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24HourForums.com > Supported Forums > Britt's Child Education > Do we really need TV/DVD systems in our cars? |
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shirohniichan Original500© Member  Obscurius per obscurum
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Here's some verbiage from a 2008 Chrysler Town & Country ad: KID ZONE: You'll hear no cries of "Are we there yet?" from the small fry in the back, who can entertain themselves with three channels of Sirius Backseat TV (Disney, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network), dual eight-inch DVD screens, or by playing video games using convenient audio-video jacks and a 12V outlet. Besides the grammatical issues of the ad, I see a problem when parents can't deal with their own kids. Yes, kids will get antsy on long trips. Is the solution to silence them with mind-numbing entertainment instead of paying attention to them? My family's solution to the problem was to bring CD's our kids like, to sing songs, and play games with them to pass the time. With TV screens in our homes, stores, and even at the gas pumps, do we really need them in our cars?
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Marie5656 Forum-Blogger© Original500© Member  Just hanging out
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I vote no. You are right, kids are innundated with video and TV images everywhere else, and I think the car can do without. For one, I can see it being distracting to the driver. Plus, I am one of the adults who managed long trips without one, and lived to tell the tale. Even drove cross country (NY to California) when I was 12, and actually enjoyed the view from the car window. Imagine that. The only in car distraction was some magazines, and a deck of playing cards.
 
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shirohniichan Original500© Member Obscurius per obscurum
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When I was growing up my parents took us on a number of long hauls from So' Cal' up to British Columbia and Alberta to the north or Colorado to the east. We amused ourselves with "auto bingo" (covering bingo squares when we saw whatever was pictured on the card [e.g. barn]), memory games, etc. The radio didn't even receive music stations we'd listen to much of the time. Boredom-induced creativity has to be a better option that passive absorption of mindless entertainment.
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UsedToRide Original500© Member  ^^^That is LOVE!!^^^
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With TV screens in our homes, stores, and even at the gas pumps, do we really need them in our cars? NO WE DO NOT. The last thing people driving cars need is something more to distract them from the seriousness of driving responsibly. Drivers don't pay attention now; this will undoubtedly make it worse. Laws about cell phone use are becoming more commonplace; I would wager a limb that DVD players will be next. When I was a kid it was the license plate game, the alphabet game, singing songs or just BS'ing with my parents. We got along just fine without TV in the cars for all this time. We can continue to do so. WTF is the point? Just because we can? Ooooh, aren't we cool? No, this is an incredibly bad idea, for reasons beyond that we're turning our kids into technology junkies.
Respect some, trust one, fear none ~~Bullet http://www.freeholbrook.com The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons. ~~Dostoyevsky |
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cynicalninja Forum-Blogger© Original500© Member  Smiling Shinobi
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More parent laziness this I think. Instead of trying to engage in kids with other things like games, songs, I-spy etc turning on a dvd player is just the easy "it keeps em quiet" option. Whats wrong with looking out of the window at the world, or giving the kids a book to read or pencils and paper to draw ?
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Britt Forum-Blogger© Original500© Member  Learning Contentment
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shirohniichan wrote: My family's solution to the problem was to bring CD's our kids like, to sing songs, and play games with them to pass the time. I agree with you 100%. There are far more creative ways to engage a child on long trips. Playing games and singing songs encourage family unity, a definite plus. Watching a video is a passive activity that encourages no interaction between family members, and involves no creativity on the child's part. Children see enough television at home. Why bring it on a car trip?
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Britt Forum-Blogger© Original500© Member Learning Contentment
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cynicalninja wrote: Whats wrong with looking out of the window at the world, or giving the kids a book to read or pencils and paper to draw ? Exactly! Michelle Williams of Associated Content (http://www.associatedcontent.com/) offered the following humorous take on "Games to Play in an Automobile." Enjoy! ----- 1. Punch Bug, Bee Sting. Now I didn't participate in this game, but my kids had a ball with it. One year, they played this game all the way to Florida. The objective of the game is to be the first to spot either a VW Beetle (punch bug) or a yellow car (bee sting). When you see such a vehicle, you either punch the other person (punch bug) or pinch them (bee sting). Yes, my kids were black and blue by the time we got to Florida. But not bored. 2. Distract other Motorists. We played this as kids in the back of the family station wagon. My kids tried to play this game, too, but weren't too good at it as our mini-van came with tinted windows in the back. The objective of this game is to distract and annoy as many people in other cars that you pass or that pass you, without your parents catching on. There weren't many rules when we were kids; except we wouldn't dare even think of trying to do something that involved obscenities. No, our annoyances consisted of making faces at drivers, holding up "hello" signs, peace signs or simply staring at them. Sometimes, if we were extremely lucky, the other car contained kids as well and they played along with us. It was a contest of which kids could be the most annoying. Most of the time, though, we were pretty much ignored by adults. 3. Duel. I named this game after the film starring Dennis Weaver as a driver who, after passing a large truck, is chased and threatened by the driver (who we never see) until he's forced to kill him. As kids we played this game, but we never had a name for it. We would imagine, however that a car that was gaining on us contained a driver who wanted to kill us. And we would urge our father, who by this time was used to ignoring us, to "drive faster." My kids played this game, too. I can still hear those fun screams as the car overtook us on the highway. This game was especially fun for parents when they didn't know their kids were playing it. And it guaranteed that everyone, especially the driver, stayed awake. 4. Fighting over insignificant things. Always a favorite among siblings. The objective of the game is to keep the fight going for as long as possible without mom or dad yelling at you. It usually starts small, this game, and then escalates. And the longer it lasts, the more entertained the kids are. My kids one time fought for over an hour because my daughter wanted to look at my son's CDs that he had with him and he wouldn't let her. Not loud screaming. Not hitting. Just a constant stream of quiet bickering over his CDs. For an hour. He finally relented and let her look at the CDs. After she agreed to be his slave. For a year. We played this game as kids, too. It was especially fun when it was coupled with "dodge dad's arm" as he pulls his rotator cup out of whack by trying to hit us while he's driving. 5. Are We There Yet? I saved the best for last. The perennial favorite, "Are We There Yet?" has been played by kids everywhere for at least as long as there's been transportation. And the good thing about this game, it doesn't have to be limited to car trips. It can be played on an airplane, a train, virtually everywhere. I imagine our ancestors, traveling in covered wagons, playing this game, too. As Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, this game was played. The objective of the game is this. About ever five to ten minutes, a kid asks "are we there yet?" The parent has to respond with either a "yes," (which is seldom, if ever used), "almost," or "if you ask me that again you're gonna get it." The last response soon becomes the most frequent one heard. This game can also be entitled, "How much longer until we get there?" 
