Club 2002 Kids

[KSP]

All the best to all the 2002 kids for their GEP Screening this Wed.... :celebrate:

[Champion]

KSP:

All the best to all the 2002 kids for their GEP Screening this Wed.... :celebrate:

:thankyou: :thankyou: KSP ! :grphug:

[smartmummy]

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[smartmummy]

Is any of ur child using PSP?

What is ur pros and cons?
My P3 son asking from P1 onwards ,cos his friends are using.
I just postponing cos principal said don’t buy for ur kids.
When he sit infront of computer,I gave him 1 hr per day but its very difficult to stop him and he asked me finish this level,so on.He took 2-3 hrs to stop .

[mickeyhmh]

Hi smartmummy


My DS1 doesn't 'use' PSP altho' we have 1 in the house - he's only allowed to play with it on 'special occassions' - ie when mummy/daddy allow. :evil:

I try to control his computer usage to just on weekends/holidays - unless he has homework to do in LEAD.COM. Other times, he plays about 15mins & rest 5mins before doing the next 15mins. I am still able to control his usage for now. Especially since he started wearing specs recently & the optometrist re-inforced the 'do not sit in front of the computer too long' message.

[sleepy]

My dd prefers iphone. psp is white elephant at home now.


I have a point system. Accumulate 500 points in exchange of 1 hour iphone time. Took her 3 to 4 month to accumulate though, so very hard to earn enough points to play at home.

However, she gets ‘free’ iphone time whenever we are outside. She gets to play while waiting for food to be served or whenever we’re shopping.

[smartmummy]

Hi mickeyhmh!

My son also wearing specs from last year onwards.
How do u control ur son playing computer.
Sometimes I never let him to on the computer cos once he start very difficult to stop.

[mickeyhmh]

Hi smartmummy


He has to request for PERMISSION before playing. I give him about 30-45mins computer time per day (weekends/holidays only). For him to ‘manage’ what he plays. Will insist that he finishes his homework & piano practice before playing. He’s into FIFA right now, each match takes abt 15mins - so just nice for him to take a break. Sometimes his daddy plays FIFA too, so he’ll watch - extra ‘watching’ time for him. Sometimes my bro comes with his iPAD & he’ll play that - forfeit his computer time.

[Tresille]

smartmummy:

Is any of ur child using PSP?

What is ur pros and cons?
My P3 son asking from P1 onwards ,cos his friends are using.
I just postponing cos principal said don't buy for ur kids.
When he sit infront of computer,I gave him 1 hr per day but its very difficult to stop him and he asked me finish this level,so on.He took 2-3 hrs to stop .

We have both PSP and Xbox, however they can only play during June and Dec school holidays. In fact, the Xbox was a reward for him from my dh 2 years ago when he did well in his P1. It can be really addictive... :roll: and my dh actually regretted buying it... :slapshead:

[KSP]

my opinion is if you can don’t buy… i know all parents want their kids to enjoy their childhood… just imagine the number of hours the child will spend on the game… all these hours can be put to better use like family outing or on revision… i know there were cases whereby parents bought game console for their child as a reward who perform well in the exam… i somehow disagree with it cos the parents are trying to divert the attention from study to gaming…


other reasons could be…
- the child feels deprived when others have and parents just give in
- parents use it as entertainment for their kids so that the parents themselves can do their own things
- very persistent child for wanting it
- gift/present from relative especially granny

i believe once the parent open the door to gaming it is very difficult (or almost impossible) to close it…

there was once i got a game console from my company but after some thoughts i decided to sell it online without even open it…

but i don’t stop my child from playing electronic game completely… i do let her play when we come across it like at relative place or IT shops… but no more than half an hour…