Talking Watches

[Guest]

My son Jake is 5 and he cannot tell the time yet, i was thinking about a talking watch for him but i cannot find any for children on the net, he has just started playing out and its good if he could come home at the time we ask him to, plus he will learn to tell the time quicker.



Any links would be gratefull

 

[old.Tohtori]

Can't find....people are so googlechallenged

Here.

 

[Guest]

Worldwide Expedited $67.89

67 bucks shipping is a bit extreme, a uk supplier would be cool

 

[Mobius]

Umm you let your 5 year old kid out to play and come home when he is told? You must live in a trusty neighbourhood

 

[Ch3tan]

Argos etc, tons of these watches in the shops.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Worldwide Expedited $67.89

67 bucks shipping is a bit extreme, a uk supplier would be cool

Ah...my mistake.

Sec.

One.

And nuther.

 

[Guest]

Thanks tehseel, just orders the one from maplins £7.49 including delivery.


Jake likes playing out, and he can go upwards of 50 yards from the house, but he doesnt go past the end of the road or to the shops, he's 5 so i think thats the bet limit for him atm, its a fine line betwen wanting to protect your kids from the outside world and letting him express himself through play with other children.

thanks again tehseel

 

[Chilly]

why not teach him to read the time? 5 is plenty old enough.

 

[Ch3tan]

He is, talking watch is an easy way for him to assoicate the spoken time with what it says on the dial. One thing though, try not to get him a digital display, teach him how to read a bloody dial!

 

[old.Tohtori]

thanks again tehseel

No prob, just teach your kid that Seals are cool and not clubbable

 

[DaGaffer]

why not teach him to read the time? 5 is plenty old enough.

What he said. In my day we learned to tell the time or our tea ended up in the dog...*grumble, grumble, kids today...grumble, grumble...*

 

[nath]

its a fine line betwen wanting to protect your kids from the outside world and letting him express himself through play with other children.

Nice to see not every parent is letting the media hysteria govern the way they look after their kids.

 

[Rubric]

its a fine line betwen wanting to protect your kids from the outside world and letting him express himself through play with other children.

But not such a fine line between looking after your kids yourself and say teaching them important things like how to tell the time, or kicking them out of the house so you can get pissed or watch telly in peace.


Which council estate is it you live on again?

 

[Guest]

the irony of it

in the last 2 posts, one person thinking what i wrote was a good thing and another classing me as a pisshead chav who doesnt give a shit about his kids.

you gotta love this forum

 

[Rubric]

the irony of it

in the last 2 posts, one person thinking what i wrote was a good thing and another classing me as a pisshead chav who doesnt give a shit about his kids.

you gotta love this forum

To be fair i did say getting pissed OR watching telly.

 

[Draylor]

you gotta love this forum

you could always learn to use google for yourself

 

[Dommers]

whats your problem rubric, its brooky's decision about how he brings up his own children.

 

[Chilly]

indeed (and this ISNT about brooky, I'm sure he's doing a sterling job) but if a parent was doing an utter shit job and it was blatently obvious, you'd kind of hope someone who saw it going on would raise a question or two?

 

[Tom]

But not such a fine line between looking after your kids yourself and say teaching them important things like how to tell the time, or kicking them out of the house so you can get pissed or watch telly in peace.


Which council estate is it you live on again?

Out of order tbh. Fuckoff.

 

[Milkshake]

But not such a fine line between looking after your kids yourself and say teaching them important things like how to tell the time, or kicking them out of the house so you can get pissed or watch telly in peace.


Which council estate is it you live on again?

Yeah, fuck off. Some kids actually LIKE going outside and talking to other kids instead of staying inside with the computer. I used to go out and play football from around the age of 5 down to the local park which is fuckloads further than 50 yards.
I ended up doing a Masters at Uni, yet still learning to socialise with others.

IMHO The media hype up these abductions. Yeah, it happens, and there's some fucknuts out there but there always were and always have been. Keeping the kids inside just means theres LESS kids to watch over each other! Now the ones that DO go out are mostly in twos or threes instead of almost 30 like we used to have.

And no, I'm not a chav. ****.

 

[Rubric]

Out of order tbh. Fuckoff.

Hmmmm

Was a little harsh looking backing on my posts yesterday, apologies to Brooky, i was in a funny mood yesterday.

I do however think 5 is too young for kids to be playing out on their own, and not just because of the risks that may or may not be hyped up in the media.

But thats just my opinion and not relevant to this thread, apologies again.

