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Over the past decade, the creation of major films projects has changed completely. Each project was created together with planning plethora of sequels and preparation to create individual cinema worlds, no matter if, in the event of the first part's failing, these worlds will collapse even before they are built. Movies, costing hundreds of millions of dollars, are trying to avoid risky or unique turns, using the same formulas with the same amount of humor and the same bad guys, and they often collect huge amounts of money (or lose them in the most embarrassing ways) without many efforts.
The risks and unique stories of this type of film are so forgotten that as soon as Marvel creates a more colorful and funny piece, it is called as a replacement for the entire genre, even if its plot is not original.
Therefore, it is natural that Star Wars - a film and a franchise that has begun the era of great Hollywood projects - has come back to show how to change the stories and rules that were created over decades and to do it at risk to confront or to impress the 40-year-old fan army.
Rian Johnson's film is the real deal, a bold, risky venture unafraid to tell its own story, freed from the weight of nostalgia and formula.
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It was the most anticipated film of the 21st century, and no one doubted the success, but even Disney itself did not expect the film will improve dozens of financial records and eventually earn over $ 2 billion worldwide, becoming the third film project that achieved a staggering financial limit.
It is, therefore, no surprise that THE LAST JEDI got a name as the most anticipated film at the second half of the year 2017 by Rian Johnson, the creator of the brilliant film Brick and Looper.
The new director of the planned trilogy presented not only a more solid-looking sequel to The Force Awakens but also a film that is able to compete with the best of all-time Star Wars' film The Empire Strikes Back.
STAR WARS: EPISODE VIII - THE LAST JEDI trailer- Video credit: youtube
The Plot
Of course, the story of STAR WARS - THE LAST JEDI is, of course, scarce. The film starts right after the end of The Force Awakens and continues chronologically for a very short period, and there happens so much that you need to put effort to understand what is going.
After finding the last alive Jedi Luke Skaivoker, who lived for decades somewhere, Rey was determined to learn the art of power management and learn about his true origins. But after seeing the girl's abilities and the power behind her, Luke is frightened.
Maybe Rey is much more dangerous than Emperor Palpatine and Dart Vader? Or is it just the consequences of uncontrolled power? And finally, where from such abilities the garbage collector got?
Luke must answer all these questions; otherwise, everything can go in the unthinkable direction.
There is a meeting of Rey (Daisy Ridley) with Luke (Mark Hamill) promised at the end of the last episode. There is a struggle for resistance, led by Leia (Carrie Fisher) and Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac), against the First Order with Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and General Hux (Domhnall Gleeson).
Finn (John Boyega) paired with newcomer Rose Tico (Kelly Marie Tran) get attention too, though, they are the most distinguished from the main story and the same time perform an important task.
THE LAST JEDI review - Photo credit: imdb
In 2015, the seventh episode of the most important cinema of all time surprised me with its quality and diligence, but on the other hand, it looked like a remake of the 1977 episode New Hope. But it is not bad, as we must admit that the return associated with the original trilogy, giving it a nostalgic feeling. The film also is adapted to a completely new generation of spectators who might not have been familiar with this film universe as closely as the people born in the nineties of the last century.
We received the film perky by action, visually beautiful, featuring many new actors and, of course, returning the old heroes of the Star Wars as Han Solo and Leia Organa. But after enjoying the movie The Force Awakens, I wanted something new from the story's extension. Therefore, I awaited the first film teaser and the description of THE LAST JEDI movie with anxiety.
And all because many of the franchise's fans, including me, thought it would be The Empire Strikes Back remake. And partly we can see some details that will remind us of the best part of this series of films, but they are so rare.
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In the new film, the action consists of three acts, where old and new heroes are presented to the audience from an entirely new perspective. And this is good because at last there are answered many questions which tortured the admirers of Star Wars about Luke Skywalker, Kylo Ren and, of course, Rey.
The storyline is very linear, but it does not lack twisted places, which often allow the viewer to get lost by the action being developed. And this is, in my opinion, a great way to not give a clear answer to the end of the film how it will end. The story itself is fascinating, it gives a range of important events and takes us to the past so that we can get a full picture of the events that have taken place in the decades since the death of Emperor Palpatine.
