Sad Sign Of The Times
Stewdogacre is near an elementary school, and we have substantial foot traffic in front of the mortgaged mansion. Today, I observed a mother walking her two children to school. The boy walked ahead, followed by his sister. Mom took up the end. . . with her ipod plugged in listening to music.
Hey, Mom. Why don't you save the ear piece and the music for the solo walk home and spend that precious time listening to and talking to your children? None of my business of course, but just sad.
Hey, Mom. Why don't you save the ear piece and the music for the solo walk home and spend that precious time listening to and talking to your children? None of my business of course, but just sad.
posted by stewdog | 7:30 AM | Permalink
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It's the other way around here. We adults begin a conversation only to discover that the kids are not nodding their heads at our words of wisdom but are nodding along to music on their iPods.
[CIV finds this better than talking to people with those wireless earpiece cell phones and discovering they are not talking to you. Or not responding to them, and finding out that they are trying to converse with you.]
I do not own an iPod, but one of those ancient devices called "Walkman" that play what we called cassette tapes and AM/FM radio. CIV has been known to sit* with headphones (not ear buds -- yuck) on plugged into the Walkman not listening to a thing in the hope of getting some peace and quiet. It rarely works.
[*CIV does not walk with the Walkman as the thing is heavy enough to pull down even the most robust of jeans.]
Yes, it is usually the other way around. Someday this woman may regret passing up these prescious opportunities.
An electronic device with a music player is a must when flying. It is an excuse not to listen to the bore next to you. I recommend the Bose system, that covers the entire ear and knocks out noise. Truly amazing piece of technology.
Stewdog, I agree with you. It is sad. I'm sure those kids will be the 'troubled' kids in their school and their mother and father will not have a clue as to why their son or daughter is always in trouble and not learning what they should.
On the other hand, if she is a stay-at-home mom, then she may make up for the walk-to-school-iPod-time with time after school with them...hopefully.
I was sitting outside with my Wonderpups the other day and one of my neighbors came by and he had his little one and a half year old with him. She saw us playing and came up to me and the littlest Wonderpup and wanted to play with us. Her dad picked her up and told her not to play with us because, "she trying to bond with her kid." I laughed and said that she was fine and, "I bond with him all day. Don't worry about it."
I bond with them all day. You're right...those 'moments' are precious indeed.
Let me get this straight. A neigbor wouldn't let a little kid play with yours because that would somehow interfere with the bonding between parent and child.
Wow.
We license drivers but any idiot can reproduce.
SD, methinks the dad is not an idiot but has been brainwashed. First-time parents believe anything they are told in those baby classes.
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