Are Black Parents Setting Their Kids Up For Prison?
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Get this goof outta here
onetoughmiracle
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Playmaker88
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So my kids are going to prison bcuz they have tablets and can access the internet for homework instead of relying on outdated encyclopedias? I must be the worst father ever. Fuck this dude. Kids don't go to prison bcuz they are distracted. They go to prison bcuz they are bad fuckin kids.
LurkerSix
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He has a point about not investing in your kids education by buying them nothing but toys, when they're behind in school, but this is still a giant reach. Wasting money on an encyclopedia set isnt gunna keep some dumb, bad ass kids outa prison. But non-abusive parents that really care about their kids, and give them a supportive safe environment will.
Wake up honey new Umar just dropped
If your kid is struggling then yeah buying them more things that wonāt help them is bad. Umar has a point.
mryounggun
OG
This nigga talking bout full sets of encyclopedias.
What else needs to be said?
What else needs to be said?
konceptjones
The one between three and three.
I get what he's saying: Buy your kids some educational shit that will further their knowledge instead of just shit that does nothing more than entertain.
To their credit, my parents did just that while I was growing up. I'd get action figures, new games for the 2600 and shit, but then in the 4th grade they dropped one of these on me:
This ain't the one I had, but it's very similar. In addition, mine had a molecular modeling kit and rather advanced instructions on understanding molecular bonds, how they're formed, etc. I kept this at my grandmother's crib and every single time I went over there I would pull it out and follow the instructions on how to make shit, read why certain compounds reacted the way they did, and all kinda shit. Run out of chemicals I'd save my little money and we'd go to the hobby shop for more. I fully credit that single investment to my being able to understand shit in my science and chemistry classes all the way to Chem 138 in college.
Moms bought me this in the 7th grade:
Yeah, she was fully aware that I could play more vidya games on it, but word from parent-teacher conferences was that I was becoming a wiz at programming the computers we had at school, so to further that she bout me a decent one of my own.
A year later thanks to a science fair project where I wired my sister's doll house for electricity, placing lights in every room my parents bought me this:
Which got me into electronics even heavier.
Birthdays I started seeing shit like this:
(I literally had all three of those books and then some for my Atari)
alongside stuff like game carts for my Vectrex, 2600, or 800XL, Transformers or Gobots, etc.
I had subscriptions to Radio Electronics magazine as well as various computing mags before I was 15. My parents made an investment in my future along with giving me games and toys and shit. It ain't gotta be an encyclopedia, but books that stimulate a child's mind ain't a bad thing to buy them alongside their distractions.
To their credit, my parents did just that while I was growing up. I'd get action figures, new games for the 2600 and shit, but then in the 4th grade they dropped one of these on me:
This ain't the one I had, but it's very similar. In addition, mine had a molecular modeling kit and rather advanced instructions on understanding molecular bonds, how they're formed, etc. I kept this at my grandmother's crib and every single time I went over there I would pull it out and follow the instructions on how to make shit, read why certain compounds reacted the way they did, and all kinda shit. Run out of chemicals I'd save my little money and we'd go to the hobby shop for more. I fully credit that single investment to my being able to understand shit in my science and chemistry classes all the way to Chem 138 in college.
Moms bought me this in the 7th grade:
Yeah, she was fully aware that I could play more vidya games on it, but word from parent-teacher conferences was that I was becoming a wiz at programming the computers we had at school, so to further that she bout me a decent one of my own.
A year later thanks to a science fair project where I wired my sister's doll house for electricity, placing lights in every room my parents bought me this:
Which got me into electronics even heavier.
Birthdays I started seeing shit like this:
(I literally had all three of those books and then some for my Atari)
alongside stuff like game carts for my Vectrex, 2600, or 800XL, Transformers or Gobots, etc.
I had subscriptions to Radio Electronics magazine as well as various computing mags before I was 15. My parents made an investment in my future along with giving me games and toys and shit. It ain't gotta be an encyclopedia, but books that stimulate a child's mind ain't a bad thing to buy them alongside their distractions.
loud-ninja
Here to point out the illogical
Christmas is one day out of the year. You can give educational stuff any other day. Shouldnt be an issue with getting only toys for Christmas
konceptjones
The one between three and three.
I got the chemistry set for Christmas along with a bike. Got the Atari computer for Christmas along with a Vectrex game system and some Transformers.
Why can't both be an option???
loud-ninja
Here to point out the illogical
There was no issue with both but seems to be an issue if a parent just wants to do toys and games.
konceptjones
The one between three and three.
I, personally, think it would be the responsible thing to include something educational. Like they have all of those easy to use robotics kits, greenhouses, and shit like that that might spark something in your child.
Based Dave 96
Stoned is the way of the walk.
i got many educational gifts as a child as a means to attain knowledge that i can use forever in life... what the honorable Dr. Umar is saying is true.
konceptjones
The one between three and three.
The shit I learned with that chemistry set kept me solid in that subject all the way to college. Chemistry teacher in the 10th grade started going over the 4 types of molecular bonds and I was legit able to answer every question and discuss it in depth just off the top 'cause it was all covered in that chemistry set.
Shit I learned with the electronics kits and beyond got applied while working as an engineer on a satellite communications project where I had a grip of input despite not having either an electrical engineering or RF engineering degree. Plus, I was one of the cats able to repair amps and shit when I worked in car audio and musical instruments 'cause of my work building circuits as a teenager and the extension of that was designing crossovers and various subwoofer enclosures for cars.
And the computer shit basically drove my life to this day.
Nah b, get ya kids some educational shit with them toys.
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ajackson17
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I get what he's saying: Buy your kids some educational shit that will further their knowledge instead of just shit that does nothing more than entertain.
To their credit, my parents did just that while I was growing up. I'd get action figures, new games for the 2600 and shit, but then in the 4th grade they dropped one of these on me:
This ain't the one I had, but it's very similar. In addition, mine had a molecular modeling kit and rather advanced instructions on understanding molecular bonds, how they're formed, etc. I kept this at my grandmother's crib and every single time I went over there I would pull it out and follow the instructions on how to make shit, read why certain compounds reacted the way they did, and all kinda shit. Run out of chemicals I'd save my little money and we'd go to the hobby shop for more. I fully credit that single investment to my being able to understand shit in my science and chemistry classes all the way to Chem 138 in college.
Moms bought me this in the 7th grade:
Yeah, she was fully aware that I could play more vidya games on it, but word from parent-teacher conferences was that I was becoming a wiz at programming the computers we had at school, so to further that she bout me a decent one of my own.
A year later thanks to a science fair project where I wired my sister's doll house for electricity, placing lights in every room my parents bought me this:
Which got me into electronics even heavier.
Birthdays I started seeing shit like this:
(I literally had all three of those books and then some for my Atari)
alongside stuff like game carts for my Vectrex, 2600, or 800XL, Transformers or Gobots, etc.
I had subscriptions to Radio Electronics magazine as well as various computing mags before I was 15. My parents made an investment in my future along with giving me games and toys and shit. It ain't gotta be an encyclopedia, but books that stimulate a child's mind ain't a bad thing to buy them alongside their distractions.
Yeah my mother bought me a telescope, microscope, and all sorts of science stuff. Loved it.