There is also a lot of action in the film. It was the Star Wars we could dream of. There is no shortage of spectacularly looking cosmic battles, magnificent battles in the earth, breathtaking battles of the First Order and Rebels battles in the sky, epic duels with light swords, and more. The tape keeps in tension from the beginning, and that really surprises me. It was much fewer action scenes in the last film, and here it is a lot, and it is versatile.
The plus is also very neat humor that accompanies us for almost two and a half hours. Therefore, you really can relax from the action scenes and have fun. And while the new creatures are responsible for the greater part of the humor, they were so good at the movie that it is possible to add an extra score to the film only because of them. True, it was also surprising that there were quite a lot of animals in the film. It is obvious that the screenwriters of the film wanted to show the spectators still unseen creatures and new worlds, the planets they lived in. Therefore, the universe is expanding further with new inhabitants.
Even if THE LAST JEDI has a number of stories, the strongest and most amazing part of the film is how successful they all create a unified story.
As in the second part of the original trilogy, The Empire Strikes Back, the main characters are scattered over the big part of the film too, and the viewers follow several more striking (and smaller) storylines at the same time. And this is an invaluable feeling when you see the characters on the screen that were idols in your childhood. The film also does not lack the drama, fairly well-suited jokes, and breathtaking duel with light swords. In short, it was the Star Wars we waited for a very long time.
Luke Skywalker becomes the main engine of the story, which we only saw for a few moments on the last stage of the movie The Force Awakens. His story begins from this last scene. And his story is quite simple, but also complicated. It explains why he chose the life of a hermit and forever left his sister and her family. Also, thanks to this character, we learn a lot about the Jedi Order and their religion, we realize the importance of force in the universe, and yet we see what we have not seen in earlier films. It's a really powerful and full-fledged return of Luke Skywalker, which we waited for over thirty years.
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Kylo Ren, who has suffered a fiasco when confronted with Rey in the forests at the Combat Station, is also changing. It's really hard to recognize him because of his actions, and sometimes of his attitude to certain things that often determine the direction of the storyline. Until the end, you do not know he will act, what tortures him inside, and what the motives of his actions are.
In addition, Kylo Ren's past is becoming a more interesting part of his storyline. This hero reveals itself as a personality and lets you learn a lot about why he has become as he is now. And some scenes with him - it was fantastic. It was hard to sit on the spot observing some of his actions on the spacecraft. But here I will stop. I don't want to spoil you the pleasure of appreciating the potential of Kylo Ren.
Kylo Ren : It's time to let old things die. Snoke... Skywalker... the Sith... the Jedi... the rebels. Rey... I want you to join me. We can rule together and bring a new order to the galaxy.
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Of course, there is still Rye, which surprised everyone after the 2015 film. There were a lot of rumors about her, a variety of theories about her origins, but none of the Star Wars fans were able to guess the truth that Disney had given us. In this film, we have seen her true potential. And although she revealed herself more as modest than the characters I mentioned earlier, it is a good thing, because there is some intrigue about her.
The other heroes were less visible than the trio discussed, but that doesn't mean they didn't have the chance to show off themselves on the screen. Poe Dameron was as charming and hot-headed as in the earlier film, and General Hux was proud as a peacock, mastering Adolf Hitler's personality.
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And here was the best part if to talk about the characters. Other characters who made a great impression in the last episode, but have not been properly presented to the audience, have not done this in THE LAST JEDI too. The saddest, of course, because of the First Order's leader, Snooker, who had such epic moments in the film, but ultimately the charisma of Skywalker and Kylo Ren overshadowed him.
Continuing on the characters of the film, I would like to mention Finn, who, like Rye, had to become one of the heroes of the new trilogy, but his second performance was much worse. He, like Captain Phasma (Gwendoline Christie), has not used his potential in this film, which is not good talking about the importance of this hero in the first film.
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It is nice that the film, like the old and new Star Wars, had two integral friends - R2D2 and C-3PO and Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo). BB-8 has also had fun. Oh, his rampage was astonishing. But most importantly, what kind of nostalgia flooded me because of seeing one hero on the screen. I really will not disclose what I have mentioned here, but I wanted to wipe a tear it off when I saw him.
