MayDay

Has anyone seen that kindle fire commercial where the man presses the mayday button and talks to the woman about his niece coming into town and how he wants to monitor her tablet time. So she shows him how to set a limit. And he responded with something like oh great so I don't have to worry about monitoring her.

I don't think this is a good example we should be setting for society. Oh great the kindle can parent my child's activity time because I will be to busy on my tablet to worry about how long she spends on hers. That is a bunch of crap. Parents should start acting more like parents and worry about their child's time in front of the TV or tablet rather than look for an app or something to monitor them.

This reminds me of all the people who were outraged about Miley on the movie awards. I'm sorry but if you were a good parent and had been paying attention to who and what your children were listening to then you would have known that Miley isn't the same sweet little girl she used to be. She grew up! And you have known that had you been paying attention to anything about your children rather than bury your nose in your phone or tablet!

We were recently letting Tyler watch the Power Puff Girls. He started getting aggressive and I realized it was from watching that show so he is no longer aloud to watch it. I now have to monitor him to make sure when he is on the ipad which isn't often anyways, that he doesn't watch that show. And I do do that. Why? Because its my job as a parent. I could easily block it from him but then it is making me a less attentive and reliable parent and making the tablet more of a parent to him that me so I monitor his usage the way every parent should be doing.

If you are unhappy with the amount of time your kids are spending using technology then maybe you should get involved with them and teach them how to do something else with their time rather than electronically limit their time usage. You think they wont find away around it? They are living in the technological time! Of course they can find a way around it! So parents stop blaming your poor parenting on what they see on TV! Start being a better parent by watching and listening with them so you know what is happening and wont look back on it later and try to blame anyone but yourself!

I get that sometimes we get busy with other things but sometimes the other things can wait. The most important thing is spending time with out children and making sure they grow up properly. Nobody else can teach your child the values of having a good attentive parent more than you can!