tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post8092631880771013837..comments2024-03-29T04:31:25.034-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Is it too late to confiscate your kids' smartphones?Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-34037246200205009932018-03-17T11:07:04.328-05:002018-03-17T11:07:04.328-05:00Cellphones...more dangerous than an AR15...no cont...Cellphones...more dangerous than an AR15...no contest.<br />Search 'suicides by cyberbullying'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-18567787592441635442018-03-16T21:30:53.033-05:002018-03-16T21:30:53.033-05:00One of the more enjoyable moments of last summer&#...One of the more enjoyable moments of last summer's cross country trip was in North Dakota, along US-2. Three kids (9-15?) were horrified to learn there were "no bars!" They couldn't call, IM, or Facebook with their friends back home. "They'll think we're dead!" Dad earned my undying respect when he said "Keep whining and you will be!"<br />Youngest child asked waitress "When will we get coverage?" To her eternal credit the waitress said "Idaho, about 800 miles from here."<br />I've packed felons off to the state prison who looked less horrified.Stretchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-8904617494842897412018-03-16T18:43:49.254-05:002018-03-16T18:43:49.254-05:00This isn't a new phenomenon:
https://timeline...This isn't a new phenomenon:<br /><br />https://timeline.com/what-technology-are-we-addicted-to-this-time-f0f7860f2fab<br /><br />Every time a new information technology comes along, the older generation thinks that the younger one embracing it is doomed, doomed I tell you!<br /><br />Usually turns out that's not the case, but eventually, the law of averages will catch up with us, and the elders are going to be proven right. Maybe this time? Maybe next? Maybe whatever's on the cutting edge in a few thousand years...?takirkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01228716337489374348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-69161957792084023642018-03-16T09:32:13.388-05:002018-03-16T09:32:13.388-05:00my husband and i have flip phones. daughter [34 ye...my husband and i have flip phones. daughter [34 years] has a phone that is like a small ipad- is that a smart phone?] but we are not constantly using them.<br />i require that phones be with us at all times, specifically to be able to call police, ambulance, fire department and to be able to quickly reach each other when changes occur which affect such things as pick up time at the train station for example.<br />the chief reason for constant carry is emergency possibilities.<br />in spite of expense, made sure daughter had one when she stated college. a necessary safety precaution for any young girl.deb harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110992898072146282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-2826281148891221902018-03-15T03:33:57.130-05:002018-03-15T03:33:57.130-05:00I also only have a flip phone. I seem to recall an...I also only have a flip phone. I seem to recall an old science fiction story, maybe from the fifties?, about teens in England with some device that they watched music or something on and how destructive of society it was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-47585504462461389502018-03-14T11:05:29.649-05:002018-03-14T11:05:29.649-05:00One can be too connected to the rest of the world....One can be too connected to the rest of the world.<br /><br />One of my biggest regrets is letting my son have too much time on the computer when he was young.Paul Bonneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15279129269584372919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-75721568062523753792018-03-14T10:26:53.664-05:002018-03-14T10:26:53.664-05:00I have a flip phone, which is usually OFF.I have a flip phone, which is usually OFF.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-57703463122895314612018-03-14T10:16:04.741-05:002018-03-14T10:16:04.741-05:00"I frequently don't carry it at all, pref..."<i>I frequently don't carry it at all, preferring to leave it at home where I'm not constantly tethered to it. If someone needs me, they can send a text or leave a voicemail message, and I'll respond as and when I get it. I don't have to be at others' beck and call all day, every day. I'd regard that as extremely unhealthy . . . but then, I'm something of a dinosaur, I suppose. I still value my privacy.</i>"<br /><br />Amen.<br /><br />I'll go you one better: the price of the things is such that occasionally, if I'm waiting for a call, I have a second line. I'll set the first phone to transfer calls to the second number, and leave it home. The first number is work/public/occasionally shared. The phone call I'm expecting comes in, I talk, and then I can turn the thing off and remain untethered.<br />I can also do it in reverse, and set the public phone to the number I'm <i>calling</i>, and when I call out from the private line, the number stays private.<br /><br />Even the feds can't beat this.<br /><br />That's when I bother to take a phone with me at all.<br /><br />Frequently, I have to remember to plug them both in, because I've left them home, and after a few days the batteries are dead while I've been out and about without one.<br /><br />Don't miss it a bit.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-37420012277885426472018-03-14T05:56:03.984-05:002018-03-14T05:56:03.984-05:00That's why my phone is barely 3G and that was ...That's why my phone is barely 3G and that was done under protest because the cell phone company quit supporting the old one. If you refuse to purchase a phone for your child in the first place then you do not have the distraction. And I have to question why a child under the age of 15-16 years old needs a cell phone. There were also rules in my household about phone usage at the dinner table, bed-time, classrooms and such.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-64964943196693669362018-03-14T05:38:48.964-05:002018-03-14T05:38:48.964-05:00I agree with the linked article. My 15 year old d...I agree with the linked article. My 15 year old daughter when at home is pre-occupied with her smart phone. Often have to repeat questions to her because of concentration on the screen contents. She is a good student and claims connections to her friends helps her maintain her grades - maybe. That is the only reason why my wife and I allow it to continue.<br /><br />I see the cell phone psychosis all around. People in resaturants, sitting in silence as they scan their phones. Seem annoyed when the food arrives and they phone has to be put away - Crazy !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com