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shirohniichan Original500© Member Obscurius per obscurum
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cynicalninja wrote: More parent laziness this I think. Instead of trying to engage in kids with other things like games, songs, I-spy etc turning on a dvd player is just the easy "it keeps em quiet" option. Laziness and self-absorption are the reasons the minivan ads point to. Another minivan TV commercial plays up the vehicle's DVD player with headphones so the parents up front can keep the kids quiet as each listens to his own music. We're so used to having our own music to listen to that it seems odd for everyone to listen to the same songs. It surprised some of my friends that adults and children in Tijuana listen to the same music! What a concept! Instead of kids' music, pre-teens' music, early teens' music, teens' music, college kids' music, young adults' music, etc., there is just music-- WOW! When I'm in my hard-core educator mode I play games to reinforce what we learned about during our trips. For example, when we went to Arizona four times in 5 weeks we played a game to see who was first to see ocotillos, palo verde trees, saguaros, prickly pears, etc. after we learned about desert plants during her Junior Ranger Program lessons. 5. Are We There Yet? I saved the best for last. The perennial favorite, "Are We There Yet?" has been played by kids everywhere for at least as long as there's been transportation. And the good thing about this game, it doesn't have to be limited to car trips. It can be played on an airplane, a train, virtually everywhere. I imagine our ancestors, traveling in covered wagons, playing this game, too. As Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, this game was played. That's a good one!
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librtyhead Original500© Member 
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I could see them being usefull on a 2000 mile road trip but on a 2-3 hr trip no.
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Erinna1112 Original500© Member  Witty clever title pending
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UsedToRide wrote: When I was a kid it was the license plate game, the alphabet game, singing songs or just BS'ing with my parents. Not to mention annoying your sister. "She's TOUCHING me!!!" "She's on MY side of the seat!!!" "Hey, that's MY <fill-in-the-blank....magazine, book, pillow, stuffed animal, toy, etc.> Or, in your case, falling asleep. Ah, those were the good old days.
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Britt Forum-Blogger© Original500© Member Learning Contentment
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Erinna1112 wrote: UsedToRide wrote:When I was a kid it was the license plate game, the alphabet game, singing songs or just BS'ing with my parents. Hahaha! My brother and I did the second one with signs. Now that I am a parent, I am amazed our grandfather permitted this. My grandfather owned a few small town newspapers and frequently brought home enormous pieces of scrap paper when we visited he and my grandmother in the summer. On a particularly long trip to West Virginia for some Highland games (Note: Grandfather was fiercely proud of being a Scotsman!), my brother and I pulled out markers and paper to post signs for on-coming traffic. Grandfather's camper had a large front window. Grandma could not stand watching him drive, so she'd sleep the entire trip while my brother and I made obnoxious signs. Silly stuff like, "YOUR NOSE IS RUNNING!", "YOUR BUTT FELL OFF!", and "READ THIS SIGN!" My grandfather was a stern disciplinarian when my mother was a child, but he let my brother and I get away with murder, ha-ha. Grandparents are amazing people! If my grandson ever does something this obnoxious, I doubt I'll be as understanding as my grandfather, ha-ha. Bless him!
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UsedToRide Original500© Member ^^^That is LOVE!!^^^
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Erinna1112 wrote: "Hey, that's MY <fill-in-the-blank....magazine, book, This is a big fat lie. I could not then and cannot now, read in the car. Makes me sick as a dog.   Yup, I'm still annoying my sister. 
Respect some, trust one, fear none ~~Bullet http://www.freeholbrook.com The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons. ~~Dostoyevsky |
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Marie5656 Forum-Blogger© Original500© Member Just hanging out
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UsedToRide wrote:
Oh god..me too. No reading for me in a car or plane. Last edited on 01:22 am by Marie5656
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Erinna1112 Original500© Member Witty clever title pending
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UsedToRide wrote: Erinna1112 wrote:"Hey, that's MY <fill-in-the-blank....magazine, book, You didn't take them to READ them, you took them to annoy me.  
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UsedToRide Original500© Member ^^^That is LOVE!!^^^
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Erinna1112 wrote: UsedToRide wrote:Erinna1112 wrote:"Hey, that's MY <fill-in-the-blank....magazine, book, Apparently I have to work on my "being a shithead" technique. You did get the falling asleep part right, though! 
Respect some, trust one, fear none ~~Bullet http://www.freeholbrook.com The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons. ~~Dostoyevsky |
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