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.
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.