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re: Gaming addiction ...this is a epidemic
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:00 am to TexasTiger39
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:00 am to TexasTiger39
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Games are actually quite good for brain activity.
There have been numerous studies, but one from Barcelona made sense...
Up to two hours a week is very beneficial for brain development and maintenance. 2-4 hours per week has diminishing returns, but is still good. Over 4 hours per week is actually detrimental and harms development.
Quick link, I'm on my phone...
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Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:03 am to ApexTiger
Both of my kids play Minecraft everyday. They both do good in school and as soon as they come in it’s off to the friends house or they come to our house to play basketball or ride bikes or whatever but they play always outside til dark. Now once they come in they bathe we talk for a Lil while then they start playing their games for an hour or so til dinner is ready. We then turn off all devices have dinner and hang out til it’s bed time. It’s not that hard just put your foot down.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:03 am to ApexTiger
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Anyone else dealing with this issue?
Yes. It's frustrating, but I think we have to avoid going over the top about "the screen is ruining your brain!".
If he does what he's supposed to do, and with mine that's: good grades, extra reading, practice riding the bike, swim 1 hour per week, and coding class 2 hrs per week. Then why should I bitch at him for doing the thing he most enjoys doing? Even if I think it's ridiculous.
But it's a constant battle, and an irritating one.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:08 am to ApexTiger
Video games will be around the rest of his life. He’ll need to learn time management sooner or later.
I learned more playing video games than I ever learned riding a bike or playing outside.
Video games can teach:
Problem solving
Persistence
Risk management
Short term sacrificing for long term benefits
Strategic thinking
All of those lessons and more can be applied for real life benefits. I credit growing up on video games for the type of thinking that helped me succeed later in life.
I learned more playing video games than I ever learned riding a bike or playing outside.
Video games can teach:
Problem solving
Persistence
Risk management
Short term sacrificing for long term benefits
Strategic thinking
All of those lessons and more can be applied for real life benefits. I credit growing up on video games for the type of thinking that helped me succeed later in life.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:12 am to WaltTeevens
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You have understand that your son is simply trying to build walls in order to protect himself from others trying to hurt him.
Every other person in his peer group, like him, is simply trying to survive until the end. Let your son forage for the materials he needs to get there.
Best post.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:12 am to windshieldman
quote:this is correct. My boys ride all day, play in the ditches, wiffle ball, football, basketball. They take a break here and there and play games on the PS4
Kids don't ride bikes and play outside these days
Actually they do, just like 20-30 years ago. Adults just don’t go outside anymore to notice
The key is to make sure there is a whole bunch of em. They will never come inside. I am thinking of putting in a water fountain
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:13 am to SoulGlo
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Asking about video game addiction on the OT is like asking about alcoholism in a dive bar... where only a few of the drunks know that alcohol is addictive.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:17 am to tigerfoot
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quote:
Kids don't ride bikes and play outside these days
Actually they do, just like 20-30 years ago. Adults just don’t go outside anymore to notice
this is correct. My boys ride all day, play in the ditches, wiffle ball, football, basketball. They take a break here and there and play games on the PS4
This. Video games should be AN activity, not THE activity. They have to understand that entertainment products are for a short break from reality like watching a movie.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:17 am to The Torch
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m dealing with this
We are as well. It’s a fine line. We sit ours down and talk about importance of time mgmt but want them to make the decisions as long as they are making good grades and participating in other activities. Problem is 30 minutes does turn into hours. I’ve watched them play and it’s a really fun game with friend interaction so I can see how it happens. I think some parents are just worried about the slippery slope but I think it will pass for most kids.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:18 am to ApexTiger
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Gaming addiction
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this fortnite game
come back when he is betting his cable bill on middle tennessee st on a wednesday night
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:24 am to ApexTiger
put controls on the wifi and internet. it is on for certain times and then turned off.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:27 am to ApexTiger
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Destroying the Xbox is not my idea...just admittibg I've thought about it.
Our son can check out sometimes
Too much gaming impacts his heart.../ attitude...we see it, very real...
Half the battle is all his friends are online too.
Tell him you’re concerned about it. Tell him you love him and want to do the best for him.
Tell him you’re not going to make him quit doing what he loves, because you’re the one that let him get addicted in the first place and it’s not actually killing him.
But tell him that you believe he would be happier and have a better life now and in the future if he began to like other things more and spent more of his time doing those other things instead of playing video games.
And that because you believe that, even though you aren’t going to deny him the
Xbox, you are going to start making whatever sacrifices you have to in order to spend real time with him yourself and enabling him to have opportunities to do other things so that his life has more balance.
You’re going to have to sacrifice.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:27 am to ApexTiger
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I've considered many things such as destroying it or taking it away. He makes good grades, I have to have a good reason to break it...or just take it away.
If he makes good grades, there's nothing you can do.
It's not ideal but he's not drinking, on meth or worse.
He'll grow out of it. I was heavy into video games at his age, still am but at a point the sex drive took over. But there's nothing you're going to do to stop him from playing. If you take away his games he'll just go somewhere else to play them.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:28 am to ApexTiger
Probably gets that from someone, huh?
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:28 am to ApexTiger
If you can’t man up and tell your kid no, put a plug timer on the video game system
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:32 am to ApexTiger
Simple solution.
Go out and buy a router worth a shite. Not your AT&T/Comcast POS you rent for $5 a month. Most 2018 routers worth a shite will come with a phone app and the capability to cut off the internet from any device connected to it until you turn it back on or the end of a set period. I know, I have one. His xbox will be labeled: "X-BOX One - SYSTEM OS" Also have one of those.
turn it off until he's done his homework, chores, and spent time with his family for the day you see sufficient. Turn it back on. Let him have his fun. He's a kid.
My Dad had a rule about playing SNES and our PS. Don't turn it on until: you've done your homework, studied, done your chores, eaten your dinner, and showered. We never tried to skirt these rules, but of course my Dad wasn't a lazy parent.
Go out and buy a router worth a shite. Not your AT&T/Comcast POS you rent for $5 a month. Most 2018 routers worth a shite will come with a phone app and the capability to cut off the internet from any device connected to it until you turn it back on or the end of a set period. I know, I have one. His xbox will be labeled: "X-BOX One - SYSTEM OS" Also have one of those.
turn it off until he's done his homework, chores, and spent time with his family for the day you see sufficient. Turn it back on. Let him have his fun. He's a kid.
My Dad had a rule about playing SNES and our PS. Don't turn it on until: you've done your homework, studied, done your chores, eaten your dinner, and showered. We never tried to skirt these rules, but of course my Dad wasn't a lazy parent.
This post was edited on 3/5/18 at 9:36 am
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:32 am to ApexTiger
Do you have to
Write every sentence
like this?
Write every sentence
like this?
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:36 am to ApexTiger
I don't think he's ever going to be into outdoor stuff no matter how much you push for it. It's not like a magical switch is gonna flip. I think your best move is to push for SOMETHING social. There has to be some club or org at school he would be interested in. Let him choose, but at this stage it's important that he find something of interest that involves actual face-to-face interaction.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:37 am to ApexTiger
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But its a struggle to get him to do other things. He pushes back...and it's hard not to be the nag...
Damn dude, fricking man-up. Are you the parent or city council member of Gaysville?
He's a child teach him how to be a man.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 9:38 am to ApexTiger
Let him play his damn video games in his free time. It's when he'd rather play video games than hang out with friends and eat food that you have a problem.
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