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iHearU-Teen
When your teens ears are plugged - they hear you anyway.... | |
The iHearU-Teen is a small 2 piece unit. One piece
connects to your childs iPod or MP3 player at the
headphone jack. 1st you insert the device into the player
at the headphone jack, and then the headphone plug
directly into the device instead of the player.
The second component is a small
device that is
adaptable
so that it can either be worn around the neck of the
parent, on their wrist, or attached to the steering wheel
or
dash of their auto. There is a small intercom type button
and mic. When the button is pushed and held, the child's
player pauses and the parent is able to ask a question
that
is actually communicated to the child rather than blah -
blah - blah into the air all day long and the child does not
hear a word.
When the button is no longer depressed, the child's
player
will resume playing.
The parent can also set a volume limit on the
headphones
through same device and can override the player to shut
it
off in case of "emergency".
The iHearU-Teen locks into the player so a crafty teen
cannot tamper with it - and will lock the entire player to
prevent use if tampered with.
Voiceover iPod
Voiceover_20iPod
Prior art [csea, Apr 26 2010]
[link]
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I always tell my kids "If you can't hear me, it's too loud". It doesn't help. |
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I would have listened to your idea, but this music's on way too
loud. |
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I had a very similar idea a while ago [link]. |
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Thank csea for pointing that out...I did search but
must have missed it. Yours is very similar. I like your
ideas. I encourage all to check that one out too. |
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if only the device could require a full sincere polite
acknowledgment from the teen before turning their audio back
over to them. + |
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I like the idea to allow voice communication with somebody wearing headphones. But I'm not voting this up because you added on the volume limit and anti-tampering devices. Parents are so mean! |
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seems like a crutch for broken family dynamics. It is the prerogative of the parent to remove entirely any object or activity that impairs the healthy function of the family. Your children will "hear" the message "I care about you and our family" if you simply say "no earbuds outside of your room". Yes they will whinge and bitch but if it was a "problem" (for you) then a complicated technological solution shows weakness in your authority as a shelter-provider and a compromising attitude about being their parent. Nobody wants a flimsy house, nobody wants a flimsy parent. |
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[WcW], I suspect the response to a 'no earbuds outside of your room' rule would be a lot of teens spending all their time in their room. Parents may be trying to send the message "I care about you!" when they impose restrictions on their teen, but the message that actually gets through is "I don't trust you to look after yourself". |
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As for hearing people with headphones on, I can vouch that headphones low enough to hear someone speaking through are usually not loud enough to hear the music clearly, or to mask, say, the annoying cubicle sounds/road noise/ screaming children next door that inspired me to wear headphones in the first place. If you really need to get the attention of someone wearing headphones, there's always the old-fashioned solution: wave a hand in front of their face. |
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really? A person who requires that level of continuous stimulation may have problems that go beyond teen angst. If the "no headphones outside of your room" causes teens to retreat to their rooms then they : |
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A. Think that they can silently protest household rules and that you will be shamed into folding. |
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B. Are hopelessly dependent on shutting out their surroundings with controlled audio. (emotionally unwell) |
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C. Do not see themselves as part of a cohesive family unit with resources and responsibilities outside of their rooms. |
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None of these problems will be repaired with this invention on their Ipod. Instead take time to explain how you see the earbuds causing a problem and if the problem persists insist that your need to be an effective parent take a higher priority than your child's need to listen to their music without interruption. This idea is analog to "my children scream at me: I need special hearing aids to filter it out. |
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[WcW], to clarify, I agree with you that this is a poor idea; I just don't think your propsed solution, or [phoenix]'s of low headphone volume is any better. |
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I'm only speaking form personal experience, but headphones allow me to concentrate on a mentally-intensive task, such as writing an essay or reading something I want to remember, in a noisy environment, such as a house with other people in. I don't think emotional 'unwellness' has anything to do with it. |
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the basic concept is very sound, just not for parent child
relationships. It would be excellent in a landscaping business, or any other situation where a group of people
commonly use plug-phones. In the home a child doing their
parent the simple courtesy of removing their headphones,
when they are spoken too, should be a no brainer. |
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