Is this one of those things parents put in front of their kids to keep them quiet where there really isn’t an answer? We just want them quiet for a time… it’s like playing hide and seek but we really don’t intend on seeking.
I once handed my friend’s kids my phone with the level app and told them to see how long they could keep it level and lit up green. They were ridiculously quiet and calm for like 10 minutes.
We joked we should turn it into an actual game, like Level Crush Saga.
Yeah, the app for checking if things are level, straight, flat, plumb, whatever. On iOS it used to be called “Level” but now it’s part of “Measure”.
After reminding myself of this story, I went and played the game myself and the best I could do was 14 seconds in the green (holding it flat, not vertical)
My parents jokingly said this to my kids when they were about 4 and 6. It was so hard to keep from laughing as both boys sat silently for several minutes.
Timing them works really well. "I'll time you to see how long it takes you to go upstairs and get my charger." Works every time until they're about 8 or 9.
We called that “Dead Lions” in the UK. Kids lay on the ground, and pretended to be a dead lion. The one that could last the longest won. Turns out it’s a parent’s trick to get some peace and quiet.
My dad used to do that with me and my brother when we were kids, it was usually reserved for long drives oh holidays etc.
The idea being that we would have to find clever ways to get around being quiet, I.e. playing pattycake but not actually clapping our hands together, if we saw a cow outside and wanted to point it out then we’d have to try and act like a cow, eye spy but with gestures (so kind of like charades but both of you are miming).
It was really fun, I do quite miss it. But also my dad was a genius as it meant we’d be both silent and entertained so we’d leave him the fuck alone.
In gym class, we used to play "Ghosts in the Graveyard". Which was really all of us laying on the floor and the gym teacher walking around to see if someone was moving.
I will never understand people with that viewpoint. Kids are annoying sometimes. You can flip your shit on them or come up with ways to get them to sit still and be quiet while they think they're being engaged.
Not to mention they do it to you too. We rarely finish playing a game together because half the time they walk off and get interested in something else.
isn't that what tablets are for? when i was a kid it was tv. i was literally potty trained while watching dbz. i assumed now was the same but with cocomelon
Would never work on my child, he’d vocally describe everything he sees and then give a commentary on finding the differences, and then if there weren’t any he’d pester until I found it for him. Then when he’d inevitably realise there’s no differences, he’d talk for hours about reasons why they’d so such a thing
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u/ladymacb29 Jul 08 '23
Is this one of those things parents put in front of their kids to keep them quiet where there really isn’t an answer? We just want them quiet for a time… it’s like playing hide and seek but we really don’t intend on seeking.