What is "Brain rot"

[NotedObserver]

Skipidi toilet shouted out loud by my 4 year old. Found out what it was and banned. Someone's head in a toilet. Thankfully more interested in playing outside and social child.

As always moderation is fine but might be an issue as they get older

[DaleCooper]

"According to Oxford University Press, the first recorded use of the term traces back to the 1854 book Walden by Henry David Thoreau.[8][9] Thoreau was criticizing what he saw as a decline in intellectual standards, with complex ideas being less highly regarded, and compared this to the 1840s "potato rot" in Europe.[10]"

Wikipedia. Brain Blight!

[Mourne Red]

As usual, it's not the platform, it's the lack of controls or rules put in place by parents. Imagine letting a child not yet in their teens near tiktok FFS.

YouTube is a phenomenal resource and is full of incredible content that can teach kids all sorts of behaviours and morals. Bluey for one is superb. The problem is when you let the child have free rein and they are able to scroll and tap as they please.

Our 5 year old gets some YouTube (on the TV) and some cbeebies maybe 3 or 4 times a week. Some of her peers have a phone jabbed in front of them the moment they're picked up from school.

Agree with Gallsman, some very good stuff for kids on YouTube but parents need to monitor what kids are watching.

Will add my kudos for Bluey, great show - One of the shows our wee ones allowed to watch too. Find myself watching away at it and she's playing with her toys and colouring in 😅

She's a Bit old for it now but anyone with toddlers there's a doll called Ms Rachel on it - Very good to entertain kids and help there development.

I'd say we all had some brain rot stuff in our own youths but seems nothing compared to what's out now

[AustinPowers]

Sometimes in school it's like another language,  which is fine, it's their generation,  let them off, etc, but then when you see how fragmented and disordered their thinking,  planning, writing skills and processing is, you would wonder.  I should say for some, not all, but it is getting more noticeable.
I'm banking on the every generation goes through this concept- my auld lad reckoned the world was f***ed the time he saw a Prodigy video, and that that was music: the f***ing state of them.  He used to reckon the Simpsons caused brainrot, or his interpretation of it. And in school, too much violence on tv was going to turn all teens into maniacal psychopaths and serial killers.
Just counter them with Beavis and Butthead- call them buttmunch and fartknocker in retaliation!!

I  would do that! 

25-30 years ago  our own  parents were probably saying similar  about us.

 I remember my da  regularly looking over the top of his newspaper, and saying "what is that shite  you're watching?" or  in the car  "oh Jaysus, turn that  shite off". My taste in  music , clothes, TV , choice of words ,  all frowned  upon. Which is exactly  what we're doing now. The vast majority of  TV, music, film,  clothes etc, are  all shite.

[armaghniac]

Sometimes in school it's like another language,  which is fine, it's their generation,  let them off, etc, but then when you see how fragmented and disordered their thinking,  planning, writing skills and processing is, you would wonder.  I should say for some, not all, but it is getting more noticeable.
I'm banking on the every generation goes through this concept- my auld lad reckoned the world was f***ed the time he saw a Prodigy video, and that that was music: the f***ing state of them.  He used to reckon the Simpsons caused brainrot, or his interpretation of it. And in school, too much violence on tv was going to turn all teens into maniacal psychopaths and serial killers.
Just counter them with Beavis and Butthead- call them buttmunch and fartknocker in retaliation!!

I  would do that! 

25-30 years ago  our own  parents were probably saying similar  about us.

 I remember my da  regularly looking over the top of his newspaper, and saying "what is that shite  you're watching?" or  in the car  "oh Jaysus, turn that  shite off". My taste in  music , clothes, TV , choice of words ,  all frowned  upon. Which is exactly  what we're doing now. The vast majority of  TV, music, film,  clothes etc, are  all shite.

In the 70s the clothes were a bit shite, but some of the music still gets played.

[Captain Scarlet]

I went to a game with my mate recently abd he gas 3 lads. The wife is a teacher and sge runs a tight ship in terns of screens.
The youngest was Skibidi this abd that bit had never seen it. They are just repeating stuff.

YouTube kids is safe once you are signed in, but parents dont realise they can swap profiles and get to all the other stuff.

RTEJR is safe there no ads or comments- https://youtube.com/@rtejrofficial?feature=shared

But any parent who let's a kid under 12 near TikTok is insane. It's an awful place for young people.

