Marylou Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Lately I keep thinking about this whole generation of children who are growing up mostly seeing the top and back of their parents' heads. DYKWIM? What deliberate steps have you taken to make changes in your own iLife? I would like some ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidiyaDawn Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Lately I keep thinking about this whole generation of children who are growing up mostly seeing the top and back of their parents' heads. DYKWIM? What deliberate steps have you taken to make changes in your own iLife? I would like some ideas. Children who are what?? Nope.. IDKWYM :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylou Posted September 20, 2011 Author Share Posted September 20, 2011 Children who are what?? Nope.. IDKWYM :laugh: :D Do you know what color eyes you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigger Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 My 7 year old does, he asked why mine are green and DH's are blue and his and his little brother's are blue. Led to a fun discussion on genetics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5wolfcubs Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 :D Do you know what color eyes you have? Actually, mine are changing color and have gradually for years. They are getting lighter and lighter brown. I asked my kids. Some said brown. Some said hazel-y. :) I'm not sure what you mean by seeing the top and back of parents' heads, either. One kid thought you meant because kids are in the car a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Yep. I'm the only oddball in the family with green eyes...lol. I do know what you mean though. I think. Are you talking about parents spending too much time on the computer or texting and not enough eye to eye/one on one time with their kids? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen500 Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Lately I keep thinking about this whole generation of children who are growing up mostly seeing the top and back of their parents' heads. DYKWIM? What deliberate steps have you taken to make changes in your own iLife? I would like some ideas. ??? IDNKWYM my iLife....Apple iLife? I don't use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylou Posted September 20, 2011 Author Share Posted September 20, 2011 ??? IDNKWYM my iLife....Apple iLife? I don't use it. Seems like there is always a computer screen or e-device close by and being used. Does this generation of children know we really could survive w/o this stuff? Are we in it so much that they would have to think hard and long if someone asked them what color eyes mom has? I'm making some changes and just wondering if others are too. Of course, this is probably not the best place to ask! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertmum Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 I know ds knows because he says he's got brown eyes like mine. I always tell him to look at the face of the person he is talking to =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in NH Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 I always tell him to look at the face of the person he is talking to =) I think that's the OP's point. It seems like parents are more likely to text their children than talk to them eye-to-eye these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymilkies Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 All 4 of my older kids got it right- green blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Yes, dd knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrid Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Lately I keep thinking about this whole generation of children who are growing up mostly seeing the top and back of their parents' heads. DYKWIM? What deliberate steps have you taken to make changes in your own iLife? I would like some ideas. I hate to hijack, but I can't help but think there are a lot of parents out there who dont' know what their INFANTS look like. Dh and I are always commenting on the number of "bucket" babies we see. No one carries their baby anymore, they just drag it around in a detachable carseat, swinging wildly and bumping into their knee as they walk quickly, cell phone in hand. The babies are constantly surrounded by plastic, and human touch seems to be avoided in the name of convenience. Aside from the emotional void, I doubt that being surrounded in plastic constantly can be a good thing. Off-gassing, etc. Sorry, OP. It's just kind of a hot-button topic for me. astrid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigger Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Seems like there is always a computer screen or e-device close by and being used. Does this generation of children know we really could survive w/o this stuff? Are we in it so much that they would have to think hard and long if someone asked them what color eyes mom has? I'm making some changes and just wondering if others are too. Of course, this is probably not the best place to ask! I do think it's a good question to ask. For us, we're techie's, so we have the toys and TV's, but we're also "older" and didn't grow up with all the stuff; and that's what it is, it's stuff. We try to balance our lives, which isn't always easy when everyone around seems to have devices grafted to them. We don't specifically limit screen time, but also don't encourage it, which for us is working out nicely since DS isn't all that interested in TV, and his interest in using the computer and devices, or playing on the Wii, is within reasonable (a couple of times a week). He doesn't like to play the Wii solo, so it's with DH or me - he says it's boring to do alone (yeah!). When we vacation we tend to totally disconnect - no TV, no phones, no computers, no devices (with the exception of DH who has to keep his phone and beeper with him no matter what, but barring an emergency, he doesn't touch either while we're away). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Yes, my children are very aware of the various eye colours in our family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 (edited) My kids know that DD has my eyes and DS has Daddy's eyes. I get what the OP is saying. We try to deliberately counter the "stuff" issues and one of the ways we do that is by co-sleeping still. :) Edited September 20, 2011 by Jennifer3141 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Seems like there is always a computer screen or e-device close by and being used. Does this generation of children know we really could survive w/o this stuff? Are we in it so much that they would have to think hard and long if someone asked them what color eyes mom has? To put this in perspective, I couldn't imagine how my parents survived their childhood without television. My father was an adult and my mother was in high school when TV became a regular feature of life. My kids are amazed by my own lack of VCRs, microwaves and computers until I was in my teens. When I explained that I had graduated college before cell phones became common and I didn't have an email account until after I had finished grad school, they were amazed. I'm sure their children will wonder how they survived their childhood without being able to stream anything they want to their own tablet device instantly. However, they all know that we can survive without any of this. They've lived without electricity for a couple of weeks and didn't die. They were very glad they are 21st century people, but they know that sometimes you have to make do without technology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 LOL, my kids were surprised to notice in this past year (age 4) that my eyes are blue. Theirs are almost black (I am not their birth mom). Like someone mentioned above, it sparked a discussion on genetics - though I only gave a half explanation, since we haven't yet discussed their birth father and his contribution to their existence ;). But yes, I think I know what you mean. There's something about eye contact that can't be substituted with anything else. I do notice the difference when my kids and I have more of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherylG Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 He just started public high school