The film featured so-called one-off characters, who, although influencing some storyline twists, might appear in further films, but they did not contain any charisma. And that was DJ (Benicio Del Toro), Vice Admiral Holdo (Laura Dern), and Rose Tico (Kelly Marie Tran).
Here mythical heroes are methodically picked up, examined to the bones, and receive such human details as they did not get through the franchise. What the film does with Luke Skywalker is something that nobody expects to see in big movies. THE LAST JEDI shows again the imperfections of the main heroes, what the weaknesses they have and to what extent they have made significant mistakes. Characters make a lot of mistakes and do not carry out their goals one by one, losing a lot of things and looking for ways to change or accept it.
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Most of the energy, in fact, is given to the film by actors, not by anything else. Star Wars were often fluctuating in terms of acting. In the old trilogy, the newcomers played the main characters, so the biggest responsibility took Harrison Ford who succeeded in drawing attention to himself, even though he would draw attention to himself in any film.
In this film, everyone seems is equal because all the actors are different and bring something into history.
John Boyega fully used the abilities of his hilarious evil and comedy, and Oscar Isaac most fascinates by his self-confidence and inability to stop even the foolish decisions. Daisy Ridley even more successfully than in the earlier film demonstrates a palette of emotions, firmness, and joy (in other words, always unable to hide her feelings). Rey's journey is intense and highly volatile, and with all the challenges, Ridley deals without problems.
The most prominent are Mark Hamill and Adam Driver. In recent years, Mr. Hamill has finally recognized his character's importance for the lives of many people and is already eager to talk about it. Perhaps his intensity was from there, about which was hard to think of in the original trilogy.
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In this film, Luke's role is completely dramatic, when he needs to reconcile with his weaknesses and mistakes to correct them, and Mr. Hamill is committed to everything, from the evil old man to the wise role of a teacher. He didn't seem like that in any movie yet.
Similarly, it is possible to talk about Adam Driver, whose Kylo Ren has secured a place in this part as the most interesting trilogy player, more than ever broken from inside and outside and has his own beliefs how he can ever escape from his past and family. A. Driver does everything with such intensity and strength that he is perfect as a bad guy.
Separately, I would like to mention Carrie Fisher, who died just after filming. The role of C. Fisher in the film is more symbolic: he appears not in one scene, but she usually does something as a complementary role. But those scenes are enough to feel the importance she had for this story.
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In general, the film is an impressive technical achievement.
Rian Johnson, in places that spectators have seen many times in Star Wars, is still able to discover something not so much trying to draw attention to himself but seeking to deepen the emotional importance of each scene. Explosions in space and sunset scenes are in every part, and yet here they are both visually and by sound different and unique extending wider the rules of Star Wars.
We can talk similarly about John Williams' music. Spectators are already accustomed to this music, and Williams, like in the case of The Force Awakens, plays with the motifs of previously created music, but at the same time is able to create something subtle and slightly newer in the necessary places.
The most memorable new motifs, as in the case of the earlier film, relate to Kylo Ren and the First Order, where William's music is the most energetic.
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On A Final Note
In spite of the uniqueness of the film as it reconstructs the decades-old traditions, it is, at the same time, a great deal of the same Disney, a piece repeating some formulas, all of which belong to the present Hollywood. A bit of an abnormal desire for the film to bring humor to the most serious scenes reminds us that deep drama in this franchise cannot be made, and filmmakers with producers are trying to bring viewers easy to the big changes.
After all, the most important thing THE LAST JEDI does is to name the goal of a new trilogy. This episode opens up many new paths, gives new meaning to old stories and traditions, and not so much destroys any of the audience's expectations.
Yes, this is not the best saga film that undoubtedly is still overshadowed by the genial fifth episode. But it is the best project of the film franchise since 1980, which, with its ideology, surpasses RETURN OF THE JEDI and all the part of prehistory trilogy and The Force Awakens.
