anti smoking games for kids
anti smoking games for kids
Are PS3 GPUs stronger than PC GPUS?
Ok ive heard from PS3 fan boys the PS3s so called GPU outperforms my 8600 GT XXX. Now as a PC gamer for 15+ years ive tested old and new graphics cards alike. Last time I played a PS3 a kid told me its anti aliasing features are better than that of the 8800 Ultra now is he a moron or just someone who is blowing smoke out there Bum. A HDTV looks worse than a LCD monitor . Ok the game was DIRT I watched the HDTV he was on and everything was blurry and i saw jaggies everywhere. Now i showed him mine on X16 anti aliasing 1600X1200 and there wasnt one jaggie not a single blur in the same level. But he still tells me the PS3s GPU is better than that of a PCs. Do you agree or disagree
No, PS3 GPU is no way near Latest PC GPU, geforce GPU use Geforce 7 while PC now has 8. Even 360 GPU is pure powerful than PS3.
anti smoking games for kids
How To Spoil Your Children The Time, Inclination, Opportunity, Money Parenting Paradigm
PARENTING
HOW TO SPOIL YOUR CHILDREN
BRINGING UP TEENAGERS
The TIME, INCLINATION, OPPORTUNITY, MONEY Parenting Paradigm
By
VIKRAM KARVE
It seems to be the in thing today to have snobbish supercilious spoilt children.
I was a strict old-fashioned father, but looking around, I have realized that in today’s world, where materialistic desires and ostentation overshadow traditional values, my ascetic style of parenting is hopelessly outmoded and distinctly passé.
It’s too late for me to change now, so let me pontificate a bit on what I did not do.
Apart from the conventional vices like drinking, smoking, drugs, gambling etc, all types of new and novel temptations and addictions like Internet, Gaming, TV, sex, compulsive spending and shopping, indulging in wild reckless behaviour, breaking the law and criminal thrills are on the rise and indeed becoming status symbols in some sections of society. Now-a-days there is plenty of choice available for those who want to “live it up”.
For children in today’s consumerist society there is no place for old-fashioned concepts like “thrift and frugality“and being happy where you are and content with what you have.
Conspicuous consumption, ostentation, flamboyance and expensive lifestyles are more important. Pamper your kids, pander to all their whims and fancies and they will love you; and, of course, in the long run they will ruin their own lives and cause you distress.
If you want to spoil your children remember there are four cardinal factors or resources that help develop and nurture bad habits, addictions and anti-social behaviour: TIME, INCLINATION, OPPORTUNITY, and MONEY.
TIME: One must have time to indulge in whatever one’s pursuits, good or bad. So, if you want to spoil your children, don’t burden them with too many “mundane” things like studies, sports, hobbies etc so that they have plenty of leisure time to live it up and pursue their temptations to their heart’s content.
INCLINATION: This depends on your sense of values, home and family atmosphere, social environment, religious and cultural taboos, peer pressure, influence of school and friends. Are you inculcating the right values in your kids by your own actions?
I’ll give a real life example. My friend’s son, age 15, lost his expensive mobile cell-phone forgetting it in a taxi due to his own carelessness and negligence. Instead of admonishing him, my friend bought him the latest, even more expensive and fancy cell-phone. Obviously the boy had no remorse, guilt or regret at losing the expensive gadget, and instead of feeling contrite and responsible, displayed a “couldn’t care” attitude.
Can one even expect such actions of parents to inculcate the “correct” values of thrift, frugality and responsibility in their children?
If you drink, smoke, and party in front of your children, won’t they be inclined to do the same?
How about your friends, your kids’ friends, their behaviour, and the general atmosphere and culture around?
What are your own values? If you’re going to “live it up”, flaunt your lifestyle, be corrupt and dishonest, your kids will be inclined to do so too!
OPPORTUNITY : You have the Time, you have the Inclination, but do you have the opportunity to do what you want to do?
Suppose you want to drink, but there is prohibition in force? Or religious, social, cultural taboos which do not give you the opportunity to drink?
Opportunity to indulge in an activity is governed by external circumstances, rules and regulations, which either inhibits or makes it conducive for you to do what you want.
Enforcement of Restrictions like No-Smoking Zones, Prohibition, No Entry into Bars and Pubs for Kids inhibits opportunity.
Or do you want to give your kids a laissez faire opportunity to do what they want…?
MONEY: If you want to spoil your children make sure you give them plenty of money to splurge and to do as they please.
“Vices” and profligate lifestyles are expensive. Give them the latest gadgets and gizmos, cars and bikes, pander to all their whims and fancies, and never ask them to account for their extravagant spending.
You’ve open-mindedly given your kids the time, the inclination, and the opportunity, but finally it’s the money that matters! It’s money that helps them sustain their vices and habits.
Go ahead, give it a try, spoil your brats, and tell me if it works
But if you don’t want to spoil your teenager kids, you know what to do, don’t you?
Just remember the four key factors – Monitor their Time, give them the proper Inclination in life, restrict their Opportunity for undesirable activities, and, last but not the least, keep a tight leash on their Money.
Does this teenager parenting paradigm work for you…?
VIKRAM KARVE
Copyright © Vikram Karve 2010
Vikram Karve has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work.
http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com
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About the Author
VIKRAM KARVE educated at IIT Delhi, ITBHU and The Lawrence School Lovedale, is an Electronics and Communications Engineer by profession, a Human Resource and Training Manager by occupation, a Teacher by vocation, a Creative Writer by inclination and a Foodie by passion. An avid blogger, he has written a number of fiction short stories and creative non-fiction articles in magazines and journals for many years before the advent of blogging. His delicious foodie blogs have been compiled in a book “Appetite for a Stroll”. Vikram lives in Pune with his family and pet Doberman girl Sherry, with whom he takes long walks thinking creative thoughts. Vikram Karve Creative Writing Blog – http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com Email: vikramkarve@sify.com
So what is the end game for anti-smoking advocates?
First of all, I quit smoking over a year ago. The reasons aren’t important.
I flew out of Pittsburgh International Airport this morning and remembered just two years ago having a good time in the airport bars and lighting up. Now they have a full 100% no-smoking rule.
So, it got me thinking. More and more places are smoke-free. What is the end game for all of you “no smoking anywhere” activists? Outlaw tobacco? No smoking in any buildings? Only at home? Only at home with no kids? Not in cars?
Tell me what should be the law; or what you predict the law will finally be when the smoking bans are done..
I think it’s pretty simple: they want to treat tobacco the same way they treat all other illicit drugs, namely with a complete ban and jail time for anyone caught growing, transporting, or selling. The way I see it is that tobacco will be treated the same way as marijuana is treated now. Or maybe I should say cocaine and heroin, because weed is actually pretty accepted and a lot of people support making it MORE available. But you get the idea. $50 a pack on the black market, and if they catch you smoking, ANYWHERE, a year in the slammer. Welcome to the land of the free.
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