and banned himself from his phone. Going from a less distracted life of homeschooling, on-line and city college classes to the daily, hectic 2400 student life caused him to pause. He said, "I cannot bring my phone. It's too distracting." I thought that was interesting and encouraging. So I'm sure he knows my eye color. Cheryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinter Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Just asked all four of them and got "How many guesses do I get? What do I win if I guess right? They're blue, right?" "Blue. That's why you have to wear sunglasses outside. If your eyes were brown, the sun wouldn't hurt your eyes as much." "Blue, duh." and "Blue. Can we go to Pizza Hut?":001_rolleyes: I do get your point though, and I know a parent or two who probably couldn't tell you what color each of their kids' eyes are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidiyaDawn Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Are you talking about parents spending too much time on the computer or texting and not enough eye to eye/one on one time with their kids? Funny… emails and texting have actually *improved* relationships here. Dh doesn't like to talk about much of anything - but he WILL email about it. If there's something big we need to discuss, I write to him at work and he writes me back. He's opened up a LOT more since we started doing that. :D Dd14 and I text all the time.. I send her funny poems each night before bed and she loves them. She'll talk to me about boyfriends and stuff via text (or sometimes on FB)…she loves the fact that her mom can text faster than she can. :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishboneDawn Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 (edited) We have a lot of screen time in our family but we're still close. and the kids do know what colour my eyes are, sort of. They and their dad all have deep brown eyes but mine are a puzzle to them because depending on the light and what I'm wearing they can be either blue, grey or green. Edited September 20, 2011 by WishboneDawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*~Tina~* Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 We just had a funny discussion on this topic recently as our baby girl was born with blue eyes and she looks like dh's dad...but dh did not know what color eyes his dad had and I had a hard time convincing dh his dad's eyes were indeed blue...he had to call his mom and ask :D I was right, he was clueless! Years before technology :001_huh::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 I am right there with Wishbone Dawn. Depending on the day, they are more blue or my green or my gray. Usually somewhat graying blue-green. My son has mostly bluebut somewhat like mine with some hints of green and gray, my older dd has mostly grey, and my youngest actually has blue. Dh has blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ria Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Lawsy. I have a hard enough time figuring out what color eyes my kids have. I have to fill out a form for an Ontario fishing license each year and I always stumble. My oldest two boys have blue eyes. This I know. The other four kids I have to look at. Sad but true, and it has nothing to do with screen time. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Yes. The other day DD asked me why my eyes were green and everyone else's was brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishboneDawn Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 I am right there with Wishbone Dawn. Depending on the day, they are more blue or my green or my gray. Usually somewhat graying blue-green. My son has mostly bluebut somewhat like mine with some hints of green and gray, my older dd has mostly grey, and my youngest actually has blue. Dh has blue. The ever-changing eyes thing is sort of fun. I can dress and accessorize to change the colour. :D Grey is by far my favourite.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Yep- they know my eye color. I will say that I am happy that my kids can go without electronics without having a melt down. I know this since when we were out of the country there was no tv or computer. They did fine. I also intentionally never got the portable dvd players for the car. I can't tell you how many productive conversations have happened for us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mynyel Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 I hate to hijack, but I can't help but think there are a lot of parents out there who dont' know what their INFANTS look like. Dh and I are always commenting on the number of "bucket" babies we see. No one carries their baby anymore, they just drag it around in a detachable carseat, swinging wildly and bumping into their knee as they walk quickly, cell phone in hand. The babies are constantly surrounded by plastic, and human touch seems to be avoided in the name of convenience. Aside from the emotional void, I doubt that being surrounded in plastic constantly can be a good thing. Off-gassing, etc. Sorry, OP. It's just kind of a hot-button topic for me. astrid I see your point here! I wore my last baby. I tried to wear my first tw but I didn't know about the nifty wraps, only the snuggly and that thing was not comfortable so I didn't wear it much at all, and only when they were less than about 15 pounds. Hot button for me too and just to feed it, a lot of people don't want kids they want mini adults. JMO. :) ETA: Guess I better answer the OP question! :) Yes my kiddos know my eye color, we have discussed eye color at length and my ds9 is the only hazel in a sea of blue. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 My kids know my eye color. They will argue over it -- blue, green, or gray. The latest consensus is that the green doesn't count because it depends on what I wear. My eyes are actually gray. The driver's license guy changed the color choice to blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalknot Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Strangers comment on my eye color regularly because they're an unusual color for my ethnicity; my kids are usually around, so they hear it. They definitely know what color eyes I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfatherslily Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Of the 25 people in my whole family (both sides), only 5 are not blue. So yeah, it's pretty easy for the kids to remember:) I guess that's a good thing, cause right now they're watching their 3rd movie of the day... (Okay, in my defense, today was a light school day and it rained all day!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelly in IL Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Indigo, with some flecks of copper. Wonder what he wants? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 My ds knew, if not he could just go to our blog and look. :tongue_smilie: Screens have increased our communication. Dh and I e-mail or text a lot. I leave ds notes on our private school blog. Ds and I also spend a lot of time just talking together. Plus he sees my eyes when he gives me a morning hug, I love that. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeekingHim77 Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 My daughter knew-brown like hers. My son is in the shower-will have to ask him when he gets out. I'm pretty careful with screen time. I am usually not on the computer more than a half hr. to an hr. a day and much of that is while they are sleeping in the morning. When I'm sick or we're on vacation I spend way too much time online. I have a cold right now. :001_smile: My daughter gets a half hour a day on Webkins and my son looks at games online every now and then. He prefers to spend his media time on video games. He gets an hour each day since he's 16. We spend a lot of time together reading aloud, playing games and just talking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeekingHim77 Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 My son's out of the shower and he got my eye color right as well. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akmommy Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Yes, we all have blue eyes in varying shades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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