Wars making Darth Vader and Stormtrooper masks out of cardboard and what not. My mom was still worried about me being out by myself when I was young but even then I still went to friends houses and they came to mine and stayed in the general yard area when my parents or theirs were home. I only had a trac phone when I was 15 when I started skateboarding just so my parents knew where I was at and never had a "phone phone" until I was sixteen. I was always building model cars/gundams and drawing all the time even after I had a game system.
Which I have carried over now that Im older. I still have only one game system being a 360 but I still like to do constructively challenging things such as models and still play sports. I just can't sit around all day. My parents always instilled in me the reward of hard work and creativity. Which is how I ultimately will raise my kids one day.
Being a cop in the Air Force has really shown me how out of control kids are these days. With this being the age spanking is considered child abuse and what not the Air Force is really paticular how parents raise their kids basically leaving parents at the mercy of their child due to repercussions if a child says they were spanked amongst other things. So all I ever see is kids acting out and raising hell and parents in turn shoving a iPhone or video game in their face to shut them up, almost as if they don't want/can't deal with them. I believe it has alot to do with how much time and effort parents give their children to be creative or imaginative.
when I was growing up my parents refused to get me a gaming console until I turned 14 which was a PS2 up until then and even after I played with toys all the time my parents even bought me the same figure sometimes after years of wear and tear because I loved them so much. Besides that I was always watching Star Wars making Darth Vader and Stormtrooper masks out of cardboard and what not. My mom was still worried about me being out by myself when I was young but even then I still went to friends houses and they came to mine and stayed in the general yard area when my parents or theirs were home. I only had a trac phone when I was 15 when I started skateboarding just so my parents knew where I was at and never had a "phone phone" until I was sixteen. I was always building model cars/gundams and drawing all the time even after I had a game system.Which I have carried over now that Im older. I still have only one game system being a 360 but I still like to do constructively challenging things such as models and still play sports. I just can't sit around all day. My parents always instilled in me the reward of hard work and creativity. Which is how I ultimately will raise my kids one day.
Being a cop in the Air Force has really shown me how out of control kids are these days. With this being the age spanking is considered child abuse and what not the Air Force is really paticular how parents raise their kids basically leaving parents at the mercy of their child due to repercussions if a child says they were spanked amongst other things. So all I ever see is kids acting out and raising hell and parents in turn shoving a iPhone or video game in their face to shut them up, almost as if they don't want/can't deal with them. I believe it has alot to do with how much time and effort parents give their children to be creative or imaginative.
It's snowing like crazy outside right now. When I was a kid, my dog and I would be out in it until I was so cold my feet would be red even through my boots. I would come in and warm back up and then out I'd go!
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I grew up in Texas, so on those rare occasions that we got any snow at all you bet your ass I was out the door. One of my fondest memories of playing with toys is getting to take my GI Joe Snow Job figure outside and actually play with him in the snow.
UltraMarknus
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A lot of assumptions on bad parenting leading to kids liking electronics so much going on here. I wonder if these people are actually parents??
My 9 year old girl enjoys watching Netflix on her iPod, playing Poptropica on the family laptop and enjoying just Dance 4 on the XBOX 360.
I must be a horrible ****ing parent.
I would spend hours on my original Nintendo playing Zelda, Mario Bros, Contra...
My parents must've been horrible ****ing parents.
Oh wait, my kids never go without food on their plates, a roof over their heads, hugs, kisses and "I love you"'s?
Nope, I'm still a horrible ****ing parent.
Oh but my daughter is a straight A student and volunteers or is chosen for every community involvement project at her school.
Wait...she has a personal DVD player.
Yep, definitely a horrible ****ing parent.
She can go days not watching TV because she is drawing, playing with dolls or creating dioramas for the fun of it.
Wait...we have a TV she has access to?
....I sure hope she doesn't become an axe murderer.
My 9 year old girl enjoys watching Netflix on her iPod, playing Poptropica on the family laptop and enjoying just Dance 4 on the XBOX 360.
I must be a horrible ****ing parent.
I would spend hours on my original Nintendo playing Zelda, Mario Bros, Contra...
My parents must've been horrible ****ing parents.
Oh wait, my kids never go without food on their plates, a roof over their heads, hugs, kisses and "I love you"'s?
Nope, I'm still a horrible ****ing parent.
Oh but my daughter is a straight A student and volunteers or is chosen for every community involvement project at her school.
Wait...she has a personal DVD player.
Yep, definitely a horrible ****ing parent.
She can go days not watching TV because she is drawing, playing with dolls or creating dioramas for the fun of it.
Wait...we have a TV she has access to?
....I sure hope she doesn't become an axe murderer.
They might very well play with toys just as much as we did,but one things for sure,kids mature faster these days so toys are for kids under 9-10.
As a Kid i never had a computer,mobile phone(obviously) which kids have today so...
I had a NES but the games were too simple back then to sit for hours at a time so for me it was all about Cartoons and Toys.
When i was a kid,my father told me about things he did during his childhood,and i thought that was lame.Same way kids would think about me if i told them what i grew up with.
As a Kid i never had a computer,mobile phone(obviously) which kids have today so...
I had a NES but the games were too simple back then to sit for hours at a time so for me it was all about Cartoons and Toys.
When i was a kid,my father told me about things he did during his childhood,and i thought that was lame.Same way kids would think about me if i told them what i grew up with.
Lejuan
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Kids today, blah blah blah. People have been saying this about kids for thousands of years.
lolWe all had video games when we were little but they did not consume our lives. There was no internet back then either.
I think one of the biggest problems with kids being online and having access to all this technology is that the internet is a really really terrible place for a kid be in. Sure parents can put parental controls but young kids should really not be allow to on online unsupervised. There are things that I see now that I find incredibly disturbing or inappropriate that would have probably given me nightmares if I saw them when I was little.
You don't mention your daughter going online so that is a good thing. I don't think video games are the problem at all. It is how easily the internet is accessible now and how parents make technology their babysitter.
If you can spend time with your kids and make sure they are okay then it is a very good thing.
Food in their mouths and a roof over their head means nothing if a kid is neglected. I'm sure people that go on shooting sprees had food on the table and a house where to live in lol.
I think one of the problems is that kids are relying too much on technology. You said it yourself we spend hours playing Super nintendo but that is nothing Nothing compared to what kids have access to now.
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