 

[Lester]

Thread's gone off topic, but I personally agree that 5 is too young to go out playing on his own. It's personal choice, obviously, but the last person you should trust with your kid is other kids (unless it's a brother or sister). Events that you see in the headlines (especially this week) are rare and are hyped up, but it doesn't mean they don't happen. I always think how would I feel if something happened? Those stories always start with "I let him go down the shops", "I thought he was playing on the front garden" etc. When I see little kids out on their own, or even with bigger kids, I always think "chav". Judgemental I know but I can't help being a fat Tory at heart.

Never mind the road risk, my son is now 9, and if he's playing football or ball-tick or whatever on the street, he concentrates on the ball and his mates, NOT the dickhead in the souped-up Corsa coming round the corner on two wheels.

 

[Tom]

For all you lot know, Brooky could live on a farm, or in a cottage terrace in a field.

 

[Ch3tan]

5 is not too young to be out on your own.

You are judging without any idea (as Tom has pointed out) where Brooky is based. You don't know how safe it is, what the other kids are like, what other parents and adults are wathcing out for them on the street. All the kids on my road (since I was 5 myself) have played outside with other kids on the road. It's safer than the park 2 minutes away. Never had anything bad happen. Wrapping kids in cotton wool is more damaging to them than letting them actually enjoy their youth.

 

[Guest]

I live on an estate, to get to the main (main) road it's about 1/3 of a mile away, Jake plays on some grassland at the side of the house and sometimes goes to his friends about 50 yards away to play on the grass near his house, there are always lots of kids playing and they look out for each other, i played out when i was 5 and enjoyed it, i am not going to stop him playing out, he gets alot of stimulation from that activity.


He is full of bruises and cuts from playing out, he always comes home covered in mud, my brothers 2 kids are never allowed out of the house to playand are never allowed to play in the mud, one of them has asthma and the other has a skin condition, i think this is partly done to the fact that they have been kept in a bubble most of their lives.

 

[DaGaffer]

He is full of bruises and cuts from playing out, he always comes home covered in mud, my brothers 2 kids are never allowed out of the house to playand are never allowed to play in the mud, one of them has asthma and the other has a skin condition, i think this is partly done to the fact that they have been kept in a bubble most of their lives.

*Kid having a normal life shock!*

I despair of some of the attitudes of modern parents. Think about the introverted weirdos modern cotton-wool parenting is creating. We're going to end up with a generation of shut-ins or uber-extreme teenage backlash. Or both. probably.

 

[Chilly]

I live on an estate, to get to the main (main) road it's about 1/3 of a mile away, Jake plays on some grassland at the side of the house and sometimes goes to his friends about 50 yards away to play on the grass near his house, there are always lots of kids playing and they look out for each other, i played out when i was 5 and enjoyed it, i am not going to stop him playing out, he gets alot of stimulation from that activity.


He is full of bruises and cuts from playing out, he always comes home covered in mud, my brothers 2 kids are never allowed out of the house to playand are never allowed to play in the mud, one of them has asthma and the other has a skin condition, i think this is partly done to the fact that they have been kept in a bubble most of their lives.

glad to hear some kids still do what they should be doing at young ages - getting mucky (building up immune system!) and hurting themselves (building up risk assessment)! People forget that play isnt just play, top marks Brooky!

 

[Lazarus]

yup - got my vote Brooky.

Sometimes its hard, but unless you have kids of your own (imho) shut the fuck up about how to raise them.

Mine are 10 and 5 - and they play outside, but we live in a quiet area and they know where they can and cant go.

Better to teach kids limits than cage them up in the house.

 

[Jupitus]

It absolutely terrifies me to see some of the media coverage of things that can and do happen in today's society, but despite this I force myself to let my youngest out and about if he wants to. He knows to cross the road very carefully and that he should never wander off from the immediate area (right outside our house and down the cul de sac opposite only).

I don't know how much time I have spent watching discreetly from the kitchen window, but there's no way on earth I will let the small handful of freaks/paedos or whatever spoil my lad's normal upbringing.

Edit: P.S. he knows how to read the time on a normal watch

 

[Lazarus]

It absolutely terrifies me to see some of the media coverage of things that can and do happen in today's society, but despite this I force myself to let my youngest out and about if he wants to. He knows to cross the road very carefully and that he should never wander off from the immediate area (right outside our house and down the cul de sac opposite only).

I don't know how much time I have spent watching discreetly from the kitchen window, but there's no way on earth I will let the small handful of freaks/paedos or whatever spoil my lad's normal upbringing.

Edit: P.S. he knows how to read the time on a normal watch

yeah - but isnt your youngest 43?