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The Attention Age

Mar 06, 2010 17:38

My 2nd grader's friends already have cell phones. I refuse to get her one yet, but this year seemed like the right time to get my 6th grader one. It wasn't even a week before she needed a lesson on texting etiquette. She was constantly texting at places like the dinner table ( ... )

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forbiddenpluto

I <3 my iPhone. It is my lifeline to the world. I drive my parents insane.

Kiddo-wise, I'm not sure where I'd draw the line in the sand. Obviously no younger than 5, but I can see instances where it'd be good for a 5 year old to have a cell phone (restricted to only family calls). When I was teaching 3rd grade a good majority of them had them. Whenever the time comes for her, I'll definitely be teaching her phone etiquette. As a theatre person, phones in the audience drives me INSANE. I hope she will be just as annoyed. LOL.

For reference, I'm 29 and kiddo is 5.

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syanorra

I'm one of those people who has a cell phone (a fancy top of the line one too) and HATES THEM !!!!! I have my phone mostly for keeping close to home purposes while I was out with or without my daughter. I really only ever text my sister ... of if I'm on the bus and don't want to be one of those people who feels the need for the entire bus to hear their conversation.

My dad had to carry a cell phone with him for work ... he ran it over with his truck. Got a new one and that one is well on it's way to being busted too. He's so not technological at all. Same with my mom, though she understands it better. She's constantly asking me to text my sister and tell her this, that and the other thing.

It's hard to tell what age is too young anymore. I mean, when I was 8/10 I was still giving my Barbies haircuts and making them go to the Royal Ball with Optimus Prime ... my daughter is only 5 in kindergarten and they're already learning the internet.

I feel so old because I can say "times have sure changed from when I was a kid !!"

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l0verlada

I don't have a cell phone at this point, have before and dislike them. We did the texting thing but don't think it is a necessity. When we have kids we do not plan on getting them cell phones until they are in their teens. My parents are pretty anti-cell phone. If we did get them cell phones earlier it would be the basic "emergency" phone with no texting, no camera. It makes me sick when I see 8-year olds posing in mirrors with these camera-phones. Wow, I must sound like an old lady.

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jewe1z

It makes me sick when I see 8-year olds posing in mirrors with these camera-phones.

Oh yeah. Glad you mentioned that! This obsession is also raising a generation of cam whores as well.

I catch my 7 year old posing like that with my camera sometimes and I'm equally disturbed. My oldest daughter and I are both pretty camera shy so I can only assume the younger one is mimicking this behavior from the other girls at school.

I keep hearing more and more stories of naive middle and high school girls traumatized and or punished when an inappropriate under-aged pic they text some boy gets passed around school.

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neko_loliighoul

It really, really irritates me that spelling ( well, correct use of the English language, even) isn't considered an important skill anymore.

I don't think I'm part of the obsession , but I definitely text and facebook more than I call my family and friends.

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anonymia_mom

I had a feeling that might happen, not just because of txt-speak, but spellcheck, too.
I'm getting back to the art of the handwritten letter for this reason.
I'm sure it won't interfere with my texting though. ^_O

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kat

It drives me nuts when the camera phone is in the mirror and visible in the pic. TURN THE PHONE AROUND.

Now resume making kissy faces.

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jewe1z

But if they turn the cam around, they might not be able to fit their boobs in the shot.

And no true cam whore pic is complete without gratuitous amounts of bewbage.

*edited to link my intended definition of the term cam whore before I get tarred and feathered for using the word whore to describe everyone who takes pictures of themselves.

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forbiddenpluto

WHORE SHAMER!!!

*scuttles off to the bathroom mirror with her iPhone*

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jewe1z

But I love whores. Some of my best friends are whores.

And they're not just token whore friends I collect out of pity. I swear!

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