@Hudson J1e posted:I agree about the screen time. I see it in my step children. It isn't just video games or video games you play on your phone. They watch (what I consider to be for the most part ridiculous) short videos on Youtube or TicToc. I don't have a problem with video games or the videos they watch although some are way to mature and inappropriate for their age. What bothers me is that they will stay on the screen or the video game console all day without stopping unless the parents (my wife and I) put a stop to it. If it were me I would want to do something else after a while but they almost never get to that idea. I think most parents try to limit the screen time (we do) but some don't and those kids spend WAY too much on their tables/phones/video game consoles. I think you're right. It doesn't have to be Facebook but whatever they are doing is like a separate world they live in. I really wish my step kids had an interest in trains or cars but they don't and while I don't have a layout I have taken them to various train shows, events and train rides. At least they will have those memories of trains even though the younger one says trains are boring. What gets them excited is when the next season of Fortnite is coming out.
Side story:There is a show called "A Thousand Ways to Die" and it is about the strange way some people die based on true stories. One story was a younger person (IIRC) who wanted to stay on video games for a long period of time I think it was for a couple of days. He ordered a pizza and ate some of it but couldn't get off the electronics to put it in the refrigerator. He left it on the floor instead. The next day he ate some more of it and he got food poisoning really bad and died from it. I sincerely hope we don't hear more of these stories in the future. I wonder if there will be clinics for people addicted to screens. I mean in today's world the screen (computer/phone/tablet) are in a way like food. Most people need at least a little bit of it to survive and accomplish things in life. It is hard to go completely off the grid. I have heard of a bootcamp for teenagers that doesn't allow screens and teaches them how to get along in life without them and how to interact with people without using a screen.
@steam posted:In regards to screen time, our kids haven’t had their own phone growing up. Once they are older teenagers they are welcome to buy one themselves. We don’t allow them access to tv anytime they want especially when they were younger. It is possible. Sure we were against the grain but we just didn’t care. Not trying to sound like a saint either. I have just read allot about mental health and addictions and social media and all.
It has been interesting to hear them form their own opinions. Some days they would have indoor recess and they would say there wasn’t much to do because everyone was on their phones. It is like they formed an opinion on their own that living on a phone is in a way missing out on the real world.
Both of you are way off base here. What does all of this have to do with York and scheduling, expect maybe to imply that younger TCA members are odd because of their modern communication methods and other hobbies, and that the next generation of TCA members will be non-existent because they'll all be brain dead.
Is either true, or likely to be so?
No.
Be careful casting such a wide net. The future of the world, in addition to that of our hobby, depends on the up-and-coming younger folks. They will do just fine carrying the baton.
Many, many of us present-day oldsters had odd upbringings and habits at one time as well. (Think late 1960's , early 1970's.)
York will survive, as will our hobby.
Mike
