Sure they can. Take all the technology toys from them and just give them a NES. Kids today are so spoiled. Let them learn the hard way, like us 40 somethings.
Did you do that to your own kids? How’d it work out?
The missus and I decided that we wanted our offspring to be more independent and not be relying on us financially. Both of us were used to living very comfortably in our childhood, and it created a negated experience of an interesting life, than those of limited means. Instead of expensive electronics and video games, expeditions on learning to fish and hunt, carpentry and needle work, plumbing and electrical, sailing and scuba. I wanted Tim to be resourceful, to create and fulfill his own needs, than just easily acquiring it. We home schooled, taught electronics, computing and mathematics. Religion and the value to be charitable. Timothy would have been a natural leader and an incredible person to have as a friend. I think it is the skills we learned from our parents and grand parents that are not being taught today, and being supplemented early on with electronic toys and games. Formal schooling and discipline in writing skills, than keyboarding and Wikipedia. You cannot simulate the same experience as we had all those years ago (smart phones vs. pay phones, cinema/library vs. the Internet) but you can try from the beginning and break the circle kids are leaning (or not) today. You can try.
Yeah that’s not happening for us.
I grew up in poverty for the most of my childhood, living with very limited means, having to scrape and claw for anything I wanted. While I did learn a solid work ethic, I would never want to put my kid through that experience. When rich people say that’s an “interesting lifestyle“, they really don’t understand the struggle, it’s more of a novelty to them.
While I do want our daughter to learn to work hard, value the dollar, stay on her guard, read people (basically the street smarts all poor kids need to learn growing up) I’m not going to force her to live like some pseudo technology rendition of The Amish, forcing her to experience only things from the past.
No, my plan is to get her to appreciate classic games, music and films, and know how media has got to where it has today. I’ll insert and suggest some of the bangers from our time, as well as support the higher quality offerings of today. But I definitely won’t limit her exposure to the present.
These A1Up cabs are not a high quality offering I’d get her to experience. Well, maybe a little exposure to trash products like this might be good, just so she knows the range of bad to good.