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It is obvious that Rian Johnson has created something radical and often risky, with love and beauty ruining everything that has been built since 1977. The future will show whether that risk has been justified.
The richest, most epic, most emotional Star Wars movie so far.
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My rating: 9.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 91/100
Metacritic: 85/100
Critics average: 44/100
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EXPRESS INFORMER > News & Politics > NI peer who once compared homosexuality to bestiality banned from Lords for bullying gay MPs
NI peer who once compared homosexuality to bestiality banned from Lords for bullying gay MPs
December 3, 2020 Express Informer
A Northern Irish peer is facing an 18-month ban from the House of Lords for a campaign of bulling and homophobic abuse of MPs and staff.
An official probe into independent Ulster Unionist peer Lord Maginnis of Drumglass recommended he be booted out for at least a year-and-a-half for his toxic behaviour.
The recommendation from the Lords Conduct Committee follows an investigation into his treatment of a parliamentary security officer and MPs Hannah Bardell, Luke Pollard and Toby Perkins.
He was found to have used 'homophobic and derogatory language' about gay MPs Ms Bardell and Mr Pollard.
Ms Bardell welcomed the action taken today but said that if the abuse had happened in a regular workplace the per would have been sacked.
Lord Maginnis has previously made controversial comments about homosexuality. In 2012 he used a BBC interview to compare it to bestiality, for which he lost the Ulster Unionist whip.
It its report, released today, the committee recommended the ban should only be lifted if the peer completes 'behaviour change training' and 'is able to demonstrate a clear understanding of how his behaviour impacts on other people in the Parliamentary community'.
It doubled the initial recommendation of a nine-month ban by Commissioner for Standards Lucy Scott-Moncrief.
An official probe into independent Ulster Unionist peer Lord Maginnis of Drumglass recommended he be booted out for at least a year-and-a-half for his toxic behaviour
The peer was found to have used "homophobic and derogatory language' about gay MPs Hannah Bardell (left) and Luke Pollard (right)
Lord Maginnis (left, in 2001 in Downing Street) has previously made controversial comments about homosexuality. In 2012 he used a BBC interview to compare it to bestiality, for which he was stripped of the Ulster Unionist whip.
Lord Maginnis was formerly an Ulster Unionist Party MP and later represented the party in the Lords.
In 2012, he announced his decision to resign his membership after the leadership distanced themselves when he referred to gay marriage as 'unnatural and deviant behaviour'.
Speaking on BBC Radio Ulster about gay marriage he had said: 'This is based on sexual practice. Now, does that mean that every deviant practice has to be accommodated? Will the next thing be that we legislate for some sort of bestiality?'
His affiliation in the Lords since July 2013 has been listed as Independent Ulster Unionist.
Lord Maginnis was investigated after being 'verbally abusive' to security officer Christian Bombolo when asked to show his parliamentary pass in January.
Ms Bardell witnessed the incident with Mr Bombolo and complained that when she attempted to intervene she was treated 'rudely and aggressively' by Lord Maginnis.
He later described her as a 'queer' in a press interview. Lord Maginnis was also investigated for using homophobic language in relation to Mr Pollard in February 2020.
Mr Pollard complained to the commissioner that after a dinner for the All Party Armed Forces Group, of which he was a vice-chairman, the 'drunk' peer complained that he had not been allowed to speak.
The next day Lord Maginnis sent an email to another MP in the group about Mr Pollard, with the subject 'discrimination by homos'.
Mr Pollard, the Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP, wrote: 'In the email, Lord Maginnis made a series of accusations about me including that I threatened to set my boyfriend on him and that he was waiting on the Terrace.
'[My boyfriend], is a lovely lad, doesn't really like getting involved in politics and was at the time away filming an advert for his work and not on the Terrace. At no point did I threaten the Lord with my boyfriend nor say that he was on the Terrace.'
Peers will have to approve the report before the suspension comes into force.
In a statement this morning, SNP MP Ms Bardell said while the experience has had a 'profound impact' on her mental health, she is glad she 'stood up and spoke out'.
'I'm very glad that the authorities in the House of Lords have taken this matter so seriously and have huge respect and appreciation for the very thorough job the Lords Commissioner and her team have done in investigating the actions and behaviour of Lord Maginnis,' she continued.
