Geezer Wisdom
By raincoaster
Actually, I have no way of knowing how old this fellow is. He’s just some anonymous complainer on a complaint board set up so as to allow ranters to rant in peace. But something tells me that, when he’s not hitting nails on heads w/r/t raising children, he’s holding the Venetian blinds apart with two meaty fingers and yelling “GET OFFA MY LAWN!” I love him anyway; we shall grow old together, in matching lawn chairs and Bermuda shorts, crankily waving our canes at any child who unplugs from the electric teat long enough to step foot on OUR LAWN!
From the Seattle Times:
Rant “To the couple pushing a toddler in a stroller around Green Lake on Aug. 13. Your little boy was watching a DVD on his lap, complete with headphones for easy listening. Are you kidding me? Your child does not need an activity to keep him occupied while on a walk; the walk is the activity! If your child can’t go for 60 minutes without watching TV, you have a big problem. Whatever happened to watching the scenery and talking about what you see? Please, at least give him a book to look at instead.”
August 26th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
This child will be on ADHD meds. There are studies that prove too early exposure to TV, Video, Computer promotes ADHD.
OK… Most of my friends have told me that I am going to be the mean old lady rocking on the front porch, holding my shot gun, sipping a “beverage” from the jug and telling the kids that I’m going to put a cap in their tiny little butts if they diss me at all…
August 27th, 2008 at 1:20 am
Well I’m that way now and there are worse lifestyles, let me tell you.
August 27th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Jennie, my sister Jen the neo-natal NP says the same thing — that children should not watch TV until they are old enough to talk (intelligently) about what they are seeing.
My corollary rant to the stroller issue: Parents, your children can go more than an hour without food. It is not necessary to take bananas, juice and cheerios to church. (And what’s with all the juice, anyhow? Why can’t a kid drink water?)
August 27th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
I agree, a walk should be about your child observing and hopefully interacting with the world around them. Parents should be talking and pointing out interesting things, not having the kid watch a movie!
August 29th, 2008 at 11:49 am
I think the food is more of a distraction, than a necessity. Whatever keeps them quiet in church…