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In the discussion thread: If you have Kids or Grandkids...Can you Help me out here? [View all]

Sat Aug 18, 2012, 08:45 PM

30. yeah its kinda funny he advised and i mean advised that he spends a lot of the day doing nothing

waiting for his next task, and he says if the teacher just emailed him stuff he could use that down time to cut the grass or build lego or something, thank god school starts this week and hopefully he will stop plotting, but probuably by the time my kids are parents education will be all done via electronics.

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69 replies	Author	Time	Post
If you have Kids or Grandkids...Can you Help me out here? [View all]	KoKo	Aug 2012	OP
We read real books	BanzaiBonnie	Aug 2012	#1
I am buying the analog books for the granddaughter	LadyHawkAZ	Aug 2012	#2
The other thing is that the Batteries Need to Be Charged constantly for Work and Kids	KoKo	Aug 2012	#8
real books are extremely important	grasswire	Aug 2012	#3
Yeah...I agree but, busy families don't have time to do the "Library Thing."	KoKo	Aug 2012	#12
Real books are still around -	lynne	Aug 2012	#4
Real books all the way here	Blecht	Aug 2012	#5
LOL you sound just like me, two years ago	LadyHawkAZ	Aug 2012	#7
Oh yes....I wasn't trashing the "E-Readers" at all. Just saying, I wondered where the "kids"	KoKo	Aug 2012	#13
my kids 7 and 5 have pretty much left paper books behind, they can just hammer through stuff on the	loli phabay	Aug 2012	#6
I got this for my eight year old grandson recently..	Fumesucker	Aug 2012	#9
We read to our 15 m old from real books.	R. Daneel Olivaw	Aug 2012	#10
My Post certainly wasn't trashing the new "e-readers" and I'm sorry you thought that...	KoKo	Aug 2012	#15
probuably ffor the moment, but who knows what the next generations will feel	loli phabay	Aug 2012	#19
lol's...If I was HIS age...I'd be asking that for sure	KoKo	Aug 2012	#24
yeah its kinda funny he advised and i mean advised that he spends a lot of the day doing nothing	loli phabay	Aug 2012	#30
I gottcha...!	KoKo	Aug 2012	#39
I didn't take it that way.	R. Daneel Olivaw	Aug 2012	#20
what one childrens librarian has to say	grasswire	Aug 2012	#11
I think "pictures" are "worth thousands of words"..(as the old saying goes)...and	KoKo	Aug 2012	#17
No, they are NOT dead. Paper is still quite relevant.	HopeHoops	Aug 2012	#14
I took my babies to the library when they were days old	riverbendviewgal	Aug 2012	#16
The "Tactile" thing with the Little Ones is definitely (imho) a plus.	KoKo	Aug 2012	#18
Your tactile remark made me remember some library happenings.	riverbendviewgal	Aug 2012	#22
Thanks for this...	KoKo	Aug 2012	#25
I have a 6 year old and a 3 year old	alcibiades_mystery	Aug 2012	#21
neither kids (teens) have a reader. both are heavy readers. library. son working at hastings	seabeyond	Aug 2012	#23
guess what i agree and disagree with you, very important to read with kids	loli phabay	Aug 2012	#27
space matters. i would never deprive reading... ever. lol. started plastic/texture books before	seabeyond	Aug 2012	#43
Yeah....I'm with you on this..	KoKo	Aug 2012	#28
Oh my goodness for young children I still buy books for their appropriate age group.	southernyankeebelle	Aug 2012	#26
Where I live we have several "Used Book Stores" that allow you to bring in your	KoKo	Aug 2012	#31
I bought my husband a Kindle. But he doesn't like it so I use it now. I like it when I have to	southernyankeebelle	Aug 2012	#33
That's how we've found we use them. Also great on "Over 40 eyes" to read in bed	KoKo	Aug 2012	#36
It sure is.	southernyankeebelle	Aug 2012	#44
Better World Books is awesome	LadyHawkAZ	Aug 2012	#37
I never heard of Abebooks. I'll have to check it out. Thanks	southernyankeebelle	Aug 2012	#41
Whenever possible I will buy from Better World	LadyHawkAZ	Aug 2012	#58
I checked it out. Lots of books	southernyankeebelle	Aug 2012	#68
I have a 6 year old daughter	PD Turk	Aug 2012	#29
That's very cool. That both can "co-exist" these days. Hopeful!	KoKo	Aug 2012	#32
Real books are not dead and will never die.	SheilaT	Aug 2012	#34
Agree...It's Not Replacement...but valuable Co-Existence according to the User...	KoKo	Aug 2012	#35
I bought the Dick and Jane series.	aikoaiko	Aug 2012	#38
How can the school afford an I pad...for 1st grade? Kinda cool	KoKo	Aug 2012	#40
oh Dick and Jane	grasswire	Aug 2012	#49
Me too. Its dated, but it was fun reading some of the books with my boy.	aikoaiko	Aug 2012	#59
Libraries are still alive with kid's programs.............	mrmpa	Aug 2012	#42
Oh, yes, the wonderful programs that libraries have.	SheilaT	Aug 2012	#53
That is wonderful to hear. Libraries also don't forget............	mrmpa	Aug 2012	#61
So true about the adult reader.	SheilaT	Aug 2012	#65
Our grandsons school requires Ipad rental.	2pooped2pop	Aug 2012	#45
ugh!	grasswire	Aug 2012	#50
yeah, I don't like it	2pooped2pop	Aug 2012	#67
My children and almost all my grandchildren are married.	Frustratedlady	Aug 2012	#46
I Love Books	NikolaC	Aug 2012	#47
My 7 and 8 year old daughters have tons of paper books.	Jennicut	Aug 2012	#48
BOTH.	Lex	Aug 2012	#51
my students LOVE books	DonRedwood	Aug 2012	#52
My 13-month old loves books.	Prometheus Bound	Aug 2012	#54
My 2+ yr old grandson runs	xxqqqzme	Aug 2012	#55
Just spent 3 hours at my great nephew's 1 year BDay party	blueamy66	Aug 2012	#56
I buy my grandkids books.	Lugnut	Aug 2012	#57
We all do all....	marlakay	Aug 2012	#60
Paper books at first and just now moving to e-books	chloes1	Aug 2012	#62
No Kids but I am a teacher. Reading book books is still en vogue.	vaberella	Aug 2012	#63
Real books with the peanut (5 years old)	Maine-ah	Aug 2012	#64
Real books, and I'm an IT nerd	Kennah	Aug 2012	#66
My older kid has a nook, the younger one uses real books	gollygee	Aug 2012	#69

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