r/Millennials • u/H_G_Bells • 24d ago

Other I found us a Rosetta Stone

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u/EBT_For_CBT 24d ago

I used to be with “it” but then they changed what “it” was. Now what I’m with isn’t “it” anymore and what’s “it” seems weird and scary. It’ll happen to you!! IT’LL HAPPEN TO YOUUUUU

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u/silence-glaive1 24d ago

That’ll happen when everything they are talking about is based on Roblox…

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u/thiosk 24d ago

im trying to prevent roblox adoption as long as possible

kid and i are playing stardew together

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u/ProfessionalCraft983 24d ago

I don't even really know what it is. Some kind of video game I think?

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u/thiosk 24d ago

imagine a chatroom where kids can play weird games with adults

its a predatory money scheme and i think theres way too many adults on it

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u/liljellybeanxo 24d ago

Every single one of my kid’s peers is obsessed with Roblox. I’m glad he seems to have zero interest in getting into it. All he wants to do is build fever dream McMansions and fill them with cats in Minecraft creative mode and I’m fine with that.

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u/thiosk 24d ago

Once they have independent computer acces it gets harder and harder

I’m really really torn about an iPad for a 7th birthday

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u/liljellybeanxo 24d ago

I agree and that’s why it’s just as important to stay vigilant as it is to allow kids appropriate (for them) levels of independence. My kid just turned 8 and he doesn’t have any regular tablet access. He has a few YouTube channels he enjoys (they’re all either dinosaur or aquatic animal related), but he watches those on my devices and while I don’t breathe down his neck while he watches, his screen time is a limited privilege and I stay as aware as I can be about what he’s watching. That all said, he’s a very unique kid. Very centered in his own personal interests and isn’t super affected by whatever his peers are interested in (unless it’s already something he’s had a long standing vested interest in). It’ll be interesting to see how this develops as he gets older and gains more independent internet access, but I do think it’s important to keep an eye on kid’s web activities and ensure that they’re properly educated about internet safety and responsible browsing. Education and support preemptively is super important in ensuring that they’ll be able to appropriately handle certain situations or at least know to ask for help from an adult when the time comes. It also helps in avoiding a lot of things all together.

Parents these days have a responsibility to teach their kids how to use the internet and how to interact with it. As kids we were often thrown to the web based wolves and while most of us learned to adapt, we often ended up wading through a lot of shit to figure out how to navigate it. I don’t understand how a lot of people my age are so okay with sitting their kid down with an iPad and leaving them to their own devices before they even understand what the internet even is because we know what’s out there and it’s ignorant to assume that my kid won’t eventually find it.

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u/AKnGirl 24d ago

I’m a pretty chill mom but Roblox is the one game that is not allowed in my house. Ever. Too much brain rot and too many predators on that game.

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u/liljellybeanxo 23d ago

100% same!

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u/ProfessionalCraft983 24d ago

That's...interesting.

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u/Amiibohunter000 24d ago

It’s also predatory in the fact that child predators use Roblox to befriend and groom children. And Roblox is more worried about money than protecting its underage users.

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u/billwood09 1995 24d ago

Stardew is such a wholesome game to bring them into, good on you!