[brokencrossbar1]

YouTube is fine to a degree but our wee one doesn't ask...she knows what she likes on. Netflix and Disney and rolls with that. She likes TV but would play most of the time around it being on rather than sitting watching it...unless it's Strictly and she's glued!  Loves Bluey,  loves K-pop,  loves all the Halloweenee stuff.

Luckily she is coming 6 and has no interest in iPads. If we go out we try to bring colouring books as she loves drawing rather than sticking on the screen. Would be a hypocrite to say we haven't done it but most of the time we don't. Was out for tea a few weeks ago and there was a party of 8-9 with 3-4 kids under 7-8. Each kid had their own iPad and watched it the whole way through the meal. Not judging,  just observing

[Munchie]

YouTube is fine to a degree but our wee one doesn't ask...she knows what she likes on. Netflix and Disney and rolls with that. She likes TV but would play most of the time around it being on rather than sitting watching it...unless it's Strictly and she's glued!  Loves Bluey,  loves K-pop,  loves all the Halloweenee stuff.

Luckily she is coming 6 and has no interest in iPads. If we go out we try to bring colouring books as she loves drawing rather than sticking on the screen. Would be a hypocrite to say we haven't done it but most of the time we don't. Was out for tea a few weeks ago and there was a party of 8-9 with 3-4 kids under 7-8. Each kid had their own iPad and watched it the whole way through the meal. Not judging,  just observing

 

[LC]

YouTube is fine to a degree but our wee one doesn't ask...she knows what she likes on. Netflix and Disney and rolls with that. She likes TV but would play most of the time around it being on rather than sitting watching it...unless it's Strictly and she's glued!  Loves Bluey,  loves K-pop,  loves all the Halloweenee stuff.

Luckily she is coming 6 and has no interest in iPads. If we go out we try to bring colouring books as she loves drawing rather than sticking on the screen. Would be a hypocrite to say we haven't done it but most of the time we don't. Was out for tea a few weeks ago and there was a party of 8-9 with 3-4 kids under 7-8. Each kid had their own iPad and watched it the whole way through the meal. Not judging,  just observing

 

I remember when we were away with our 4 about 9 years ago when our oldest was 8, at breakfast time in the hotel in the mornings ours were the only kids with no devices.  Plus when we had them in Creche you seen parents pulling up in the morning and the ipad would have been strapped to the back of the driver seat, it is not as if their house was 20 miles from the Creche.

[Last Man]

YouTube is fine to a degree but our wee one doesn't ask...she knows what she likes on. Netflix and Disney and rolls with that. She likes TV but would play most of the time around it being on rather than sitting watching it...unless it's Strictly and she's glued!  Loves Bluey,  loves K-pop,  loves all the Halloweenee stuff.

Luckily she is coming 6 and has no interest in iPads. If we go out we try to bring colouring books as she loves drawing rather than sticking on the screen. Would be a hypocrite to say we haven't done it but most of the time we don't. Was out for tea a few weeks ago and there was a party of 8-9 with 3-4 kids under 7-8. Each kid had their own iPad and watched it the whole way through the meal. Not judging,  just observing

 

I remember when we were away with our 4 about 9 years ago when our oldest was 8, at breakfast time in the hotel in the mornings ours were the only kids with no devices.  Plus when we had them in Creche you seen parents pulling up in the morning and the ipad would have been strapped to the back of the driver seat, it is not as if their house was 20 miles from the Creche.

Its an easy go to for busy parents but when the the 5 yr old grand kids are round in our house the TV is never on. They are happy as larry, plenty of chat, colouring in things, making things. They left the house yesterday with their new hand bags made from egg boxes and shoe laces. The place is like a bomb site but sure what odds!

[brokencrossbar1]

YouTube is fine to a degree but our wee one doesn't ask...she knows what she likes on. Netflix and Disney and rolls with that. She likes TV but would play most of the time around it being on rather than sitting watching it...unless it's Strictly and she's glued!  Loves Bluey,  loves K-pop,  loves all the Halloweenee stuff.

Luckily she is coming 6 and has no interest in iPads. If we go out we try to bring colouring books as she loves drawing rather than sticking on the screen. Would be a hypocrite to say we haven't done it but most of the time we don't. Was out for tea a few weeks ago and there was a party of 8-9 with 3-4 kids under 7-8. Each kid had their own iPad and watched it the whole way through the meal. Not judging,  just observing

 

I remember when we were away with our 4 about 9 years ago when our oldest was 8, at breakfast time in the hotel in the mornings ours were the only kids with no devices.  Plus when we had them in Creche you seen parents pulling up in the morning and the ipad would have been strapped to the back of the driver seat, it is not as if their house was 20 miles from the Creche.

