Comments on: Are We Devolving Ourselves? http://www.dcroe.com/2009/02/are-we-devolving-ourselves/ Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:12:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carmi http://www.dcroe.com/2009/02/are-we-devolving-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Carmi Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:53:22 +0000 http://www.dcroe.com/?p=447#comment-87 Amen. Today's world coddles kids to an extent never before seen. My wife and I often joke that it's a wonder either of us made it to adulthood. Seat belts, bike helmets, ABS brakes...my childhood was a death trap! I'll be taking our 8-year-old out for a walk later. Need to introduce him to...the road. Hi from Tanya, btw. It's good to e-see ya again! Amen. Today’s world coddles kids to an extent never before seen. My wife and I often joke that it’s a wonder either of us made it to adulthood.

Seat belts, bike helmets, ABS brakes…my childhood was a death trap!

I’ll be taking our 8-year-old out for a walk later. Need to introduce him to…the road.

Hi from Tanya, btw. It’s good to e-see ya again!

]]> By: craziequeen http://www.dcroe.com/2009/02/are-we-devolving-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-88 craziequeen Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:36:38 +0000 http://www.dcroe.com/?p=447#comment-88 Hey Dale, interesting follow through on the argument. I'm with you, I would have died from an abdominal condition without surgery in my early thirties. I get the best of both worlds. I get to live in the luxury of the safe and secure 21C but every summer I get to spend weekends in the simpler but more hazardous 14C - just without the plague...... of course we have the wars - still. Dale, I'm so glad NetChick sent me to say hello this Friday evening. ps - snow is very peaceful, especially when you're told to stay at home! cq Hey Dale, interesting follow through on the argument. I’m with you, I would have died from an abdominal condition without surgery in my early thirties.

I get the best of both worlds. I get to live in the luxury of the safe and secure 21C but every summer I get to spend weekends in the simpler but more hazardous 14C – just without the plague…… of course we have the wars – still.

Dale, I’m so glad NetChick sent me to say hello this Friday evening.
ps – snow is very peaceful, especially when you’re told to stay at home!

cq

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.dcroe.com/2009/02/are-we-devolving-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Rebecca Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:53:52 +0000 http://www.dcroe.com/?p=447#comment-86 "If this theory is correct, and we are in fact damaging our own ability to survive in our own environment, there could be many repercussions, some long term, but some much more immediate." I think that's true in many senses. There's even a campaign around here with commercials and advertising on buses to get people to stop using antibiotics so much and to simply wash their hands to stop the spread of a virus. And.... Hi, NetChick sent me! “If this theory is correct, and we are in fact damaging our own ability to survive in our own environment, there could be many repercussions, some long term, but some much more immediate.”

I think that’s true in many senses. There’s even a campaign around here with commercials and advertising on buses to get people to stop using antibiotics so much and to simply wash their hands to stop the spread of a virus.

And…. Hi, NetChick sent me!

]]> By: Char http://www.dcroe.com/2009/02/are-we-devolving-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Char Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:46:36 +0000 http://www.dcroe.com/?p=447#comment-84 Wow, that was pretty interesting. I saw you were off to visit me from Tanya's and I decided to give you a visit as well. You made so many interesting valid points. And I think you're right in some ways we are devolving ourselves regarding manageable diseases and kids seemingly becoming less concerned with their own well being. But are the kids really to blame? How many parents now pawn off what used to be valuable family time to an Xbox 360 or PS3? I thank God I don't do that with my son. Yes I bought a 360 however it doesn't suffice for the time we spend together. Excellent post! Wow, that was pretty interesting. I saw you were off to visit me from Tanya’s and I decided to give you a visit as well.

You made so many interesting valid points. And I think you’re right in some ways we are devolving ourselves regarding manageable diseases and kids seemingly becoming less concerned with their own well being. But are the kids really to blame? How many parents now pawn off what used to be valuable family time to an Xbox 360 or PS3? I thank God I don’t do that with my son. Yes I bought a 360 however it doesn’t suffice for the time we spend together.

Excellent post!

]]> By: Dale Challener Roe http://www.dcroe.com/2009/02/are-we-devolving-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Dale Challener Roe Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:53:05 +0000 http://www.dcroe.com/?p=447#comment-85 Char, You're right. The kids are certainly not to blame. I think our generation (current parents) and our parent's generation are the biggest offenders. I think those generations have had the access to the technology to ignore the kids more thamn in past generations, and when a problem comes up we solve it for them because it's faster. Right now I'm maiking a concerted effort to not just jump in and solve every problem for my kids, but to help them work it out on their own. But it's a tough thing to do, when teachers are conditioned to guide them through every aspect of their day. Char,

You’re right. The kids are certainly not to blame. I think our generation (current parents) and our parent’s generation are the biggest offenders. I think those generations have had the access to the technology to ignore the kids more thamn in past generations, and when a problem comes up we solve it for them because it’s faster.

Right now I’m maiking a concerted effort to not just jump in and solve every problem for my kids, but to help them work it out on their own. But it’s a tough thing to do, when teachers are conditioned to guide them through every aspect of their day.

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