And why do they do it? They can't watch the t.v.... It seems a hazardous thing to do. Yet I can't help but follow these cars with their mobile entertainment. Even if they're playing Dragon Ball Z. I just listen to music, pretend I'm watching a music video and make fun of the person who set up the idiotic scheme. Then they seem to get all freaked out when I follow them and speed off. What kind of person does these things?
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Parents are almost begging their kids to get addicted to screens now, it seems. What the hell happened to parental authority to get those kids to keep quiet? No wonder kids are so misbehaved, they own their parents, not the other way around. Sorry but I can't agree with it. I was an asshole as a kid but when my parents wanted my ass quiet, they didn't need to provide me with incentives to do so.
We went on plenty of road trips and I was well behaved on all of them. Why? Because my parents made it a point to teach me early that they were in charge and that you don't get rewarded for misbehavior. That's what TV was in my household, a privilage. I didn't get privileges for misbehaving, I got them when I behaved long enough to have earned them. In my household, misbehaving didn't get you shit.
I respect if parents wish to reward their kids misbehavior or teach them to pay constant attention to screens, but at the same time, I just respectfully disagree.
Shouldn't you be keeping your eyes on the road, anyway? O.o Those are there for the benefit of the passengers, it honestly sounds like you're blaming them for *you* being a distracted driver.
I mean I guess I can understand listening to a TV rather than a radio... I'll stick with music for myself. :P
I loved just staring out the window, watching the scenery go by. Even at a young age I understood that I could watch TV anytime, but the Georgia Pines I might not see again for many years and I was right. I didn't see them again for about a decade.
Granted, I didn't have TVs in my car. I brought my gameboy but it didn't get touched.
When I have kids, I don't think I'll want one. When I as growing up, my parents explained all sorts of things to my brother and me when we were in the car, from basic genetics to etymology. It was a really great way to learn and bond, and I have a lot of fond memories.