tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23363296.post2566044797449051380..comments2023-11-02T09:08:09.242-07:00Comments on <i>Daddy Dialectic</i>: YouTube TimeJeremy Adam Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11733669114207985920noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23363296.post-43520552399261493542010-02-20T14:28:33.378-08:002010-02-20T14:28:33.378-08:00Is this a more interactive version of watching Ses...Is this a more interactive version of watching Sesame Street with your kids? <br /><br />The underlying issue is that computers with fast net connections have become more like TVs then anything else. My kids are teenagers and they use their computers as a TV almost exclusively. This is a big social shift all the way around. <br /><br />As a second point, would you do this differently if you had to pay for the stuff you are watching. Face it, money is a big part of how anyone parents.rtb.inkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06991129961063752156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23363296.post-72761837867758833072010-02-18T15:20:16.914-08:002010-02-18T15:20:16.914-08:00Mickey Mouse huh... okay, Jack, we'll give it ...Mickey Mouse huh... okay, Jack, we'll give it a shot. Sam's already big on airplanes. Perhaps it's time to bite the Disney bullet.<br /><br />Thanks for the Izzard tip, Jake. I saw him live in Wembley Stadium once and he was just as you'd expect. Equally strong on European languages also. <br /><br />Keith, your Pele investigation just prompted a five minute YouTube search for the famous feint, the one where he tricks the goalkeeper and runs round him. If he'd scored, it might be the most famous goal in history. Still think you need to see it, rather than read it, if only for the man's imagination. Try Brilliant Orange, it's the Nurtureshock of soccer books. <br /><br />Thanks for the comments, SimonSimon Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928305976933693305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23363296.post-43557966611647385352010-02-15T18:19:23.556-08:002010-02-15T18:19:23.556-08:00I just finished that book, Nurturshock (Po Bronson...I just finished that book, Nurturshock (Po Bronson). It's the only parenting book I've actually enjoyed so that's saying something. I also agree that youtube should not be used as anything other than a brand name, not a verb for sure. My boy and I were looking for videos the other day on Pele (the soccer player). Very informative even though a book is way better of course.Keith Wilcoxhttp://www.almightydad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23363296.post-69318655871552102762010-02-14T16:03:06.984-08:002010-02-14T16:03:06.984-08:00It hadn't occurred to me to look for Morricone...It hadn't occurred to me to look for Morricone on YouTube. But I found the clip you mention and I think, while it isn't much to look at, any little one would love to listen to it and maybe do some baby sway-dancing. If not for YouTube, my boys might not have been such fans of Izzard that they saw him perform live by age 12. Izzard is also, by the way, very helpful in homeschooling history. Just sayin'.Jake Aryeh Marcushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00503769061498852727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23363296.post-78187938556168354432010-02-11T06:46:26.417-08:002010-02-11T06:46:26.417-08:00With a two and a half year old I don't go near...With a two and a half year old I don't go near some of the serious fare that you mention in your post, but a few months ago I showed him a video of airplanes. Since then we've gradually moved into a morning ritual of watching trains, planes, blue whales, cats, helicopters, baby birds, and whatever else he's interested in that day while mom sleeps in a bit. <br /><br />A few days ago there was a Mickey Mouse clip as one of the suggestions after we watched something. He's been asking to watch that a lot lately. I've been trying to convince him to go back to nature and machinery but it may be a loosing battle.jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08490544485152542636noreply@blogger.com