This is horrific! I thought it was a gag gift, but I've since learned there are actual parents using this device to force their children to study.How can they really believe it helps their children retain information? I can't believe there were people willing to pay over $100 U.S. for this either! I guess child abusers worry about being posh.
As an unschooler, I have witnessed first hand how much a person can learn if the motivation comes from within. If it is something that interests you, drives your passions, learning is not a chore, but it feeds your soul.
True learning isn't prison like at all. If you want to kill your child's natural ability to use their curiosity, just force them to study something that doesn't mean anything to them. Only add the Study Ball if you want to go medieval.
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I can't believe this is for real. My, oh my.
Looks like a little added pressure there. :o(
Kids do learn more when they are interested in what they are studying. That's fer sure. :o)
What are they thinking! You don't need to buy these, just chain them to the furnace.
That is just crazy!
It is amazing what parents will resort to
I agree with you, kids learn so much more if they follow their interests
I am ... stunned. >
Oh. My. Gosh. THAT's NUTS!!!
It sure is sad what things have come too and so wrong that a parent would do this! Just wrong!!
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