Comments on: What Will My Children Value?

By: Kim @ whatsupbird

Kim @ whatsupbird — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:54:36 +0000

I’m catching up on my reading and wanted to say you echo my sentiments exactly. I teach sixth graders that don’t know nursery rhymes or classic stories and wonder what the heck their parents did with them when they were little. I’m sure it involved a TV and video games.
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By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:36:03 +0000

I loved MASH. My sister, cousins, friends and I played it endlessly. I would love my son (and future kiddos) to learn the best of the past while embracing the technology of today and tomorrow. We will certainly have our fair share of time up in the mountains away from electricity and incorporating lots of imagination. We will also be into gadgets (cause mommy really is) too.
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By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:01:26 +0000

Oh how I love this post. I think it is our responsibility as a parent to make sure our kids don’t miss out on the good stuff. It is also good to remember that different doesn’t always equal bad. But, I definitely like the way I had it…
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By: Joe Freudenthal

Joe Freudenthal — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:29:57 +0000

Great post. Just found your site, really good stuff. I know my wife and I are concerned about the same things with our three kids that you talk about in this post. We assume that our kids “need” to be technologically savvy in this day and age, but we also yearn for them to have the same type of childhood that we enjoyed. I remember playing out until dark with friends far from the house on all sorts of adventures. I can’t imagine our kids doing that now. Kinda sad. Thanks for the post

By: Britt

Britt — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:47:31 +0000

My husband and I were JUST talking about this last night at dinner!!!!

I sometimes catch myself saying, “Times have changed…”

Boy they sure have!

I’ve realized that my children copy what I do. We are our children’s best teachers. I also homeschool and therefore have a more ability to allow who their friends are and who aren’t. Some of my worst habits were picked up from friends (who I knew my mother wouldn’t approve of…)

Granted, I don’t want to “shelter” them from the latest technologies…I agree with you about that…and since my husband is a computer and network engineer…we won’t have an issue with that…lol.

I think what it boils down to is prayer. I pray that God would lead me to teach them correctly and to guard them from what they need to be guarded from.
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By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:22:29 +0000

I love your post Nicki. you have brought me back down memory lane. . “Teddy bear Teddy bear touch the ground, teddy bear teddy bear turn around!” or how about “The space goes boom- boom” lol. I don’t have the answers either I just pray that I can set a good example. . .I will start by closing my laptop and taking my daughter to go pick some flowers! Thank you.

By: Nicki

Nicki — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:01:50 +0000

@ Country-Fried Mama – Haha! I LOVED Miss Mary Mac And I need to close my laptop a little more often too.

By: Country-Fried Mama

Country-Fried Mama — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:39:05 +0000

“Miss Mary Mac, Mac, Mac
All dressed in black, black, black
With silver buttons, buttons, buttons…”

I hope those old clapping games will always be relevant. Maybe they’ll come with batteries and really annoying background music, but surely our kids will love them just as we did.

I have to believe our kids will adopt the values they see us living. Which might mean I should put my laptop away more often.
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