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[warrior queen]

I think more kids need to get back to "THE STONE AGE" to learn how to amuse them selves with out all there high tech gadgets.

I have always made my kids have tech-free days, where they have to amuse themselves without any electronics.
The littlest kidlet goes skateboarding or rides the bike or goes for a walk in the bush, and the eldest (believe it or not) does housework!
It's good for them.

 

[Triskele]

I have always made my kids have tech-free days, where they have to amuse themselves without any electronics.
The littlest kidlet goes skateboarding or rides the bike or goes for a walk in the bush, and the eldest (believe it or not) does housework!
It's good for them.

I agree! Horse riding, cycling, hiking, backyard cricket, rumbling the dog, just walking town in the evening are all sooooo much better than tech stuff. They provide endorphins and a sense of connection. They need to function in their tech world but I hate how it seems to have taken over.

latest conversation with youngest cherub concerned Rugby Union. (surprise, surprise)He plays it but hates watching it - finds it too frustrating. He agrees with Gil and prefers a good running game that just doesn't happen now at top level.

Oh, and I've just discovered that if you want to motivate a country boy, tell him he's turning into a soft city boy!!!! lol

 

[Triskele]

I'll bet Bandit is STILL celebrating!!!!​

 

[sexiskye]

Hello

trying to get in here but trying to think of something for the xmas comp, then reading some threads I wonder should I lol

Busy the spring clean bug has bitten me with the warm weather

 

[Gil_T2]

Hello

trying to get in here but trying to think of something for the xmas comp, then reading some threads I wonder should I lol

Busy the spring clean bug has bitten me with the warm weather

We had a great weekend with the weather & yesterday was a great day for drying the washing quick too.

So did SexySkye get up to any mischief with all this warm weather?

 

[Gil_T2]

I'll bet Bandit is STILL celebrating!!!!​

All Blacks flag, Kiwi flag & NZ flags are all still flying on the balcony.

 

[Gil_T2]

I have always made my kids have tech-free days, where they have to amuse themselves without any electronics.
The littlest kidlet goes skateboarding or rides the bike or goes for a walk in the bush, and the eldest (believe it or not) does housework!
It's good for them.

Both my grandkids have every damn thing going Ipod touch, Xbox, playstation, all types of hand held games, portable DVD players & I always hear "I'm bored" from them both so BANDIT & I always get them things they have to physically use to try to let them know you don't need electricity or battries to have fun.

 

[warrior queen]

Both my grandkids have every damn thing going Ipod touch, Xbox, playstation, all types of hand held games, portable DVD players & I always hear "I'm bored" from them both so BANDIT & I always get them things they have to physically use to try to let them know you don't need electricity or battries to have fun.

Both of the man's kids have everything too.
As soon as something new comes out, the mum buys it for them.
The irony here is that she's a well-known university lecturer on the dangers of allowing too much electronic interaction in children's lives!
She buys all this stuff so she doesn't have the kids in her face cramping her lifestyle
His kids have absolutely no idea how to be kids - it's actually very sad.

 

[warrior queen]

All Blacks flag, Kiwi flag & NZ flags are all still flying on the balcony.

If I'm honest, I really don't understand rugby, so I tend not to watch it.
But even in my ignorance, what little I did see of the game had me cheering for the all blacks
But that could just be because I refuse to back the french in anything!

 

[sexiskye]

We had a great weekend with the weather & yesterday was a great day for drying the washing quick too.

So did SexySkye get up to any mischief with all this warm weather?

Of course we did, hubby and I enjoyed a few drinks and then the games begun lol

 

[Triskele]

Both my grandkids have every damn thing going Ipod touch, Xbox, playstation, all types of hand held games, portable DVD players & I always hear "I'm bored" from them both so BANDIT & I always get them things they have to physically use to try to let them know you don't need electricity or battries to have fun.

I used to worry that my cherubs wouldn't want to come home because I couldn't afford the widgets and gadgets their father could. But guess what? They love it out here! If they have assignments the laptops come but they like the excuse for low tech. They don't get mud between their toes or barefoot in the grass (occassional bindi ) in the city. Here they can walk or cycle 5 km to a mates place. In the city it's a dangerous business. Music is a must, though. The ipods get a beating!!! lol

 

[Triskele]

Both of the man's kids have everything too.
As soon as something new comes out, the mum buys it for them.
The irony here is that she's a well-known university lecturer on the dangers of allowing too much electronic interaction in children's lives!
She buys all this stuff so she doesn't have the kids in her face cramping her lifestyle
His kids have absolutely no idea how to be kids - it's actually very sad.

Bet they have fun at your place, though!!!

 

[warrior queen]

Bet they have fun at your place, though!!!

They would, if we could get hold of them to ask them to come here.
Somehow, even tho there is every tech gadget in their home, no-one is ever there to answer the phone. Or the email. Or the facebook.
*sigh* We haven't spoken to them for nearly a whole year now.
I have come to the conclusion that we should have introduced my ex and his ex when we met.
They're a perfect pair.