Its an easy go to for busy parents but when the the 5 yr old grand kids are round in our house the TV is never on. They are happy as larry, plenty of chat, colouring in things, making things. They left the house yesterday with their new hand bags made from egg boxes and shoe laces. The place is like a bomb site but sure what odds!

Similar to our house but we are perfect!

[gallsman]

I have to admit, I'm incredibly jealous of the restaurant iPad brigade. They get to eat their dinner in something resembling peace and quiet.

[AustinPowers]

YouTube is fine to a degree but our wee one doesn't ask...she knows what she likes on. Netflix and Disney and rolls with that. She likes TV but would play most of the time around it being on rather than sitting watching it...unless it's Strictly and she's glued!  Loves Bluey,  loves K-pop,  loves all the Halloweenee stuff.

Luckily she is coming 6 and has no interest in iPads. If we go out we try to bring colouring books as she loves drawing rather than sticking on the screen. Would be a hypocrite to say we haven't done it but most of the time we don't. Was out for tea a few weeks ago and there was a party of 8-9 with 3-4 kids under 7-8. Each kid had their own iPad and watched it the whole way through the meal. Not judging,  just observing

 

I remember when we were away with our 4 about 9 years ago when our oldest was 8, at breakfast time in the hotel in the mornings ours were the only kids with no devices.  Plus when we had them in Creche you seen parents pulling up in the morning and the ipad would have been strapped to the back of the driver seat, it is not as if their house was 20 miles from the Creche.

Some parents really  have a lot to answer for.  If they've never grown up with screens , they'll never miss them (until a certain  age anyway).

At times , I've had to keep an eye on the nephews for an hour , and they get  screens a lot. I know it's easy  when  you're not dealing with them 24/7 , but the last few times  we've had them , they've taken great craic  making paper aeroplanes ,  colouring in and  when they get a bit loud , let's see who can keep quiet the longest. Surprisingly, they've taken to that one! It's  bliss!

[johnnycool]

YouTube is fine to a degree but our wee one doesn't ask...she knows what she likes on. Netflix and Disney and rolls with that. She likes TV but would play most of the time around it being on rather than sitting watching it...unless it's Strictly and she's glued!  Loves Bluey,  loves K-pop,  loves all the Halloweenee stuff.

Luckily she is coming 6 and has no interest in iPads. If we go out we try to bring colouring books as she loves drawing rather than sticking on the screen. Would be a hypocrite to say we haven't done it but most of the time we don't. Was out for tea a few weeks ago and there was a party of 8-9 with 3-4 kids under 7-8. Each kid had their own iPad and watched it the whole way through the meal. Not judging,  just observing

 

I remember when we were away with our 4 about 9 years ago when our oldest was 8, at breakfast time in the hotel in the mornings ours were the only kids with no devices.  Plus when we had them in Creche you seen parents pulling up in the morning and the ipad would have been strapped to the back of the driver seat, it is not as if their house was 20 miles from the Creche.

Some parents really  have a lot to answer for.  If they've never grown up with screens , they'll never miss them (until a certain  age anyway).

At times , I've had to keep an eye on the nephews for an hour , and they get  screens a lot. I know it's easy  when  you're not dealing with them 24/7 , but the last few times  we've had them , they've taken great craic  making paper aeroplanes ,  colouring in and  when they get a bit loud , let's see who can keep quiet the longest. Surprisingly, they've taken to that one! It's  bliss!

"Silence in the courtyard, silence in the street,
the biggest mouth in Ireland is just about to speak!"

Works a treat still even if my crew are getting a old for it at 9yo's..

If any of you coach underage, fundamentals groups you'll know that the sedentary lifestyle in kids is becoming a problem in terms of running, jumping, basic motor skills, coordination etc, a lot of them just don't do it so when they rock up to training you are really starting from a low level on all fronts.

The best kids at those levels are the ones who are let off the leash a bit by their parents, farmers or builders kids and even the ones whose parents are a bit modern and don't discipline at all.
Once they know if they mess with another kid and that kid is going to hit back they get the message sharpish enough.

I've started to allow a bit of rough and tumble (within reason) and any kid who rolls about the ground is quickly told to get up and play on.

[tbrick18]

6 7 is the big one at the minute.  Tiktok again.  Something to do with someone shouting it at basketball, or someone's height... or some other nonsense.

Just back from holidays where kids were randomly shouting 6-7 and others were replying. Kids who didn't know each other from different countries all cheering when they heard it. Seemed harmless, if a bit annoying.