Comments on: The Value of Play http://tinysubversions.com/2006/12/the-value-of-play/ Wed, 10 Sep 2014 18:53:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 By: solipsistnation http://tinysubversions.com/2006/12/the-value-of-play/comment-page-1/#comment-3322 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:23:00 +0000 http://tinysubversions.com/?p=842#comment-3322 Is “correlatively” a word?

]]> By: Anonymous http://tinysubversions.com/2006/12/the-value-of-play/comment-page-1/#comment-3321 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:05:00 +0000 http://tinysubversions.com/?p=842#comment-3321 Actually, I think this is correlatively indicative of a major transformation going on in our culture.

]]> By: Doug http://tinysubversions.com/2006/12/the-value-of-play/comment-page-1/#comment-3319 Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:02:00 +0000 http://tinysubversions.com/?p=842#comment-3319 I second the idea that if the parent is complaining about spending so much money then perhaps the parent shouldn’t be spending so much money. Parently control is a good thing.

On the other hand, I’m guessing this was simply the parent complaining for the sake of complaining – I’d at least hope the HD TV wasn’t just for the kid – perhaps that’s the big family TV?

But as for your point – yes, investment in electronic gaming has gone up, although I’m curious how it tracks compared to inflation (and the rise of the disposable income…).

]]> By: Anonymous http://tinysubversions.com/2006/12/the-value-of-play/comment-page-1/#comment-3318 Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:47:00 +0000 http://tinysubversions.com/?p=842#comment-3318 One of my favorite Newsradio lines is when someone (I don’t remember who) says something nostalgic like “That’s not how we used to do it in the old days” and Lisa says “In the old days people died of ptomaine poisoning and blamed it on ghosts.” I am with you on this one DK. Investing in play is good (though solipsistnation has a point: an HD tv is hardly necessary).

]]> By: solipsistnation http://tinysubversions.com/2006/12/the-value-of-play/comment-page-1/#comment-3317 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 19:37:00 +0000 http://tinysubversions.com/?p=842#comment-3317 Mmmm, on the other hand, $1200 IS a load of cash. Not to be a total luddite, but do kids NEED a $1200 TV and stuff of their own? Why is that not a family activity, or at least somewhere central? And do the games this kid is going to play locked in his bedroom with a TV the size of Utah nurture or stifle creativity, and will he ever get out and ride around on a bike at all or will he stay inside growing pale and asocial?

Eh, I’m probably old-school (or a curmudgeon), but at least I had my running-around-outside years before I locked myself in a room with a computer and burned video games into my brain…

Still, the whole “I got my kid a $1200 video game setup!” thing bugs me. At least I had to work to save up for my own Commodore 64, disk drive, and so on. It seems like it’s implied that this kid was just given this stuff… Obviously, I don’t know, but if the PARENT is saying “Kids these days!” why isn’t the parent doing the parenting differently?

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