'I am incredibly grateful to all who have supported me through this grim affair including my own constituency staff, my family, and both my current and former partner whom I was with when I received death threats earlier this year, and who was also deeply impacted by the events following Lord Maginnis's behaviour towards me.
'The extent of Lord Maginnis's behaviour is now laid bare for all to read and my goodness is it a worrying and depressing read.
'That someone who is in a position of such power and influence and who is a lawmaker, can think it appropriate to behave in such a manner is truly astonishing. I was particularly struck and saddened by the testimony of the security guard who was bullied by Lord Maginnis. I witnessed this as it happened and attempted to intervene.
'The episode has clearly had a very profound and negative impact on this member of staff who was only trying to do his job.
'Our security staff on the estate do incredibly important work, every day, to keep us safe. All of the staff on the estate deserve our full respect and the very least we can do is wear our security badges.'
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Q: SQL Server, join to more than one table with the same column Using SQL server, I have a Table that can join with more than one table using the same column.  This table has two columns, SourceType and SourceID.  SourceType is the table to join with and SourceID is the primary key of the table we join to.  This produces queries like this:
select *
from MyTable join TableOne
where MyTable.SourceId = TableOne.ID
   and MyTable.SourceType = 'TableOne';

select *
from MyTable join TableTwo
where MyTable.SourceId = TableOne.ID
   and MyTable.SourceType = 'TableTwo';

I need to do some research on this.  What is this approach called?

A: If I understand correctly, you are trying to use one column to reference the primary keys of 2 different tables. I believe the approach is called polymorphic associations. The concept is valid but using your solution to implement it is not the best way. Here's some other ways to do it.

A: I think you want something like this:
Select *
FROM Mytable AS myt
RIGHT JOIN TableOne AS tb1 ON myt.SourceId = tb1.ID

SELECT *
FROM MyTable AS myt
RIGHT JOIN TableTwo AS tb2 ON myt.SourceId = tb2.ID

More details you can find here: https://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_join.asp

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By Dan Whitcomb
LOSANGELES (Reuters) – A fierce wildfire that erupted in southern California on Thursday destroyed homes and structures and caused "numerous medical emergencies" at a Riverside County mobile home park, fire officials said.
No further details were immediately available on how many mobile homes had been burned or the nature of the medical emergencies.
The Sandalwood Fire was one of about 275 wildfires that have broken out across California in the past 24 hours as hot, gusty winds signaled the start of its peak fire season, state officials said at a news conference.
Although many of the blazes were quickly contained by firefighters, the risk to life and property has prompted Pacific Gas and Electric Co cut power to about 600,000 customers, a move that California Governor Gavin Newsom blamed on years of mismanagement by the utility.
The Sandalwood Fire, which erupted shortly before 2 p.m. in the Riverside County community of Calimesa, about 70 miles (110 km) east of Los Angeles, quickly charred more than 500 acres and burned a single-family home to the ground.
The blaze, driven by winds gusting up to 55 miles per hour, spread to a mobile-home park, where more structures were destroyed and injuries were reported, the Riverside County Fire Department said on its website.
"Multiple structures destroyed and numerous medical emergencies (no further information) inside the Villa Calimesa Mobile Home Park. Threat to railway and power grid," the fire department said.
Mandatory evacuation orders were issues for residents near the mobile home park, fire officials said.
The National Weather Service said the hot gusty winds that usually hit northern California in October, sometimes called the "Diablo Winds", will continue into Friday morning.
Much of northern California, from San Francisco to the Oregon border, remains under a state "red flag" fire alert.
Newsom faulted PG&E for putting what he called "greed" ahead of investments in its infrastructure to harden the electrical grid against dangerous winds.
PG&E filed for bankruptcy in January 2019, citing potential civil liabilities in excess of $30 billion from major wildfires linked to its transmission wires and other equipment.
As winds moved south, a similar cutoff was under way by Southern California Edison, which warned more than 173,000 customers they could lose power.
