• automaton@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I see this as a parenting failure, honestly. You’re not supposed to just let your kid watch whatever without supervision IMHO. If you can’t control what your kids watch, don’t give them iPads!

    • Pofski@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Covid has shown me that a lot of parents shouldn’t be. During the period that everybody was stuck at home there was a large amount of people that found out that they don’t know, or want, to raise a child and couldn’t wait to get them to schools or activities just to get rid of them.

      My ex used to say “you can’t be expected to give up your social life just because you have a child”. My kids and I are better off now.

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        8 months ago

        “It takes a village to raise a child” is an old expression for a reason. Historically (EDIT: And today in most of the world), parents wouldn’t take care of their kids 24/7. They would have parents, siblings, neighbours and friends to help share the load.

        The idea that parents and parents alone do 100% of everything to raise a child is a very modern western thing.

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        8 months ago

        This is a strange take. It’s okay to be a parent that wants alone time, or time away from their kids. It’s no different than wanting time alone from any family member. It doesn’t mean you don’t love them, it means you enjoy being with yourself and fulfilling your own wishes sometimes. I have a really hard time believing anyone who says they love to be around a toddler 24/7. It’s just not humanly possible.

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          8 months ago

          My solution to not wanting to be around a toddler 24/7 is to not make a toddler in the first place.

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            8 months ago

            Cool. You clearly don’t know what you’re talking about then!

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              8 months ago

              ‘I’ve never flown a helicopter but if I saw one in a tree I’d be like “you fucked up”. that’s not supposed to be up there—that’s pilot error’.
              -Steve Hofstetter