On the topic of Wi-Fi: then your kids must never grow up.
Let’s say there’s Mom, Dad, and two kids. Mom is watching her favorite soap opera streamed on the TV, Dad is browsing the internet (including YouTube) looking for instructions to fix the troublesome washing machine. Junior, who just turned 16, is gaming online on the PlayStation with friends, meanwhile running a group voice chat on his phone. The daughter, only 12 years old, is browsing YouTube and Instagram, all in HD of course. Her friend is sitting next to her on their phone, fully engaged.
Show me a Wi-Fi channel that wouldn’t collapse under all that traffic. Exactly for situations like this, you need one or another wired connection. The console and TV can reduce their bandwidth demand on the Wi-Fi by using Ethernet cables, freeing up space to supply the mobile devices with enough speed.
If, like Nordlys for example, you mostly have peace and quiet from the youth, then Wi-Fi alone is generally sufficient. But with kids around, it becomes a tricky issue, and it doesn’t take long for them to start blaming each other for slow internet.
Let’s say there’s Mom, Dad, and two kids. Mom is watching her favorite soap opera streamed on the TV, Dad is browsing the internet (including YouTube) looking for instructions to fix the troublesome washing machine. Junior, who just turned 16, is gaming online on the PlayStation with friends, meanwhile running a group voice chat on his phone. The daughter, only 12 years old, is browsing YouTube and Instagram, all in HD of course. Her friend is sitting next to her on their phone, fully engaged.
Show me a Wi-Fi channel that wouldn’t collapse under all that traffic. Exactly for situations like this, you need one or another wired connection. The console and TV can reduce their bandwidth demand on the Wi-Fi by using Ethernet cables, freeing up space to supply the mobile devices with enough speed.
If, like Nordlys for example, you mostly have peace and quiet from the youth, then Wi-Fi alone is generally sufficient. But with kids around, it becomes a tricky issue, and it doesn’t take long for them to start blaming each other for slow internet.
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chand198624 Aug 2018 17:25If you give children unrestricted access too early by letting them use the media player, Tonie’s Box, or whatever at their own discretion, regardless of when or for how long, it can have negative effects. There is nothing wrong with music itself.
However, dealing with boredom is an important developmental stage that gets overlooked too early. Tolerance for frustration, creativity, and intrinsic motivation are key factors. Constant exposure to favorite music is still just background noise and a sort of brain on standby. It can be needed but shouldn’t be available all the time.
I know plenty of adults who struggle to control their TV consumption. They also fail to see the connection to other problems, such as the inability to focus on a task for an extended period.
However, dealing with boredom is an important developmental stage that gets overlooked too early. Tolerance for frustration, creativity, and intrinsic motivation are key factors. Constant exposure to favorite music is still just background noise and a sort of brain on standby. It can be needed but shouldn’t be available all the time.
I know plenty of adults who struggle to control their TV consumption. They also fail to see the connection to other problems, such as the inability to focus on a task for an extended period.
Well, as always, people tend to immediately exaggerate and assume that devices like the Toniebox are constantly playing on a loop just so parents can have peace and quiet.
In reality, things are usually quite different. Reading aloud still happens every evening. And when the children go to bed, for example, Benjamin Blümchen might play from the Toniebox.
In my time, we had cassettes or vinyl records. I still have many fairy tales and such on black vinyl. But that didn’t mean I got more or less time and attention from my parents.
It’s the same now with the next generation—just with RFID and Wi-Fi.
In reality, things are usually quite different. Reading aloud still happens every evening. And when the children go to bed, for example, Benjamin Blümchen might play from the Toniebox.
In my time, we had cassettes or vinyl records. I still have many fairy tales and such on black vinyl. But that didn’t mean I got more or less time and attention from my parents.
It’s the same now with the next generation—just with RFID and Wi-Fi.
Folks, you’ve been watching too much welfare TV. And I don’t think you actually have children.
Which child can be permanently pacified by a Toniebox/CD player/Discman/Walkman/record player and just sits like they’re paralyzed in the corner? These devices are used more as kids get older because they want to listen to something while playing. When I’m cleaning, I like to listen to Rammstein—it actually helps me scrub better. Usually, these devices are turned on because no one wants to play “I spy” in the car anymore, or to listen to a story at bedtime. This has nothing to do with neglect.
Our little boy (3 years old) comes home and first watches a kids’ movie to unwind, accompanied by his sacred cup of strawberry milk. After that, it’s time to go outside or play in his room until bedtime. Then it’s getting ready and off to bed. If he wants, there’s a book before sleep. But most often, he prefers to look through his TipToi Star Wars book or listen to a fairy tale, with some back rubbing from mom or, if necessary, dad. Done! Sometimes he enjoys listening to Ninjago while playing with his Lego—apparently it’s stimulating or provides the right background noise with battle sounds.
Which child can be permanently pacified by a Toniebox/CD player/Discman/Walkman/record player and just sits like they’re paralyzed in the corner? These devices are used more as kids get older because they want to listen to something while playing. When I’m cleaning, I like to listen to Rammstein—it actually helps me scrub better. Usually, these devices are turned on because no one wants to play “I spy” in the car anymore, or to listen to a story at bedtime. This has nothing to do with neglect.
Our little boy (3 years old) comes home and first watches a kids’ movie to unwind, accompanied by his sacred cup of strawberry milk. After that, it’s time to go outside or play in his room until bedtime. Then it’s getting ready and off to bed. If he wants, there’s a book before sleep. But most often, he prefers to look through his TipToi Star Wars book or listen to a fairy tale, with some back rubbing from mom or, if necessary, dad. Done! Sometimes he enjoys listening to Ninjago while playing with his Lego—apparently it’s stimulating or provides the right background noise with battle sounds.
chand1986 schrieb:
If you give them unrestricted access too early because you let them operate the music player/Tonie’s Box/whatever however and whenever they want, that’s one thing. There’s nothing wrong with music itself.
However, the ability to deal with boredom is neglected too early in development. Key terms here are frustration tolerance, creativity, and intrinsic motivation. Even being surrounded by their favorite music is still just background noise and a shortcut for the brain. It has its place but shouldn’t be available all the time.
I know plenty of adults who can’t control their TV consumption. They don’t see the connection with other problems either, such as not being able to focus on a task for a long period of time.Then I should be consistent and keep all toys locked away. After all, they’re supposed to learn to experience boredom. Children usually develop frustration tolerance in other ways — when things don’t go as they expect (mom says no, the Lego figure just won’t stand up, the Playmobil castle doesn’t fit into a bag, etc.).
Creativity isn’t really hindered by fairy tales and stories from the player; it’s more encouraged. Our son constantly integrates and adapts the stories he hears and watches into his play. He even invents songs to accompany the hero of the moment. That’s what I call creativity!
I had to look up intrinsic motivation at first. My son asks me for a fairy tale on the CD player simply because he wants it himself. Now that’s intrinsic motivation.
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Knallkörper27 Aug 2018 09:58Evolith schrieb:
Our little boy (3 years old) comes home and first watches a children's movie to relax, accompanied by his sacred cup of strawberry milk.Then my guess was already quite accurate. Even if I might be alone in my opinion: this is an absolute no-go if it happens regularly. Totally inappropriate.
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