Brain-Dead Teen, Only Capable Of Rolling Eyes And Texting, To Be Euthanized

I'm sharing that one...

ugh.

I don't have kids, but I can imagine for parents who thought phones were a godsend to keep their kids busy, are now realizing that the phone is in charge of their kids.

sit there and text text text. For what exactly I've yet to discover.

I must be very dull,

because thats all she did was text...it wasnt a long date. I dont think she even noticed I left

I was at this event and all of these folks were eating in a dining area. Some were young couples (I think). It was hard to tell as they were all texting someone and it sure was not the person at the table!

Some date NOT! UGH!

The eyes rolling back in the head bit when her father tries to speak to her was hilarious.

I see grownups in meetings busy on their cell phones, even though they're supposed to be turned off...

a while back so it is old. Still funny in video format.

thanks for the laughs this morning!

Sure, it's funny until it happens in your family.

I have three grandsons who became video game addicts too, so we've already seen our share of woe. Out of six, only one can perform functions without an lcd screen.

what a great idea!

On birthdays I've asked them for a hint what to get them. I'd ask "what's your passion, what are you interested in these days?". I get blank stares. Unless it's a video game or an electronic device, they don't care anymore. They'd never build a model car or tye-dye something even if it's put before them.

5 out of 6 really care about nothing unless it's on a screen.

Fortunately, 3 of the grandsons are still into skateboarding, so I order raw decks and trucks online and build them custom made boards every summer, but they refuse to participate in the process. Just as unfortunately, those kid's dad- my youngest son- is a Witness, so he discourages such non-Kingdom Hall behavior. He seems to like seeing them as computer vegetables. His youngest (8) is the "good one". He's into origami and papercraft, but his dad throws the projects in the garbage as fast as he can make them.

I'll never give up corrupting them though. This summer I'm going to try Estes model rockets.

She's SO fed up with having to deal with kids texting in the classroom. It's absolutely crazy - that this generation can't seem to do much of anything else.

She said some of the papers she has to grade are almost unreadable because the teens are so used to texting that they do not know how to spell or use proper grammar.

I can back your daughter's claims - first hand! I help the wife grade papers now and then. Writing and spelling are disappearing arts. And why would you bother to put your name on your paper??? When you text, it automatically identifies the recipient as to who sent the message. Ergo, a teacher will just automatically interpret who's paper she might be grading.

and off bridges?

Of course not!