Study: Minority kids spend majority of the day plugged in

sandmangeck · #1 06-10-2011, 07:25 AM

Study: Minority kids spend majority of the day plugged in | The Indianapolis Star | indystar.com

Strange. Minorities I see around here are usually is much better shape then their caucasian counterparts.

dbhokie · #2 06-10-2011, 07:28 AM

I think it applies in general to every race and creed. Kids are more plugged in now, and the end result. A bunch of wussies.

Back in my day we got thrown out into the briar patch naked, in the snow.

Seriously though, kids now need to fight and get dirty more. The new generation of guys, is more like the last generation of women.

dukeisdog · #3 06-10-2011, 07:32 AM

As a 17 year old kid, these numbers are pretty sad. There is no way I spend that kind of time on any device.

L-A · #4 06-10-2011, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by dbhokie

I think it applies in general to every race and creed. Kids are more plugged in now, and the end result. A bunch of wussies.

Back in my day we got thrown out into the briar patch naked, in the snow.

Seriously though, kids now need to fight and get dirty more. The new generation of guys, is more like the last generation of women.

You sound pretty old. Wasn't the "last" generation of women raging, pants-wearing, bra-burning feminists, by your standards?

Dr. Cheese · #5 06-10-2011, 07:34 AM

There are several factors involved here. Often minority kids live in violent neighborhoods where playing outside can leave one in the line of fire. This is not true for all kids of color for sure, but for many, that is the reality of where they live.

Some kids simply come from families that do not have a strong tradition of reading. Another factor is that television, the internet, or the cellphone are relatively cheap, and they are way more accessible than camp, swimming pools, or soccer leagues for poorer families.

aborgman · #6 06-10-2011, 07:50 AM

There tends to be a pretty strong correlation between being "plugged in" and:

1) Single parent households
2) Poverty
3) urban neighborhoods

...whatever the color.

john grey · #7 06-10-2011, 07:55 AM

When my son was born I got rid of the TV: he grew to about 18-19yrs old before we had a TV in the house. We had books. He's 21 now & in university. He was reading at an under-grad level when he was in 6th grade. Parents have got to get rid of the seriously poor influences that can creep subtly into a child's life. Television is a very good example.

You wouldn't let your child hang out with the idiots till 4am - why let the child be exposed to the lowest form of "entertainment" via media marketing?

And actually that happens everywhere. In rural environments, there is the same garbage, it's just less congested & a bit less pathological. But it still exists.

L-A · #8 06-10-2011, 08:02 AM

I prefer judgement in exposure to simple shielding.

WickedPissah · #9 06-10-2011, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by L-A

I prefer judgement in exposure to simple shielding.

This has always seemed to be the best method, in my opinion.

dbhokie · #10 06-10-2011, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by L-A

You sound pretty old. Wasn't the "last" generation of women raging, pants-wearing, bra-burning feminists, by your standards?

HAHA, no I'm not old at all. I was more just making jokes. I was raised very country, so we were sent outside to work and play. I do think the push is certainly more towards an androgynous society now. The new teen idol guys are those that are hairless and more androgynous in their looks. I think this is a byproduct of the current pop culture of being plugged in. Social interaction has changed from playing together (which was mainly focused around outdoor activities), to chatting with each other, and playing video games. Overall, I think this has had a negative social, and health effect on society. Instead of learning how to interact on a personal physical level, there is a distancing of the actual to the virtual. There is also an increase in obesity and health issues within younger adults and children, which have a variety of causing factors, but I think this is one of them as well, in that, a substantial decrease in average physical activity, which was necessitated for social interaction many times, has led towards a push of a more sedentary lifestyle.

john grey · #11 06-10-2011, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by L-A

I prefer judgement in exposure to simple shielding.

Can this be communicated to children by their parents to the degree effective enough to deter rebellion through imitation?

sandmangeck · #12 06-10-2011, 08:55 AM

Good point Cheese. When I was a kid, it was the start of the video game culture. I had a nintendo at age 6. I got rid of my tv at 18, and now have one because of my lady. I love books. We just enrolled our daughter in the book club at the library. I loved that program as a kid! I want to rejoin.

Absentia · #13 06-10-2011, 09:17 AM

So bad parenting... this is nothing new.

Craziest damn thing I actually saw kids at the park playing the other day, I know crazy isn't it?

jonathan_matos5 · #14 06-10-2011, 09:20 AM

and white kids are what acoustic?

nah kids are pretty lazy these days no matter race or nationality.

Balog · #15 06-10-2011, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by john grey

Can this be communicated to children by their parents to the degree effective enough to deter rebellion through imitation?

This sentence doesn't really make any sense, in a "I don't understand your meaning" way.

That being said, shielding your kind utterly works great! until they leave your house. And then they have no defenses built up to the bad things in the world, and either get taken advantage of because they're naive or run wild because they're finally let out of their cage.

Think of it this way. You don't want your kid to be injured, right? But if they live life in a padded bubble and never even skin their knees, when they get out into the real world and have to work for a living they're going to weep uncontrollably at papercuts.