(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Additional reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis; Editing by Grant McCool and Raju Gopalakrishnan)
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Earlier this morning, between trying to drink a whole mug of tea before it got cold and trying to wrangle the children into the city for some culture, I had the good fortune to get wrapped up in a conversation on Twitter with fellow 'twitterer' (that's what it's called, I checked) Petit Dictionairre. It's not the first time this particular conversation has arisen online and it was on a subject that many like to wax verbose about. That's right, it's the dreaded TABLET ADDICTION! Now don't misconstrue, I'm not talking about your average, common-or-garden addiction to prescription painkillers. That's a very different kettle of fish and not something that I'm likely to weigh in on.
No, I'm talking about the recent interest that many parents have taken in the big question about whether too much time spent staring at an iPad, Kindle, Hudl or any similar tablet is particularly disruptive to a child's development, attention span, manners, eyeballs or any other utterly vital body part or psychological norm. Does too much tablet use frazzle the pre-frontal cortex? How much is too much? Is two hours too much on one go? What software can I get to lock the tablet so I don't have to worry about it? Is little Jimmy going to be driven to serial murder if I let him play too much Angry Birds?
It's a hot topic and to properly consider it, you first have to consider where this particular panic sits historically. Since time immemorial the press has taken great pleasure in setting parents jimmies ablaze with moral panics about literally everything that could be considered even remotely fun. They do this because human beings are fundamentally pessimistic creatures that automatically assume that anything someone does for any length of time must be a) addictive and b) somehow damaging. We just can't have a good time. They also do it because creating what is known collectively as 'moral panics' does an excellent job at selling newspapers and pleasing their shareholders/advertisers/reptilian overlords.
Most recently tablets have taken the brunt of the questioning but over the past 100 years we have seen it happen to almost everything. Video games have taken a real hit as harbingers of moral decay. In the early 2000s lawyer Jack Thompson got himself a fair few headlines dragging some mature-rated games through the mud, calling them murder simulators. If you dig a little deeper, however, you'll find that recent evidence suggests video games, especially creative ones like Minecraft can actually aid personal development and have educational applications.
Before that, television was the bad guy, rotting the brains of generations of defenceless children. As we now know, television is as much a tool for learning as it is for mindless media consumption or video nasties. Many people without access to education have been able to learn because someone plonked them in front of Sesame Street, Carl Sagan's Cosmos or even just a nature documentary. For many, television was a window on the world. Can we criticise tablet devices as being anything less?
Going back even further, possibly past the point of ridiculousness, in the 1800s it was often lauded by scholars that reading fiction left your mind flabby and would make you unsatisfied with reality. This was driven by the popular notion that reading was purely for scholastic development. Heaven forfend people do it for fun. That's the devil's work!
Now here's where I mark out my personal stake in this issue before swinging back around for the inevitable conclusion.
take personal time away to recharge when having to interact with a lot of people or in a busy environment.
These are all vital things for Morgan. Taking it away can be like taking away someone's glasses or walking stick but we do manage this alongside other things like physical toys, books, tv and we are also careful to stop tablet time an hour before bed. This actually applies to all the kids because the blue light can cause sleep disruption. After this time we read and play Orchard games together as a family.
Tablet use like this is not uncommon in families with an ASD child and it can be a vital tool when used appropriately.
The other two kids also use tablets in a constructive way. In our household things can get… intense. Morgan can often get very excitable and Claudia has some not-yet-diagnosed-as-a-thing issues with just calming the hell down. This means that often, having exceeded the time they're willing to spend with each other, they are encouraged to disappear to their respective corners of the house or living room and have some quiet time. One thing they may choose to so during this time is use their Kids Kindles.
Claudia (4) gets much less tablet time but she uses the tablet to watch a (again restricted) selection of YouTube Kids videos and also to play age-appropriate games. At her age it's mostly a toy but we're also keen to show her educational applications and she enjoys learning through playing educational apps based on things she already enjoys like Doc McStuffins or Peppa Pig.
Marshall, the eldest (8), uses tablets in a similar way but as he also has access to the Xbox and a Nintendo DS, this is something that we manage carefully. His main interest is in using Minecraft to build things based on ideas he's had for stories or to play collaboratively with his friends. Currently he's more into books and Pokemon cards so we're not currently too worried about over-exposure.
