12-yr-old Milwaukee girls stab friend 10 times!

[Anonymous]

Thanks for sharing!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Yes, my kid has an ipod too. She is 8, so I went into settings and disabled a bunch of stuff. I even thought it was funny when I couldn't figure out later why she didn't have an app store, and then I realized it was because I disabled it. Safari is not enabled, and since she is so young, she hasn't even asked about it. All she does is play minecraft and a horse game. I look at it frequently while she is playing to make sure. But I am worried about this as she gets older.

An ipod at 8? What is she going to have when she's 10? 12?

As a teacher, I am continually frustrated at the decisions parents make which affect kids' attention spans, social expectations, etc.

Really? The other kids in her class either have an ipod, kindle or ipad. She is not an outlier at all. She does not have unlimited access to it. She only uses it in our living room, and like I said, she mostly plays minecraft on it. And she shows me what she creates. Look mom at my cats, my horse, what should I make next, maybe a waterpark? That is what my dd is doing on her ipod.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Yes, my kid has an ipod too. She is 8, so I went into settings and disabled a bunch of stuff. I even thought it was funny when I couldn't figure out later why she didn't have an app store, and then I realized it was because I disabled it. Safari is not enabled, and since she is so young, she hasn't even asked about it. All she does is play minecraft and a horse game. I look at it frequently while she is playing to make sure. But I am worried about this as she gets older.

An ipod at 8? What is she going to have when she's 10? 12?

As a teacher, I am continually frustrated at the decisions parents make which affect kids' attention spans, social expectations, etc.

Weren't the kids' iPads provided by the school in this case?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Yes, my kid has an ipod too. She is 8, so I went into settings and disabled a bunch of stuff. I even thought it was funny when I couldn't figure out later why she didn't have an app store, and then I realized it was because I disabled it. Safari is not enabled, and since she is so young, she hasn't even asked about it. All she does is play minecraft and a horse game. I look at it frequently while she is playing to make sure. But I am worried about this as she gets older.

An ipod at 8? What is she going to have when she's 10? 12?

As a teacher, I am continually frustrated at the decisions parents make which affect kids' attention spans, social expectations, etc.

Weren't the kids' iPads provided by the school in this case?

Where does it say that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Yes, my kid has an ipod too. She is 8, so I went into settings and disabled a bunch of stuff. I even thought it was funny when I couldn't figure out later why she didn't have an app store, and then I realized it was because I disabled it. Safari is not enabled, and since she is so young, she hasn't even asked about it. All she does is play minecraft and a horse game. I look at it frequently while she is playing to make sure. But I am worried about this as she gets older.

An ipod at 8? What is she going to have when she's 10? 12?

As a teacher, I am continually frustrated at the decisions parents make which affect kids' attention spans, social expectations, etc.

Weren't the kids' iPads provided by the school in this case?

Yes that's what I heard too. It wasn't the parents who provided the ipads.

[Anonymous]

Look what they can create on an iPad!

...or what my kids create with Legos, paint sets, calligraphy pens.

[Anonymous]

Never confuse what a school itself endorses for what trained educators endorse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Yes, my kid has an ipod too. She is 8, so I went into settings and disabled a bunch of stuff. I even thought it was funny when I couldn't figure out later why she didn't have an app store, and then I realized it was because I disabled it. Safari is not enabled, and since she is so young, she hasn't even asked about it. All she does is play minecraft and a horse game. I look at it frequently while she is playing to make sure. But I am worried about this as she gets older.

An ipod at 8? What is she going to have when she's 10? 12?

As a teacher, I am continually frustrated at the decisions parents make which affect kids' attention spans, social expectations, etc.

Really? The other kids in her class either have an ipod, kindle or ipad. She is not an outlier at all. She does not have unlimited access to it. She only uses it in our living room, and like I said, she mostly plays minecraft on it. And she shows me what she creates. Look mom at my cats, my horse, what should I make next, maybe a waterpark? That is what my dd is doing on her ipod.

And you think playing minecraft is a good use of an 8 year olds time? Sorry, I agree with the teacher. She's too young to be so absorbed in this PP, although I know it must make a convenient babysitter for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look what they can create on an iPad!

...or what my kids create with Legos, paint sets, calligraphy pens.

My kid can create things on all of the above. It's not an either or thing

[Anonymous]

They are charged as adults. In Wisconsin. The state that would not give death to Jeffrey Dahmer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People seems to be getting freakishly meaner and have no problem lashing out at others.

Nope. We know how these kinds are.... Some of us have always known

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are charged as adults. In Wisconsin. The state that would not give death to Jeffrey Dahmer

I didn't see an update. Have they sentenced them? I can't even wrap my head around luring your "friend" into the woods to stab her 19 times, let alone at age 12!!! Where are the parents?

[Anonymous]

They were just arrested yesterday, PP. Of course they haven't been sentenced.

The disturbing thing about this (to me) and what really indicates their age, is that they apparently felt they were impressing Slenderman. In other words, that Slenderman was a real entity, not an internet meme. Kids that age can't really tell what's not real on the internet when it involves videos, youtubing, etc. They don't know it's made up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Yes, my kid has an ipod too. She is 8, so I went into settings and disabled a bunch of stuff. I even thought it was funny when I couldn't figure out later why she didn't have an app store, and then I realized it was because I disabled it. Safari is not enabled, and since she is so young, she hasn't even asked about it. All she does is play minecraft and a horse game. I look at it frequently while she is playing to make sure. But I am worried about this as she gets older.

An ipod at 8? What is she going to have when she's 10? 12?

As a teacher, I am continually frustrated at the decisions parents make which affect kids' attention spans, social expectations, etc.

Really? The other kids in her class either have an ipod, kindle or ipad. She is not an outlier at all. She does not have unlimited access to it. She only uses it in our living room, and like I said, she mostly plays minecraft on it. And she shows me what she creates. Look mom at my cats, my horse, what should I make next, maybe a waterpark? That is what my dd is doing on her ipod.

And you think playing minecraft is a good use of an 8 year olds time? Sorry, I agree with the teacher. She's too young to be so absorbed in this PP, although I know it must make a convenient babysitter for you.

Spoken by someone who probably has one infant. Although this being an anonymous forum, you are probably going to be a seasoned mother of 5 valedictorians. I can't think of any children that age who don't have an ipod or tablet. And do you know anything about Minecraft? I actually think it helps kids explore, use their imaginations. My kids play it together with the neighborhood kids. And yes, they get plenty of outdoor time too. It's not an all or nothing.

[Anonymous]

Maybe I'm naive about how kids are influenced, but I would think at age 12 kids would be able to discern right from wrong and realize how serious hurting or killing someone is.