Apart from many not having a clue where their kids are...or if they do know where they are, parents having no idea what they are doing on the internet, I heard a mother on the radio talking about something quite unusual this morning.
Her daughter is needing medical intervention after using creams and potions on her face that have been designed for ageing skin.
Said daughter has been watching online ads for various skin products, sending for them, and slapping them all over her face...and she has caused herself skin damage which could be long lasting.
She is eight years old.
Syl said
Jan 27 12:39 PM, 2024
Should parents really have to be told this isn't normal behaviour for young kids?
In a world where we have kids being sent to school in nappies, with rotting teeth, and obesity.... Er, no, this doesn't surprise me.
Anonymous said
Jan 27 1:37 PM, 2024
i don't think parents have ever had full control of their kids. Yes as you say these days much of it is around internet use, but go back to pre-internet days, say to the 70s and beyond, when kids were out in the streets and fields and woods without parents knowing what they were up to. it's not a modern-day phenomenon.
Syl said
Jan 27 5:24 PM, 2024
Anonymous wrote:
i don't think parents have ever had full control of their kids. Yes as you say these days much of it is around internet use, but go back to pre-internet days, say to the 70s and beyond, when kids were out in the streets and fields and woods without parents knowing what they were up to. it's not a modern-day phenomenon.
You have to give kids freedom in order for them to grow, but allowing 8-year-olds the freedom to purchase expensive face creams online is the wrong kind of freedom.
Syl said
Jan 27 5:32 PM, 2024
Digger wrote:
In a world where we have kids being sent to school in nappies, with rotting teeth, and obesity.... Er, no, this doesn't surprise me.
Some primary schools have sunk so low now in the last 20 or 30 years, it's like going back to the dark ages.
The primary school my son attended was considered ' Outstanding' when inspected by Ofsted.
Now, many of the children that attend cant speak English, cant tie a shoelace, are not properly toilet trained, the teachers spend half the time nannying rather than teaching.
Obviously the school no longer gets the same grade.
Magica said
Jan 28 12:57 AM, 2024
Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
In a world where we have kids being sent to school in nappies, with rotting teeth, and obesity.... Er, no, this doesn't surprise me.
Some primary schools have sunk so low now in the last 20 or 30 years, it's like going back to the dark ages.
The primary school my son attended was considered ' Outstanding' when inspected by Ofsted.
Now, many of the children that attend cant speak English, cant tie a shoelace, are not properly toilet trained, the teachers spend half the time nannying rather than teaching.
Obviously the school no longer gets the same grade.
Discipline was taken away from schools. Teachers have a job keeping control of classes now. Kids do as they like, knowing they can get away with.it. Lots of kids have behaviour problems, autism etc, which make it difficult for other kids. Even though they have one to one, they're behaviour disrupts the class. Add those who can't speak English, it keeps other children back in the class who don't get the proper lesson time spent on them, so they can suffer.
jackthelad said
Jan 28 1:10 AM, 2024
Syl wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
i don't think parents have ever had full control of their kids. Yes as you say these days much of it is around internet use, but go back to pre-internet days, say to the 70s and beyond, when kids were out in the streets and fields and woods without parents knowing what they were up to. it's not a modern-day phenomenon.
You have to give kids freedom in order for them to grow, but allowing 8-year-olds the freedom to purchase expensive face creams online is the wrong kind of freedom.
8 year olds shouldn't be able to purchase anything online!
I don't think the kids in my life around that age can purchase anything anywhere beyond the school tuckshop.
-- Edited by jackthelad on Sunday 28th of January 2024 01:11:12 AM
SF said
Jan 28 10:46 AM, 2024
Moany old sods !
Syl said
Jan 28 12:09 PM, 2024
SF wrote:
Moany old sods !
Q. Do you ever contribute with a valid comment to any discussion?
A. You don't actually....so you are on a warning, either add something of interest, keep quiet, or we can help you leave....your choice.
Apart from many not having a clue where their kids are...or if they do know where they are, parents having no idea what they are doing on the internet, I heard a mother on the radio talking about something quite unusual this morning.
Her daughter is needing medical intervention after using creams and potions on her face that have been designed for ageing skin.
Said daughter has been watching online ads for various skin products, sending for them, and slapping them all over her face...and she has caused herself skin damage which could be long lasting.
She is eight years old.
Should parents really have to be told this isn't normal behaviour for young kids?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-67993618
In a world where we have kids being sent to school in nappies, with rotting teeth, and obesity.... Er, no, this doesn't surprise me.
i don't think parents have ever had full control of their kids. Yes as you say these days much of it is around internet use, but go back to pre-internet days, say to the 70s and beyond, when kids were out in the streets and fields and woods without parents knowing what they were up to. it's not a modern-day phenomenon.
You have to give kids freedom in order for them to grow, but allowing 8-year-olds the freedom to purchase expensive face creams online is the wrong kind of freedom.
Some primary schools have sunk so low now in the last 20 or 30 years, it's like going back to the dark ages.
The primary school my son attended was considered ' Outstanding' when inspected by Ofsted.
Now, many of the children that attend cant speak English, cant tie a shoelace, are not properly toilet trained, the teachers spend half the time nannying rather than teaching.
Obviously the school no longer gets the same grade.
Discipline was taken away from schools. Teachers have a job keeping control of classes now. Kids do as they like, knowing they can get away with.it. Lots of kids have behaviour problems, autism etc, which make it difficult for other kids. Even though they have one to one, they're behaviour disrupts the class. Add those who can't speak English, it keeps other children back in the class who don't get the proper lesson time spent on them, so they can suffer.
8 year olds shouldn't be able to purchase anything online!
I don't think the kids in my life around that age can purchase anything anywhere beyond the school tuckshop.
-- Edited by jackthelad on Sunday 28th of January 2024 01:11:12 AM
Moany old sods !
Q. Do you ever contribute with a valid comment to any discussion?
A. You don't actually....so you are on a warning, either add something of interest, keep quiet, or we can help you leave....your choice.