QuickTidal, on 12 January 2017 - 07:50 PM, said:
amphibian, on 12 January 2017 - 07:31 PM, said:
Are you a child who may want to keep playing a game during a long ride somewhere else?
This is not something we as a society should endorse. When the kid has to go somewhere, we should not be allowing them to continue their immersion in a game they were playing at home before they left. There are other things to occupy time on long journeys.
Commutes or long trips somewhere are tough for adults and we usually have plenty of options and the funds to buy things with. For kids, it's different. I have a lot of empathy for them and think they'll be fine with stuff like the Switch on the go.
I'm remembering the years of car rides where I wasn't even tall enough to look outside the car's windows in the backseat (some of this was prior to widespread booster seat usage). Books sometimes weren't allowed because my father was a cranky dude at times and we had zero video games/handhelds. So I either quickly exhausted my parents' patience for questions, slept, or stared at the fucking car seat in front of me for hours. That was a terrible experience - especially when we'd drive 3 or 4 hours to get somewhere.
I don't mind a kid on a commute reading a book or playing a video game. Not every kid gets a cell phone these days (and probably shouldn't either). Give them a book or handheld video game with something not too violent for public and I'm 100% on board with that. Kids aren't old enough to direct where they go and are often asked to entertain themselves. As long as they detach when it's time (social situations, school, whatever), it should be fine.
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