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The only thing Rosie enjoys more than watching her dad do dailies (and attempting to headbutt the Boneguard Commanders--luckily she can't reach the monitor) is running heroics with me. She also is fascinated with my bronze drake and my red wind serpent, so even just farming herbs for an hour or two keeps her happy.

I can't wait til she's old enough to level her first Hunter. xD

She should probably be able to stand up before she starts leveling a hunter, but she looks ready for a warrior already.

Five bucks says her first words will be "Mommy I want Netherwing rep."



ETA: Durrrrr....

Edited, May 29th 2010 9:11am by Furlis

Her dad is close--she can just steal his. No way am I even trying that grind. xD

It's actually not that bad, considering how long some grinds can be. I went back with my level 80 Death Knight cause I wanted the black Netherdrake for her. Obviously, the dailies are once per day but there's a quest that allows you to collect and hand in any drake eggs that you find in the area, which is repeatable rather than daily. Even just running through the mines in the area for my dailies, I always found at least four eggs each day. A couple of occasions, when I had some time off, I'd just run/fly around hunting down eggs to grab and hand in to help make the journey to exhalted a little shorter. I had my Netherdrake in just four days.

As for the baby, she looks completely attentive; soaking in little details and each button press. My girlfriend just joked, "I hope they cover her eyes when they have to kill someone."

Over-exposing your baby/toddler to TV or computer screens at an early age has been linked to reduced attention span and learning disabilities. I just hope you guys are taking pictures and then getting off the computer to actually spend time with the baby. I'm kind of scared reading all these people gloating about how much they expose their baby to WoW... Maybe it's the teacher in me.

But I guess if you're going for "cute" then A+.



Edited, May 30th 2010 5:17pm by Jordster

Edited, May 30th 2010 5:20pm by Jordster

I can not disagree with anything you're saying.

Parenting is SO important. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING can replace time spent directly interacting with your child, whether they are 2 days old or 9 years old. Every stage of development requires parents actually stimulate and spend time with their children.

On the other hand, there actually are studies that show that time spent in front of the TV/computer can cause serious issues, just look at the class action lawsuit against Disney over "Baby Einstein"

I don't have kids, so I'm not one to talk. However, the wife and I would like to have some as soon as we get our careers to where we want them to be, and as soon as we can buy a house, which is VERY tough in Toronto right now due to prices... But soon enough :)

I think playing games with children and allowing them to spend some time on them independently is a great learning tool. Its a very low impact activity but it increases hand eye coordination by a large amount. Plus it gives another thing father/mother and child can do together, which is something that doesn't happen enough.

She's probably smart enough by now to outplay your average huntard...it's just the hand-eye thing she's got to work out ;D Well, that and overcoming her compulsion towards gumming the corner of the keyboard.

Absolutely. That was the the big criticism of Baby Einstein right from the beginning. Did people really expect that by dropping their baby in front of the TV for a few hours, their babies would become super-geniuses?

On the other hand, if you teach your child to play 3d games from the time they're little, they will probably be much better than you are by the time they grow up!

Huh? Only get to see your kids on the weekend? What are we talking about here? Your post seems like a mess, or maybe I don't get it.

First of all, I might be privileged since I live in a country where, unless you're on the bottom step of the social ladder, you've got a fairly good chance of being able to support at least one kid on one income. Second, we utilize a lot of after-school institutions. Means your kid gets to stay and play with the other kids (most people use this) after school until the parents can come get them.

And I don't want to hear about ever increasing taxation.

Also, while I was never a big fan of homework myself, it's not like teachers are conspiring to take away family time from their students. Most homework involves reading and writing, right? Two best/fastest ways to learn something is to read and write it. Reading forces your mind to deal with the issue in images and writing it down afterwards imprints it on your memory.

That's why a lot of school work involves mundane copy-paste tasks such as "read article and write summary".

And two hours of homework a day is too much. Should not take more than half an hour. And unless the educational system is vastly different in the US, for the first two (three) years in school, students don't get mandatory daily homework (2nd graders get a weekly assignment, 3rd grade is usually where real homework starts).

Don't blame school for not giving you enough time with your kids.

And no one should get kids if they still are naive enough to believe that kids 'are supposed to be a blessing'. So is life, but life still sucks once in a while. Deal with it.

Maybe you should question it...

There is a huge and well-founded movement that has proven that homework is mostly busy work and has very little impact on student learning. The majority of homework is assigned by teachers following the philosophy that rote memorization and repetition is the best way to teach, and this has been a taboo pedagogy for years.

The other problem is that homework stifles personal growth that could be found in more meaningful pursuits like extra curricular activities, time spent socializing, and, perhaps most importantly, time spent with parents/family.

I think it's tragic that your 5-6 year old has an hour of homework each night. With quality instruction and a well managed elementary classroom, they can learn everything they need to learn in the 6-8 hours a day they spend in the school building.

Here is some reading, if you are interested:

http://www.thestar.com/gta/education/article/302001

(I'm a high school teacher, by the way)

Edited - because it didn't come across right!

Edited, Jun 2nd 2010 1:10pm by Jordster

Does sound like it's vastly different from our system, and, if you don't mind me saying so, highly inefficient as well.

Edit: Maybe it's because of our school structure.

Here, you usually start by sending your kids to a public/private elementary school (age 6 or so), with Kindergarten being grade zero and not mandatory. Then you get 1st to 9th grade which are mandatory and 10th grade which isn't. 10th grade can also be taken on what you'd probably call boarding schools, though it's not a requirement to start on the next tier of education.

Around the age of 16, you start 'gymnasium', 'trade school' or 'technology school' (loose translations), based on your preference and/or 9th/10th grade exam results. Should you fail to pass the 9th/10th grade exam satisfyingly, you can also enter 'craftsman school' (again, loose translation based on the purpose of the school). This school is also available to people who choose to take it. Here you can educate yourself towards various crafts, like bakery, roofing, carpenter, etc.

After that, you can either seek a job, or take further education at universities (doctorates, bachelors, etc.), seminars/academies (police, fireman, nurse, teacher) or multiple independent educations, such as multi-media design (website creation and design), bachelor of commerce, etc.

Still, elementary school is ezmode all the way up to 10th grade (I took all 11 grades, from zero to hero). Stuff doesn't get tough until gymnasium level and even there it's pretty much party all night.

Edited, Jun 2nd 2010 6:50pm by Mazra