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Bored Children
Posted on 09/18/2006 11:19:41 AM PDT by halfthebattle118
Bored Children
If I have to hear my kids say, Im bored one more time, I think I will put a gun in my mouth. When I was a kid, I could go outside and live in my imagination for hours on end. I would have adventures by my self that ranged from missions to Mars, building cities for chipmunks out of sticks and pine needles, and climbing trees to the top of the world. Children nowadays are bombarded with media overload. Television has almost totally replaced imagination, and Cartoon Network has taken portions of our children away from us. Childhood on almost every level, has changed since when I was a kid. The lack of parent involvement, discipline, and family values are corroding the American family. We are so caught up in our own narcissistic, self-absorbed lives, that we are ignoring the fact that our children are being raised by animated crap designed to eliminated imagination. Constant advertisement marketing to the child population has impressed on them the fact that they need the Xbox 360. They need a PSP. They need all these expensive electronic gadgets to play in a more realistic environment which eliminates the imaginary vision that they once had to utilize. They say that after millions of years of evolution, we no longer need our sense of smell as we once did to hunt for food, etc. I believe we are in the midst of another evolution which is making our imaginations obsolete. When fantasy in movies and special effects make things look and feel absolutely real, we seem to no longer need that vision we once needed to see things though our minds eye.
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To: halfthebattle118
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posted on
09/18/2006 11:21:49 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(It may actually be due to being accidentally on purpose.)
To: halfthebattle118
Why isn't this in "Breaking News"?
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posted on
09/18/2006 11:21:57 AM PDT
by
frogjerk
(REUTERS: We give smoke and mirrors a bad name)
To: halfthebattle118
Thank you for signing up on the "Why I Don't Like my Kids" network today.
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posted on
09/18/2006 11:22:00 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: halfthebattle118
Maybe they could learn how to use paragraphs.
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posted on
09/18/2006 11:22:46 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: halfthebattle118
Oh God, what is this crap? Here, get them this:
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posted on
09/18/2006 11:23:02 AM PDT
by
Toby06
(Hydrogen is not a fuel source. Hydrogen is an energy storage method, like a battery.)
To: halfthebattle118
Welcome to Free Republic.
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posted on
09/18/2006 11:23:26 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
To: halfthebattle118
All things in moderation.
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posted on
09/18/2006 11:23:41 AM PDT
by
Southside_Chicago_Republican
(Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman)
To: halfthebattle118
The usual parental response is "Then clean your room, the garage, the car, the attic, the yard, etc. They usually learn not to say they're bored ever again, unless they're really dense.
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posted on
09/18/2006 11:23:58 AM PDT
by
skr
(We cannot play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent.-- Ronald Reagan)
To: Izzy Dunne
I've told my children "Saying that you're bored tells me that you have nothing to do." As something can always be found for them to do, they no longer complain to me of being bored.
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posted on
09/18/2006 11:24:04 AM PDT
by
Oberon
(What does it take to make government shrink?)
To: halfthebattle118
The lack of parent involvement, discipline, and family values are corroding the American family. A good piece of self-criticism!
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posted on
09/18/2006 11:24:08 AM PDT
by
Toby06
(Hydrogen is not a fuel source. Hydrogen is an energy storage method, like a battery.)
To: halfthebattle118
Cartoon Network has taken portions of our children away from us. Whose fault is that?
The TV hasn't "taken them away" from you - you have given them to it.
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posted on
09/18/2006 11:24:30 AM PDT
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Izzy Dunne
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To: halfthebattle118
My parents offered to find something for me to do. That usually cured my boredom in a big hurry.
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posted on
09/18/2006 11:24:40 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
To: halfthebattle118
If I said I was bored to my mom - she would say "If you are bored I have plenty for you to do". And that would usually be tons of chores.
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posted on
09/18/2006 11:25:05 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
To: halfthebattle118
If I have to hear my kids say, Im bored one more time, I think I will put a gun in my mouth Instead, you came to share this with us?
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posted on
09/18/2006 11:25:16 AM PDT
by
Experiment 6-2-6
(Admn Mods: tiny, malicious things that glare and gibber from dark corners.They have pins and dolls..)
To: halfthebattle118
"Find something to do or I'll find something for you."
That usually worked for me.
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posted on
09/18/2006 11:25:24 AM PDT
by
Overtaxed
(There are no muslims in Star Trek.)
To: halfthebattle118
Tell them to swallow 8 MENTOS mints whole, then chug a diet Coke.
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posted on
09/18/2006 11:27:45 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: halfthebattle118
Cartoon Network has taken portions of our children away from usWhich portions? Whole limbs, or just the occasional minor extremity.
I don't suppose you've a spare set of upper incisors left?
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posted on
09/18/2006 11:27:48 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Please pray for Vlad's four top incisors to arrive real soon!)
To: halfthebattle118
I always just tell them to pick up a book - any book.
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posted on
09/18/2006 11:28:32 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
To: Izzy Dunne
ARRRRGH! My husband and sons did that in the dining room. I'm still (vivid language deleted) with the whole group of them.
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posted on
09/18/2006 11:28:39 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Please pray for Vlad's four top incisors to arrive real soon!)
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