Comments on: New Column: What Did we do Before In-Car DVDs? http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/dvds I would look more like this chick --> if she were folding laundry Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:31:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: admin http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/dvds/comment-page-1#comment-9366 admin Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:01:02 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=503#comment-9366 Who needs to eavesdrop when you can just read their diaries. I mean duh? Who needs to eavesdrop when you can just read their diaries. I mean duh?

]]> By: admin http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/dvds/comment-page-1#comment-9365 admin Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:15 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=503#comment-9365 Thanks MOM, it is apparent where I got my addiction to Television! Thanks MOM, it is apparent where I got my addiction to Television!

]]> By: admin http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/dvds/comment-page-1#comment-9364 admin Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:59:40 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=503#comment-9364 I'm sure it was, men like to invent things like maxi pads and mammogram machines. Puh-lease! I’m sure it was, men like to invent things like maxi pads and mammogram machines. Puh-lease!

]]> By: rachy http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/dvds/comment-page-1#comment-9291 rachy Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:19:42 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=503#comment-9291 oops....typos: "video" not "vidoe" "are enjoying" not "are enjoy" oops….typos:
“video” not “vidoe”
“are enjoying” not “are enjoy”

]]> By: rachy http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/dvds/comment-page-1#comment-9290 rachy Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:18:25 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=503#comment-9290 well, jen, better living through technology! being an engineer, i am sure this idea was given birth by a women engineer somewhere in detroit.....someone who, as a child, endured endless trips,and who, as a mother, knew from experience the rapture and legthened attention span that is only possible with this type of passive vidoe entertainment. so, today mothers like you, jenny, are enjoy the benefits. but somewhere behind the scene, might be a woman engineer who made it all possible for you! well, jen, better living through technology! being an engineer, i am sure this idea was given birth by a women engineer somewhere in detroit…..someone who, as a child, endured endless trips,and who, as a mother, knew from experience the rapture and legthened attention span that is only possible with this type of passive vidoe entertainment.

so, today mothers like you, jenny, are enjoy the benefits. but somewhere behind the scene, might be a woman engineer who made it all possible for you!

]]> By: Karen http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/dvds/comment-page-1#comment-9140 Karen Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:34:03 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=503#comment-9140 Scratch that last reply. I kicked one of my kids out of the car last night. Is that so wrong? When they were littler, I'd quietly pull over to the side of the road until they realized we'd stopped. Scared the hell out of them. Scratch that last reply. I kicked one of my kids out of the car last night. Is that so wrong? When they were littler, I’d quietly pull over to the side of the road until they realized we’d stopped. Scared the hell out of them.

]]> By: cherie http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/dvds/comment-page-1#comment-9107 cherie Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:14:07 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=503#comment-9107 This is so true. Where was my DVD player last week. I do know that they used to say don't leave your kids in front of the TV too much...but that was a lifesaver for me. The innovations just keep on comin' This is so true. Where was my DVD player last week. I do know that they used to say don’t leave your kids in front of the TV too much…but that was a lifesaver for me. The innovations just keep on comin’

]]> By: Karen Baitch Rosenbreg http://www.thesuburbanjungle.com/dvds/comment-page-1#comment-9103 Karen Baitch Rosenbreg Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:44:33 +0000 http://www.suburbanjungle.net/?p=503#comment-9103 Funny Post, Jenny! But although I feel your pain, one of the things my daughters have always counted on, is that thei mom and dad will never submit to the seduction of the in-car dvd player. With such little time together, having them captive in the car is one of the few times we catch up with each other. Whether it's listening in on their conversations with each other or friends, parents can learn most about their childrens' lives within the confines of the family cab. (The driver seems to vanish during rowdy carpools.) Second to the safety of their bedrooms in the cover of darkness to learn their innermost thoughts, drive time presents an opportunity in which we can learn who-is-doing-what within their social circles, (good and bad), how they really feel about persons, places and things and a chance to debate values, politics and the future. My daughters learned to harmonize as babies in their car seats; the ABC game kept them alert for language; seeking out license plates from other states and watching the world go by were mini geography lessons; we learned to appreciate eachothers' music, and the awkward silences taught the value of quietude. Maybe I would have gotten a player when my kids were your kids' ages. But as they older, don't overlook the car as a place to learn the most about your children. In the meantime, mine will have to continue straining to see what the kids in the cars in front of us are watching. Funny Post, Jenny! But although I feel your pain, one of the things my daughters have always counted on, is that thei mom and dad will never submit to the seduction of the in-car dvd player. With such little time together, having them captive in the car is one of the few times we catch up with each other. Whether it’s listening in on their conversations with each other or friends, parents can learn most about their childrens’ lives within the confines of the family cab. (The driver seems to vanish during rowdy carpools.) Second to the safety of their bedrooms in the cover of darkness to learn their innermost thoughts, drive time presents an opportunity in which we can learn who-is-doing-what within their social circles, (good and bad), how they really feel about persons, places and things and a chance to debate values, politics and the future. My daughters learned to harmonize as babies in their car seats; the ABC game kept them alert for language; seeking out license plates from other states and watching the world go by were mini geography lessons; we learned to appreciate eachothers’ music, and the awkward silences taught the value of quietude. Maybe I would have gotten a player when my kids were your kids’ ages. But as they older, don’t overlook the car as a place to learn the most about your children. In the meantime, mine will have to continue straining to see what the kids in the cars in front of us are watching.

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