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this is a very popular south korean snack! https://www.theramenrater.com/tag/ppushu-ppushu/
Name directly translates to "break it break it". For some reason author didn't bother finding out.
Doesn't he know there are parental control apps? (Although my 10 year old figured out how to bypass those in a matter of days each time I closed the previous bypass-hole... and that was using a rooted OS I could SSH into. So maybe not so effective.)
Using parental controls is a great way to get kids to become hackers and learn to break said parental controls.
One party trick some people miss about me is that for a number of years I carried around an iPad mini (with cellular) in my front jeans pocket. It was my primary and only mobile device. It was somewhat more inconvenient than a smaller phone, but not by as much as one would expect it to be. Having its bigger screen was an advantage in many situations though. I downsized to a large phone a year ago (partly because Appl…
What was the party trick?
I guess not everybody had seen a tablet at that time, circa 2013 or so, and it worked almost every time. That was my party trick.
Doesn't he know there are parental control apps? (Although my 10 year old figured out how to bypass those in a matter of days each time I closed the previous bypass-hole... and that was using a rooted OS I could SSH into. So maybe not so effective.)
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A week long punishment is pointless. A child's perception of time means a ten minute punishment is as effective (probably more effective) than a week long punishment.
When they’re small, maybe. But once they’re at an age where the device represents a portal to social engagement, I find a complete weekend-and-next social cycle basically approaches infinity in their eyes. A week is usually sufficient, but there’s been times where two is necessary. However, each of my kids differ with effectiveness of different punishment types.
That shirt ten minute time out tells them that their behaviour is wrong and needs to be fixed. It's tied to the actual behaviour that needs to be fixed. It prevents an argument spanning a week.
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A week long punishment is pointless. A child's perception of time means a ten minute punishment is as effective (probably more effective) than a week long punishment.
It's punishment for a 12 year old not a 2 year old...