EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[kwhites634]

Exactly

Of course! How did I ever miss that? Must be slipping.

 

[kwhites634]

Exactly

11 hours later I finally am able to make sense of "Over my hairspray"
The entire phrase "I'm from Missouri, you've got to show me" is so common & has been around so long I figured you knew what I was saying.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I have always tried to instill responsibility in my children. They help me in the garden and with chicken/duck/turkey chores and everyone has daily house chores.
Our schools started putting everything on ipads when my son was 6th grade, he is now a sophomore. I had always restricted the time my kids spent in front of a screen, be it tv or phone or tablet. Now they were required to spend almost all day in front of one and homework can't be done without internet. I personally am not impressed.
Some may tell me that it's my responsibility to police the kids time..... that would be fine if they gave me the authority to remove the devices. I was informed in nov that the school would not keep the ipads over night and give them back the following morning and that if I didn't alow my kids to use them that they would fail their classes.
As with any tool it can be used for good or evil...... and a conection to the world wide web can link kids to things that they should not see, combine unlimited access and a curious mind and sometimes negative results come about. It is difficult to enforce rules when the parents are not alowed take away the electronics that kids can be doing "homework" on for hours on end. Some will say that I need to check the history on these devices.... yeah that sounds reasonable, the children all have a lock code on the devices so no one can get in. It becomes time consuming to take each device every night have the kid unlock it and go back thru all the history to see where they have been, not to mention I am not well versed in Ipad.....and some sites require a sign in to reaccess.
Maybe I am just old fashioned for being 35 and would have fit better in a different time ......
I do think that it's important to keep up with the times. But when the school makes it impossible for parents to monitor or take action about things that happen on the schools device it becomes discouraging. We did end up spending around $200 to update our router so that we have some ability to monitor the activity and block inappropriate sites, it also allows us to shut the kids internet off at night and limit the amount of time they spend online per day. We also had to update our Internet service to keep up.... but the kids could still log on at any McDonald's or Wendy's that has free WiFi and have access to anything out there.
Sorry for the long rant.... it's very frustrating.

I understand your frustration but surely parents should NOT NEED to check their kids browsing history???
We never limited our kids' time on the Internet, or checked their history (though they knew we could if we chose to). We also kept all electronics out of bedrooms until they were in early teens. They knew the Internet was for homework or wholesome entertainment (which they never had time for anyway).
I don't believe the kids were ever irresponsible and it taught them self control and to be responsible, and was good for self esteem (knew parents trusted them).
THEY ARE GOING TO NEED THESE SKILLS WHEN THEY GO TO COLLEGE/LEAVE HOME and don't suddenly acquire them as they walk out the door.

I understand your frustration but surely parents should NOT NEED to check their kids browsing history???
We never limited our kids' time on the Internet, or checked their history (though they knew we could if we chose to). We also kept all electronics out of bedrooms until they were in early teens. They knew the Internet was for homework or wholesome entertainment (which they never had time for anyway).
I don't believe the kids were ever irresponsible and it taught them self control and to be responsible, and was good for self esteem (knew parents trusted them).
THEY ARE GOING TO NEED THESE SKILLS WHEN THEY GO TO COLLEGE/LEAVE HOME and don't suddenly acquire them as they walk out the door.

Sorry but I must disagree here. Yes they will need these skills But just like any other skill they need their parents supervision to learn.
Children will test limits, give in to curiosity, take uncalculated risks, and just do dumb things in general no matter how much you trust them they are kids! There are many full grown adults who find themselves being sucked into online scams and other such threats. How much easier is it for a kid who doesn't yet have the ability to see around corners to fall victim to online dangers? I feel it's our responsibility as parents to look around corners for them.
My dd came very close to being whisked away by some creeper she got talking to online while she was enrolled in a private school with supposedly no access to internet. If we had not been looking at her devices she would most likely be gone.
It can happen to anyones child at any time anywhere. Please monitor your kids online activity!

 

[kwhites634]

Good Heavens! Did everyone hit the mute switch in unison, or am I the only man left on Earth?

 

[ronott1]

Good Heavens! Did everyone hit the mute switch in unison, or am I the only man left on Earth?

We are at that time before chicks hit the feed store! BYC often slows down now.

It will pick up big time in march

 

[kwhites634]

We are at that time before chicks hit the feed store! BYC often slows down now.

It will pick up big time in march

I've been hanging around since some of the most active threads even existed; I've never seen it as bad as it's been for the last few months.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I am so cute!

My son has free tickets to the Blues/Minnesota Wild game tonight. They are from his work and they are Schlafley brewery seats.

 

[BantyChooks]

My son has free tickets to the Blues/Minnesota Wild game tonight. They are from his work and they are Schlafley brewery seats.

Tell him I am most jealous.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

He gets to go to a lot of games.

 

[Akrnaf2]

I've been hanging around since some of the most active threads even existed; I've never seen it as bad as it's been for the last few months.

I think that alot of the members spend an ever growing time period in the As..book and all that garbage.