 

[warrior queen]

Double post.

 

[Gil_T2]

If I'm honest, I really don't understand rugby, so I tend not to watch it.
But even in my ignorance, what little I did see of the game had me cheering for the all blacks
But that could just be because I refuse to back the french in anything!

Yes I did post on the All Blacks page for them to remember the rainbow warrior!

 

[Triskele]

Yes I did post on the All Blacks page for them to remember the rainbow warrior!

Had to explain the whole Rainbow Warrior saga to the cherubs. Youngest cherub couldn't believe an 'act of war' (his words) was commited so close, so recently. They cheered even louder for NZ after that!! lol

 

[Triskele]

They would, if we could get hold of them to ask them to come here.
Somehow, even tho there is every tech gadget in their home, no-one is ever there to answer the phone. Or the email. Or the facebook.
*sigh* We haven't spoken to them for nearly a whole year now.
I have come to the conclusion that we should have introduced my ex and his ex when we met.
They're a perfect pair.

It really p****s me off when parents choose to stuff their childrens' lives around like that. Children deserve the love of BOTH parents unless one is abusive to them. It's hard. I know. Even though I could have happily throttled my ex at times, he is still their father. The kids are happier for it.
Of course, it works against the cherubs, too - when they try the different stories for each parent to play one against the other routine!

 

[warrior queen]

It really p****s me off when parents choose to stuff their childrens' lives around like that. Children deserve the love of BOTH parents unless one is abusive to them. It's hard. I know. Even though I could have happily throttled my ex at times, he is still their father. The kids are happier for it.
Of course, it works against the cherubs, too - when they try the different stories for each parent to play one against the other routine!

I have to remind myself thro gritted teeth that the ex is the kidlets father.
Especially hard when the bastardex only contacts the kid once every 2nd month or so - and we live less than an hour away.
Screws the kids head up

Apparently, it's my fault - I'm so scary a person, I give him and his new wife heart palpitations if they have to speak to me on the phone!
I never knew I was such a bad person!

 

[Triskele]

I have to remind myself thro gritted teeth that the ex is the kidlets father.
Especially hard when the bastardex only contacts the kid once every 2nd month or so - and we live less than an hour away.
Screws the kids head up

Apparently, it's my fault - I'm so scary a person, I give him and his new wife heart palpitations if they have to speak to me on the phone!
I never knew I was such a bad person!

I know that feeling. lol
The dentist commented on the new damage from grinding them!

The woman the ex lived with (now gone) tried that cr*p with my ex-mil. Apparently I was soooo scary, she just had to run before I was near!? She was quickly told that they knew better, I'm told.
Mind you, if she'd tried a second time with her boogedy-woogedy,hands-on-my-son's-head, 'can you feel the spirits?' sh*t she'd scared him with; NO PLACE IN HELL would have been safe for her. (or the ex for not stopping it!) I have NEVER been so angry. Luckily the ex grew some balls and stepped in. Fancy scaring the wits out of a 7 yo???

Your ex sounds like a gormless drama queen!
If he really wanted contact, he'd find a way regardless. There are a couple of fathers from couples I knew who have moved mountains just to talk to their kids!! They persevered through all the trouble they had. They say there's no excuse even when it's so hard and hurts.

 

[Orlanth]

I have to remind myself thro gritted teeth that the ex is the kidlets father.
Especially hard when the bastardex only contacts the kid once every 2nd month or so - and we live less than an hour away.
Screws the kids head up

Apparently, it's my fault - I'm so scary a person, I give him and his new wife heart palpitations if they have to speak to me on the phone!
I never knew I was such a bad person!

You scare mattress's

 

[Bandit58]

You scare mattress's

I would have to be having my morning coffee when I read this *wipes off monitor screen*

 

[Gil_T2]

Sounds like the strange black boxy thingie my ex has. It holds heaps. He has converted all his DVDs and they are all copied onto it. He's able to store the originals in his shed and out of the townhouse. The cherubs love it. Tech head heaven there, and then they return to the stone age here.

Ours has a bright blue light on it but should ask BANDIT what is is & what it does.

 

[Gil_T2]

I have to remind myself thro gritted teeth that the ex is the kidlets father.
Especially hard when the bastardex only contacts the kid once every 2nd month or so - and we live less than an hour away.
Screws the kids head up

Apparently, it's my fault - I'm so scary a person, I give him and his new wife heart palpitations if they have to speak to me on the phone!
I never knew I was such a bad person!

Anytime anyone causes problems for the kids I think all mothers become very defencive & don't blame you.

 

[Gil_T2]

You scare mattress's

 

[sexiskye]

going off air for a bit, will be floating around on my tab.

my laptop screen died this morning....I don't want to know the bill.