General Chat
Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!
- The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
- You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
- And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
- The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.
Quick Search
Single word search
Icons
- New posts
- No new posts
- Thread closed
- Stickied, new posts
- Stickied, no new posts
A worrying new danger
Profile | Posted by | Options | Post Date |
---|---|---|---|
|
AnninGlos | Report | 29 Jan 2016 16:13 |
Reading the DM yesterday, as I do because I am what Rollo describes as 'an old dear'. I found two articles quite concerning. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
Guinevere | Report | 29 Jan 2016 16:37 |
Overuse of anything is damaging. The trouble is screens have become baby sitters for parents who can't be bothered to engage with their children. I hate seeing toddlers with their noses in tablets when we're in restaurants etc. Why don't they just talk to their children? |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
Sharron | Report | 29 Jan 2016 16:38 |
Because their children are accessories. Just like the tablets. |
|||
|
AnninGlos | Report | 29 Jan 2016 16:39 |
The problem is that the adults usually have their phones in front of them as well. I sometimes wonder why these families bother to go out together if they don't want to talk to each other. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
Sharron | Report | 29 Jan 2016 16:46 |
Why do they even bother to be a family? |
|||
|
AnninGlos | Report | 29 Jan 2016 16:47 |
True. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
Guinevere | Report | 29 Jan 2016 16:54 |
A young friend recently started teaching and told me that several in her reception class tried to "swipe" books. Awful for them to get to school without knowing how books work. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
AnninGlos | Report | 29 Jan 2016 17:03 |
Oh that is terrible Gwynne, how sad that they have obviously never seen a book. Which means there are no books in their house. difficult to imagine life without books. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
Annx | Report | 29 Jan 2016 17:03 |
There is concern that children won't be able to communicate with each other as adults to form relationships or relate to employers or their customers too. Employers are already saying that many job applicants lack social skills for work, so what will it be like when today's youngsters grow up? Mind you, I don't think spending more time with some parents would help either. I remember feeling distressed myself in a cafe a few years ago when a little boy sitting in his pushchair had been so good for so long became badly upset at his young mother completely ignoring him talking to her as he became more and more distressed while she just texted away on her phone as oblivious as if he didn't exist!! The other night I witnessed a young teenage girl standing quietly at a supermarket looking upset and embarrassed while her mother was shouting the most vile and unecessary swear words at her!! Too many people don't deserve the human beings they have created, if they can't be bothered to care for their wellbeing properly. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
supercrutch | Report | 29 Jan 2016 17:14 |
Our grandchildren both have tablets, we bought granddaughter one for her 2nd birthday. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
InspectorGreenPen | Report | 29 Jan 2016 17:18 |
Children who are denied access to tablets, ipads etc will actually be at a distinct disadvantage once they start school. |
|||
|
AnninGlos | Report | 29 Jan 2016 17:25 |
There you have it, moderation in the use of the Ipad and interactive play, plus access to books. But not all children are getting this. Which is sad. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
BrendafromWales | Report | 29 Jan 2016 19:44 |
I love my iPad and it has made a difference to my life since I |
|||
|
lavender | Report | 29 Jan 2016 21:32 |
A funny little ditty from our family week:- |
|||
|
RolloTheRed | Report | 29 Jan 2016 21:44 |
If you check back over the years .... |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
AnninGlos | Report | 29 Jan 2016 22:01 |
You never miss a trick Rollo do you. This was about babies and toddlers being left to play on a tablet instead of parents interacting with them. Not about older children playing games. This piece may have been printed in your much hated newspaper but it was written by a respected author. I am not quite sure what makes you an authority on everything but it gets boring. Although I have to say I was waiting for your post. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
AnninGlos | Report | 29 Jan 2016 22:02 |
Lavender :-D :-D bless him. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
lavender | Report | 29 Jan 2016 22:10 |
I do confess to a little DM online addiction :-0 |
|||
|
lavender | Report | 29 Jan 2016 22:14 |
… but then we subscribe to the online Times and Telegraph, too |
|||
|
supercrutch | Report | 29 Jan 2016 22:53 |
Oh dear, I read the Telegraph but have a real time news feed from sources worldwide, this also includes headlines from the DM. I have been known to read what appear to be interesting news reports (Fox News excluded) and that obviously includes gutter press rags. |
|||
Researching: |