Comments on: Why Do Toddlers Love Robots?

By: christina

christina — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:01:21 +0000

William – that is the most f-ed up thing have ever heard. well deserved beating?
I bet the one handing out the beatings was drunk, too?
You protect your children from getting hurt- youre not supposed to be the one hurting them.
I honestly thought you were joking when i first read that…
Mikkel, he will never get what youre saying because yes, sick people beat there kids, and they would never see that theyre sick.themselves. sick people think beating kids is a proper way of discipline. I hope you dont have any children william… and if you do, someone has the right mind to get them taken away from you.

By: Aha

Aha — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:32:46 +0000

Spare the stick, spoil the child.

By: William

William — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:16:47 +0000

Good point Michael. I feel the same. Issac Asimov talked briefly about this problem in one of his books in the Robot Series, [U]The Naked Sun[/U].

Certainly a robot would never give a kid a well deserved beating for bad behavior. Robots (or video games for that matter) are a poor substitute to a big family and lots of time outdoors.

By: Michael Shimniok

Michael Shimniok — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:16:47 +0000

So I wonder how fundamentally humanity will change if kids are raised by and learn social interaction from robots? I wonder if the spate of rudeness and lack of personal interaction is a factor of population or instead scads of kids who learn social interaction from TVs and video games…? :roll

By: Mikkel

Mikkel — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:16:47 +0000

There is no such thing as a “well deserved beating”!

Only sick people beat their kids – it destroys their integrity, self-esteem. I would prefer friendly robots to aggressive grownups any time.

By: William

William — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:16:47 +0000

Mikkel,
That’s a bit of what we call, “circular reasoning”.

Q: Why do you think only sick people beat their kids?
A: Because they’re sick.
Q: Why are they sick?
A: Because they beat their kids.

I’ve had my fair share of spankings in my day, and I can safely say my “self esteem” is quite well.