Watching my girlfriend's kids fight over who gets to use the tablet makes me think that maybe giving kids mobile devices is a terrible idea.

Get desktop PCs and destroy each other in Command and Conquer like normal children.

@sean Hmm...is it the device, or the parenting that is the issue here?

Devices are addictive, but without them perhaps they would fight over something else...

@realcaseyrollins it's kind of just a perfect storm.

✅ Full-time Job Mom
✅ Pandemic
✅ No friends in area
✅ Can't really go anywhere

Devices are pretty much the only thing there is to do here, so I'm not unsympathetic. It's just hard to watch them fight over a device that's only capable of serving up shitty games designed to get people addicted.

@sean
Yeah... Older systems like a DS or PS2 or something would be better for a kid IMHO

@realcaseyrollins instead, I get to watch a nine year old girl gun down cops in GTA5.

What a time to be alive!
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@sean
😂 I'm sure there are better games on those systems! We never played games like that as kids, it was mostly sports and adventure/open world games for us

Minecraft is still quite the treat

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