tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094700953309998492.post1827624605924041784..comments2024-03-17T00:31:57.558-04:00Comments on Unremarkable Files: Are We Failing Our Boys?Jenny Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06320766378823015885noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094700953309998492.post-3096313510782764222018-03-03T11:42:21.277-05:002018-03-03T11:42:21.277-05:00Wow, Jenny, you hit it right on the nose. Why all ...Wow, Jenny, you hit it right on the nose. Why all these shootings happen is a huge fail by society. All the boys were bullied, and marginalized. Then, depression sets in.<br />And they are preconditioned to the violence. It all melds together. Plus, so many children do not grow up grounded in Jesus Christ!! That's the biggest factor, I think.<br />Good for you for policing the games, andPurpleSlobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13323141115018411511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094700953309998492.post-56910946971809495292018-03-02T19:12:50.018-05:002018-03-02T19:12:50.018-05:00My older kids and I have had similar conversations...My older kids and I have had similar conversations regarding 'fail videos' on YouTube. I grew up watching America's Funniest Home Videos, but now there's large reels of videos featuring absolutely awful things happening to people as comedy. I could see that watching these videos was making my kids view misfortune (and serious injury) as something only to laugh at, rather than Kelly M. https://www.blogger.com/profile/11465167173249257439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094700953309998492.post-89036353871543086752018-03-02T16:37:35.194-05:002018-03-02T16:37:35.194-05:00Oh my, that car game sounds a little freaky-when I...Oh my, that car game sounds a little freaky-when I was little and played a car computer game, it was all about rocket engines and special effects on a car, not actually about people getting getting crumpled. <br />I think part of this whole issue is that there is a definite struggle as parents figure out 1.) What IS masculinity/boyhood supposed to look like? and 2.) How do we exhibit that AnneMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13462442204217572325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094700953309998492.post-55355766155803445892018-03-02T14:52:24.428-05:002018-03-02T14:52:24.428-05:00I've got a nearly 7 year old boy who I wish ha...I've got a nearly 7 year old boy who I wish had more empathy. He's all about being funny and teasing and getting out of trouble. But I've been thinking a lot after reading this that I'm not very empathetic to him when I think he's over reacting and he probably thinks he's just reacting. I'm going to practice emphathizing better towards him; that's the only way to Diana Dyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15953460237234065902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094700953309998492.post-35350448435712042422018-03-02T12:56:26.819-05:002018-03-02T12:56:26.819-05:00My thoughts are similar. It is so easy to let garb...My thoughts are similar. It is so easy to let garbage into our kids' imaginations especially when we are so tired. It's work to police everything. But so necessary. <br /><br />I usually just read your quick takes, so I'm glad you told us about this. It was a great dinnerEllenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16231441277453277011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094700953309998492.post-61077347822279474982018-03-02T06:19:01.234-05:002018-03-02T06:19:01.234-05:00I don’t like Mondays the song from the late 70s by...I don’t like Mondays the song from the late 70s by the boomtown rats was inspired by a news story of a girl who took a gun into school with tragic consequences.<br />Lynne Nicholson UKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094700953309998492.post-9244106787385628292018-03-01T08:44:37.326-05:002018-03-01T08:44:37.326-05:00You are so very, very right about this. Desensitiz...You are so very, very right about this. Desensitizing kids to violence is the first step in compromising their empathy for other humans (and animals, when it comes to that). I've been trying to figure out why this sort of thing -- these video games where people get crunched in cars or fall off bridges or blasted with lasers or whatever -- is worse than what we watched growing up. I grew up Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11298172956761024009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094700953309998492.post-14516950412168294612018-02-28T13:36:27.383-05:002018-02-28T13:36:27.383-05:00Thinking about navigating this type of thing makes...Thinking about navigating this type of thing makes me feel anxious about raising my kids. Hopefully I will just "know" when something feels off or not and work on learning how to address it. It feels overwhelming to think about this with my oldest being only 2.5, not that I don't think I shouldn't start thinking about it yet, but I also feel like I need to take issues that come Amanda Bumgarnerhttp://www.theladyokieblog.comnoreply@blogger.com