So, in summary (I knew we'd get here eventually, how're you doing?) I think we can agree on a few things.
As with anything they are exposed to it's up to us as parents to ensure that the content they are exposed to is appropriate. A tablet is just a delivery device for that content. You should be as involved here as you are with their exposure to tv and movies but keep in mind that they are little learning machines and that too much restriction can be damaging too.
All things in moderation. It's universally wise but applies specifically here too. Tablet use should form just part of how a child engages with the world and it's no substitute for walks in the woods, playing with action figures or doing arts and crafts on real paper. Set limits on how long the devices can be used for and supervise when appropriate.
20 years ago all we had was tv and books, 20 yrs from now they could be beaming it into our brains from space. The important thing is to remember that like tv, books or space brain lasers, these things are just tools. We can either use them or not but it makes no sense to needlessly demonise them.
Like it or not you live in a multimedia-driven society. If you bring your kids up in a house with no tv, all the furniture upcycled from orange crates or made of wicker and you all sit around a piano in hemp cardigans singing ironic hipster melodies from the 1940s then they are almost certainly going to turn out really weird. You know how there's always that sort of gaunt, shy one? Yeah that's gonna be your kid.
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Great post! My mum always says when ever she sees her granddaughter she's glued to the iPad, I tell her she comes at the same time every week when it's her tv time so obviously you always see her with it. She doesn't see the rest of the day or week where's she's playing in the garden or with her toys or with her big sister or even at playgroup.
Love it! It's all about a bit of balance. Thanks for your comment!
Haha about the end of the post!
I completely agree with technology. I'm not too restrictive with tablet use and just go with the flow. Simply because I know that children go through phases. When my twins first got their tablets for their 3rd birthday they were on them a lot. But as predicted it was just a novelty phase which soon wore off. Now they're nearly 4 and they still have days when they may use their tablets for a few hours, spread around the whole day, but they also have times when they don't ask for their tablets for 2 or 3 days straight. It's all about balance as you say. But I'm not overly strict with it, because I know they also can self manage their interest and time well enough.
Besides all of that, the tablets, and YouTube in particular, have been brilliant learning tools. My two LOVE dinosaurs, and they've learnt so much from YouTube about dinosaurs – it's really unbelievable!
Yes they also watch the crappy toys videos, but so what? That's life at the moment!
Technology is only ever going to grow and evolve. They need to grow and evolve with it, or be left behind.
Learning info from whatever platform within a tablet, and also learning how to work the tablet and softwares is only a good thing.
My twins will be home educated and I want technology to play a big part of it. They're getting a good head start by having access to tablets now and learning stuff I wouldn't necessarily think to teach them at this stage.
Great post. Consider it shared.


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Spotlight for Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover (The Rules of Scoundrels # 4) by Sarah MacLean
Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover
The Rules of Scoundrels # 4
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By day, she is Lady Georgiana, sister to a duke, ruined before her first season in the worst kind of scandal. But the truth is far more shocking-in London's darkest corners, she is Chase, the mysterious, unknown founder of the city's most legendary gaming hell. For years, her double identity has gone undiscovered...until now.
Brilliant, driven, handsome-as-sin Duncan West is intrigued by the beautiful, ruined woman who is somehow connected to a world of darkness and sin. He knows she is more than she seems and he vows to uncover all of Georgiana's secrets, laying bare her past, threatening her present, and risking all she holds dear...including her heart.
Sarah MacLean grew up in Rhode Island, obsessed with historical romance and bemoaning the fact that she was born far too late for her own season. Her love of all things historical helped to earn her degrees from Smith College and Harvard University before she finally set pen to paper and wrote her first book.
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I'm late getting to this post on the tour...I've been cooking up a storm for tomorrow's feast. :-) And tomorrow I doubt seriously if I will be able to follow the tour either...my grandbabies will be demanding my attention! Hope the reviewer and Sarah have a lovely Thanksgiving as well. Thanks for the post. jdh2690@gmail.com
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