Healing journal (tw) Angering / strong emotions

[Little2Nothing]

When my kids were young we didn't have a television. We spent time olaying games and reading. 

It wasn't until they were in their teens that we got a TV. It was not a good choice. 

My grandkids are all glued to their devices. They have no concept of imagination, running outside and playing for hours. They have no innocence or real wonder about life or nature. 

They know things that, at their age, they shouldn't. They grow up too fast and haven't the maturity needed to navigate what they've been exposed to. 

Children should explore, laugh and know how to live without stress. 

[StartingHealing]

Hi PC, Chart, and Little2Nothing

PC, I feel you, them (insert favorite cuss phrase(s) here) devices.. I 'get' the safety aspects, I "get" being able to be reached at any time by family.  I'm seriously thinking of getting a dumb phone as my daily.  Texting is cool and all but crapola it's turned into like work email.  Us critters are analog by nature, digital isn't within the wheel house, you know?  Idea for you.  Get a Faraday bag or bags and that cuts all communication from reaching that device.  I'm sure that certain companies are wondering what in blazes is going on with my current device. Anyway, have a hour or two, no devices, no computers, nada nothing. Remember that the behavior of the device is programmed to make you addicted. 

Chart, good for you!  As a possible, there is some good family entertainment if you go back a ways.  The Swiss Family Robinson was a movie and they did decent with the adaptation. This was done.. in the 60's I think.   The Lord of the Rings trilogy(peter jackson did it) is faithful to the source material. The first star wars trilogy. Monty Python tho, is classic.  c.s. lewis could tell a good tale for sure as well as Tolkien. There is all the wizard of oz books.  T.V. was limited viewing when I was growing up (4 channels) and it was in the evening (I was the remote) and shows like Hee Haw or nature on PBS. Then it was off to bed. We would make popcorn and sit and watch for that hour and that was it.

Little2Nothing, Children should explore, laugh and know how to live without stress. 100% agree. Generally speaking the devices have been hyped up and then under performs so terribly. 

You know, there are devices available that when turned on, jams all cellular signals.  Now if that just happened to be in a residence, and just happened to be turned on at appropriate times, {dang, the network is having issues again.. What can we do? Oh I have this game, or lets figure out what we can make with left overs}  Shoot the device could even be put on a timer.  (grin)

Tech like nicotine is addictive.  Gotta take steps, you know?

[Little2Nothing]

StartingHealing, I like your deviousness! I will have to look into one. It would be nice to see my grandkids faces instead of the tops of their heads.

[StartingHealing]

StartingHealing, I like your deviousness! I will have to look into one. It would be nice to see my grandkids faces instead of the tops of their heads.

Unplug the wifi router / modem, turn on the cellular jammer, and ... bob's your uncle!   

There's lots of stuff can do like.. the flour & salt home made play dough, sculpt something and then let it dry, blowing bubbles, making paper mache things like masks that they can paint and wear, paper airplanes and taking them outside to see how far they fly,  what about mixed media art type stuff? Like gluing macaroni to paper and then painting it?  Who can climb a tree?  How many lady bugs can they catch? playing tag? I even made mud pies with my kiddo, quite a few times. Raking up leaves into a pile then jumping in. Oh yeah, blowing up a balloon and seeing how long everybody working together can keep it from touching the ground while it gets bumped from one to the other.  the kicker I think might be attention span on the wee ones.  I've noticed that the younger the folks are the shorter the attention span.

Good luck!

Wishing you and yours all the best

[Chart]

[StartingHealing]

20 Nov 2024

What a day.  Unknown reason why last knight was so restless for me.  Up and down, up and down, 2 hour blocks of sleep at the best.  Bleh for today.  Remembered how many times in the past there was sooooo many days like to today.  It happened enough that I figured out how to somehow do a work around, and still be able to get through the day. 

Been focused on letting s go.  Been through some stuff in my time in this realm.  I sometimes still wonder about the 'why' behind why I went through what I went through.  Will be hitting the hay way early tonight.

Wishing all here all the best.