My mom would be lass lax in making do our homework if we watched whatever Trek she was watching; I was drawing pictures of Picard by the time I was 10. This was in the 2010s.
Dude, what? I was about three when I saw the premier of TNG randomly on TV. I still remembered it when I saw it years later. And my sister and I watched TNG every single week.
Haha, we did marathons when our kids were born. First kid we did TOS and TNG while the second kid we watched Voy, Enterprise, and DS9. They both are teens now and say ST is gross. We have failed as parents.
i’m not sure you can use preteen/teenage years to judge success as a parent. given the difficulty of the task, them merely surviving to adulthood is pretty damn good.
My dad made me watch star wars growing up, I felt like I was rebelling by liking Star Trek and finding they had hotter actors was good too. Maybe thats an idea, lean hard on a show you hate and have your kids look for better options
There’s usually not enough interesting things happening on the screen to maintain a child’s attention, it’s mostly just conversations. They might look at the screen occasionally but are unlikely to pay much attention.
The plan falls apart at step 1, as children don’t watch ST, let alone TOS.
My mom would be lass lax in making do our homework if we watched whatever Trek she was watching; I was drawing pictures of Picard by the time I was 10. This was in the 2010s.
Dude, what? I was about three when I saw the premier of TNG randomly on TV. I still remembered it when I saw it years later. And my sister and I watched TNG every single week.
Counter point, Bluey with Subway Surfers in the corner.
I should add that I saw the premier as a baby probably when it first aired in 87, so I don’t know what that means.
I had Subway Surfers as a kid and still watched Star Trek.
And just replace Bluey with Thomas and Friends or whatever.
I did when I was a kid.
Both Trek and Doctor Who on PBS as a kid
We are on Lemmy, we don’t count.
They may not start without external motivation but if mum/dad watches with them, why not?
Haha, we did marathons when our kids were born. First kid we did TOS and TNG while the second kid we watched Voy, Enterprise, and DS9. They both are teens now and say ST is gross. We have failed as parents.
i’m not sure you can use preteen/teenage years to judge success as a parent. given the difficulty of the task, them merely surviving to adulthood is pretty damn good.
My dad made me watch star wars growing up, I felt like I was rebelling by liking Star Trek and finding they had hotter actors was good too. Maybe thats an idea, lean hard on a show you hate and have your kids look for better options
Teens, amirite? :eyeroll:
There’s usually not enough interesting things happening on the screen to maintain a child’s attention, it’s mostly just conversations. They might look at the screen occasionally but are unlikely to pay much attention.
Source: was children at some point, maybe.
Just do the mini Discovery episode
Do you hate your kid?!?
Can’t hate what you can’t have.
And that isn’t the point.