How does and can one parent effectively these days?

Back in my day in the 1980's Cell Phones, PDA's, GameBoys, Play
Stations, X-boxes, Home PC's, Laptops, and the Internet was almost non
existent in the home. I have to wonder how many more kids are being
diagnosed as an ADD/ADHD client than in my day. And I wonder how kids
can study with all the added distractions of this entertainment driven
generation. Back in my day I read books, played Marbles, ventured into
nature, rode bikes, and did so many things I am afraid many kids no
longer enjoy.

Choose Your Own Adventure was a children's book series of the 1980's
that would never sell in todays market. Instead of wasting countless
hours in front of a computer I read books which I doubt many children
would chose over using a computer these days. Is it good that kids would
rather read on their computers over reading a traditional book?

I fear great danger with this new generation.



John

--
BA Church Education Ministries AS Business/IT specialist
CERM- Church Education Resource Ministries
http://johnw.freeshell.org/bible/
http://johnw.freeshell.org/bible/unbeliever_list.htm

2 Tim 4:2
AIM: Crucifyself03
Spelling and grammar errors left
in for those that
need their life fulfilled by correcting me

----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==----
http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups
----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----

Bible John wrote:

Snip

I fear great danger with this new generation.

We were saying the same things about *your* generation, and my father's
generation was saying the same thing about *my* generation...and so on
and so on and so on...

Dave wrote:
Bible John wrote:

Snip


I fear great danger with this new generation.


We were saying the same things about *your* generation, and my father's
generation was saying the same thing about *my* generation...and so on
and so on and so on...


IIRC, Socrates said it. No, I did not hear it first hand.

"Dave" wrote in message
oups.com...
Bible John wrote:

Snip

I fear great danger with this new generation.

We were saying the same things about *your* generation, and my father's
generation was saying the same thing about *my* generation...and so on
and so on and so on...

Were people ever adicted to reading books though? They sure can get adicted
to the internet and video games.

CWatters wrote:
"Dave" wrote in message
oups.com...

Bible John wrote:

Snip


I fear great danger with this new generation.

We were saying the same things about *your* generation, and my father's
generation was saying the same thing about *my* generation...and so on
and so on and so on...


Were people ever adicted to reading books though? They sure can get adicted
to the internet and video games.

My friends son has AD/HD and OCD. In his case, though, he is obsessive
about stuyding and reading. I have seen him cross a highway with his
face in a book.

"CWatters" wrote:
"Dave" wrote in message
roups.com...
Bible John wrote:
Snip

I fear great danger with this new generation.

We were saying the same things about *your* generation, and my father's
generation was saying the same thing about *my* generation...and so on
and so on and so on...

Were people ever adicted to reading books though? They sure can get adicted
to the internet and video games.

Some people still are. My mom used to tell me to turn down the beans
after 15 minutes, and I would answer but I would get involved in the
book and she'd come back in half an hour to a house full of smoke and
burnt beans. She used to kick me outside to 'get some fresh air'. I
used to read under the bedcovers, and I will still stay up until the
wee hours of the morning to finish a book.

grandma Rosalie

On 17 Aug 2005 01:10:42 -0700, "Dave" wrote:

Bible John wrote:

Snip

I fear great danger with this new generation.

We were saying the same things about *your* generation, and my father's
generation was saying the same thing about *my* generation...and so on
and so on and so on...


Ditto



Non-commercial website where everything is free.
http://www.biblebob.net


BB

Mark Probert wrote:
Dave wrote:
Bible John wrote:

Snip


I fear great danger with this new generation.


We were saying the same things about *your* generation, and my father's
generation was saying the same thing about *my* generation...and so on
and so on and so on...


IIRC, Socrates said it. No, I did not hear it first hand.


"The young people of today love luxury. They have bad manners, they
scoff at authority and lack respect for their elders. Children
nowadays are really tyrants, they no longer stand up when their elders
come into the room where they are sitting, they contradict their
parents, chat together in the presence of adults, eat gluttonously and
tyrannise their teachers." -- Socrates

CWatters wrote:


Were people ever adicted to reading books though? They sure can get adicted
to the internet and video games.

Comic books! The scourge of a generation! They were violent, visual,
and all in all 'Not A Good Thing' according to my 1950's siblings. Kids
would spend money on comic books, collect hundreds of these things, act
out what was portrayed, and prefer to hang out reading them versus
engaging in more 'wholesome' activities.

I believe that video games are the comic books of today.

And I don't think either of these items are necessarily bad.

Caledonia

In article .com, Caledonia
says...


CWatters wrote:


Were people ever adicted to reading books though? They sure can get adicted
to the internet and video games.

Comic books! The scourge of a generation! They were violent, visual,
and all in all 'Not A Good Thing' according to my 1950's siblings. Kids
would spend money on comic books, collect hundreds of these things, act
out what was portrayed, and prefer to hang out reading them versus
engaging in more 'wholesome' activities.

I believe that video games are the comic books of today.

And I don't think either of these items are necessarily bad.

I do remember books, especially fiction, being considered a possibly addictive
distraction, and being discouraged.

Banty