http://www.annalyn.net/2007/11/27/is-technology-anti-family/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-technology-anti-family Manila food, lifestyle & travel blog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:44:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.annalyn.net/2007/11/27/is-technology-anti-family/comment-page-1/#comment-192468 Matthew Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:22:17 +0000 http://www.annalyn.net/2007/11/27/is-technology-anti-family/#comment-192468 The only true solution I see is regular participation by the parents - parents should lead this activity, and not just put their kids in front of the teevee, off with the "electronic nanny". Read the reviews, choose the software, set the times, and above all, PARTICIPATE. Content ratings go on the package for a reason. I have denied sales to children that walk up with a title intended for seventeen years old and up, only to have the PARENT come up and make the purchase, after I inform them of the content, which they say is for his cousin, and not their son himself. "How old is his cousin?" I ask. "Eleven." is their answer. Go figure. The only true solution I see is regular participation by the parents – parents should lead this activity, and not just put their kids in front of the teevee, off with the “electronic nanny”. Read the reviews, choose the software, set the times, and above all, PARTICIPATE. Content ratings go on the package for a reason. I have denied sales to children that walk up with a title intended for seventeen years old and up, only to have the PARENT come up and make the purchase, after I inform them of the content, which they say is for his cousin, and not their son himself. “How old is his cousin?” I ask.
“Eleven.” is their answer. Go figure.

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