All About Kids' Gaming: Addiction, What Age Is Suitable, etc
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1hr electronic game for 3 year old? I would be against it. Nothing against electronic games. My take is no need to expose them early - there are far more better & fun alternatives for kids at that age (everything is new to them at that age anyway), plus not good for their eyesight.
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To me, there is never a suitable age for computer game. It is only wasting the child time. They can put the time into better use like going to the library or doing something else more meaningful.
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KSP:
To me, there is never a suitable age for computer game. It is only wasting the child time. They can put the time into better use like going to the library or doing something else more meaningful.
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radiantmum:
1hr electronic game for 3 year old? I would be against it. Nothing against electronic games. My take is no need to expose them early - there are far more better & fun alternatives for kids at that age (everything is new to them at that age anyway), plus not good for their eyesight.
agreed !
such device kills the EQ in a child. -
Goodness, at this age, I am against exposing the kid computer aided learning. Much less games.
Want to develop eye hand co-ordination, throw a ball for them to catch. Or do beads and bobbins treading or lego.
Brain game for a 3yrs old, give him jigsaw puzzles, sorting, patterning, matching. All these will also develop his motor skills.
I have seen and personally experienced. If the kids are exposed computers and electronic games too early, even educational games, they develop very short attention span. And they lose interest in books and authentic learning. -
clarabella:
Not only do I object to kids playing while at the dinning table and crossing roads I also feel the long hours of close proximity to the little screen is harmful to their eyes. I've seen kids playing while waiting for food in restaurants. Why do some parents allow that to happen? We already have very little time with them, why don't they spend the time chit-chatting with the kids instead?:salute: to buds
And :salute: to your girls! I'm very impressed by all the kids who don't get addicted to their handhelds.
For me, my objection stems from the fact that I keep seeing kids playing while WALKING (how do they do that?!), playing at the dining table, playing while their parents are talking to them, playing in the bath (ok, a bit extreme, but I witnessed that during a family holiday!) etc. It really freaks me out when I see my kids' cousins sitting in a row clicking away. :shock: -
The most unbearable thing to me is parents switch on the portable DVD player at the restaurant for their kid unusally around 2-5 yrs old so that the child can "concentrate" on the show and they themselves can concentrate in their chit-chating. This is the most unacceptable thing to me.
Sorry if I have offended anyone here but I just want to speak up my mind. -
How do you control the DS or computer games addiction of your child?
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You might want to read up this thread...
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7598
There were some parents mentioning how they control the children's usage. -
Wow, very tough indeed…
I don’t control, as the more you do, the more they will go against you, tis what I learnt from friends too.
Now, I made the message very very clear to him, by nagging until he kind of knows playing game online is an addiction.
Lately, upon his 11th birthday, I pronounced him a grown up boy, entering teenage, and need to learn to control himself.
I allocate 1 hour free time per day, for him to do whatever he like (including playing online games, animal kaisa cards etc), BUT, conditioned upon, all homeworks must be done!
He has to learn to decide, while I watch and guide… promised him nagging no more…
The best is don’t start him in any of this, my son is suffering from neck ache, after playing PSP games for 3 years. Now we stopped him, only allow during month long holidays.
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