"Is this an O.K. time to let the kids play Fortnite until their brains melt into the back seat?"
— Pamela, Paul
Author
Date
February 2, 2019
Metaphor
"Is this an O.K. time to let the kids play Fortnite until their brains melt into the back seat?"
Metaphor in Context
When not being uberparented, kids today are left to their own devices--their own digital devices, that is. Parents preparing for a long car ride or airplane trip are like Army officers plotting a complicated land maneuver. Which movies to load onto the iPad? Should we start a new family-friendly podcast? Is this an O.K. time to let the kids play Fortnite until their brains melt into the back seat? What did parents in the '70s do when kids were bored in the way-back? Nothing! They let them breathe in gas fumes. Torture their siblings. And since it wasn't actually for wearing, play with the broken seatbelt.
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Pamela Paul, "Let Children Get Bored Again," The New York Times (February 2, 2019). <Link to NYTimes.com>
Date of Entry
02/04/2019
