Yes, before the existence of iPads, autistic children could do nothing except scream and seize on the floor. Yep. Thank God we have iPads now, there is literally no other way to handle autistic children.
Comment on And they even get a seizure when you take their ipads away
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
It’s easy to judge from like 30 minutes in public, until you have an autistic kid and no support network.
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
PiousAgnostic@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I mean, you’re kinda being a dick… it’s a better than my generations response to being autistic. Jesus lol, trust me.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Before modern era, they used to do lobotomies and lock up kids that are neurodivergent
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
No, keep proudly displaying your ignorance. We’ve got time.
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Jesus Christ…
RacerX@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Thank you for saying this. I used to judge parents of kids on screens until I had my own. You never know what’s going on and there’s a chance that the 30 minutes of quiet that family is getting from the iPad is the only peace they’ve had all day.
socsa@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
I mean there's other things besides brain rot. Also people did raise kids prior to iPads.
RacerX@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Yes, parenting existed before iPads. That doesn’t imply that everything they used to do to cope with similar situations was correct, or better. Previous generations of parents used to do things that would terrify us now.
Serpent@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
Or it’s the only meal they’ve had out in a month and it coincided with a sleep regression or something.
I have friends without kids tell me how they would parent and what they don’t think is “good parenting” all the time. They have no clue…