<![CDATA[All About Kids' Gaming: Addiction, What Age Is Suitable, etc]]>Hi All,


At what age is suitable to get PSP? Any recommended place where can get at good prices & with lots of games to play & update?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/7598/all-about-kids-gaming-addiction-what-age-is-suitable-etcRSS for NodeThu, 23 Apr 2026 15:35:55 GMTThu, 17 Dec 2009 02:53:48 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to All About Kids' Gaming: Addiction, What Age Is Suitable, etc on Thu, 10 Dec 2020 03:00:39 GMT]]>Nurturing Healthy Media Habits for Your Family

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worryfather:
Luvkid, how you monitor his time frame? you really keep track of the time physically and nag him if he exceeded the time frame?

it is very tiring leh...
The home computer is only allowed to ON on weekend,ie friday nite,saturday & sunday. As both DH and i r working, and both DS in student care/school & child care centre respectively, i will be able to control the computer at home :evil:


I will set 1 hour for DS1 to play, nag/remind him 5 min before time up. Ya, it is tiring but got to do it leh. If he dun stop when time is up, i will cut short or even \"confiscate\" his next computer time, so he also got no choice and have to stop lor.... πŸ˜›


He is still young, still able to control, so i pray hard he will be the same in the near future.... πŸ™

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/203723https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/203723Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:46:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Kids' Gaming: Addiction, What Age Is Suitable, etc on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:13:05 GMT]]>

Luvkid:
nettie:

How do you control the DS or computer games addiction of your child?


Do you have a time out for that? Any punishment?

I share my experience in another thread, since there is something similar, i copy my post to here too. πŸ˜‰


Well, in DS1 (8yo) case, he starts to play educational CD-ROM game when he was mid k1. Not a MUST for him to play on every weekend at then. When he was in P1, it is a MUST to play on Friday nite, saturday & sunday. But i restricted everyday time frame to 1 hour. Occasionally increase extra half an hour for his good behaviour. And there was time, computer time was OUT for him (over 1 weekend) due to his irresponsible acts . His initial educational game turned out to be internet games , although once a while he would go into the school learning portal..... :!: I was like :x But just close one eye to let him play, as long as THEY (the games) are not harmful...... :roll: Now i make a must for him to play evenly among educational & internet games & the school assigned learning portal. I still got to monitor closely for his time frame though.... :?:


Now as DS2 (4 yo) gets older, will also request his computer time He will watch LION DANCE, Fairy Tales in youtube....And games \"passed down\" by his brother Surprisngly, he handles the mouse well enough and know what to click though none of us, nor the school has taught him to do that. 😐 He was caught switch on the computer yesterday and started to click on the game he wanted to play!! :stupid:


My computer at home can be quite hectic on weekends (friday, staurday & sunday), cos 3 ppl (DS1, DS2 & mummy here :oops: )in queue to use it. Luckily, DH is not one who loves to stick infront of it...... πŸ˜“

I think certain kind of monitoring is good. Kids can addicted to all these easily. They will play until forgot about homework and everything else.
Need to teach them how to manage their time.

I always heard my col complained that their kids played online game till 1 or 2 am.
:!:

Luvkid, how you monitor his time frame? you really keep track of the time physically and nag him if he exceeded the time frame?
it is very tiring leh...

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/171868https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/171868Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:13:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Kids' Gaming: Addiction, What Age Is Suitable, etc on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:55:16 GMT]]>

nettie:
i told my maid to lock up the DS this morning and he reallie look very sad.. it seems the end of the world!


I control the time he can access to the PC now. Just now after time up, he got kick out. He stand up and went to the bathroom straight! hahahaha.. πŸ™‚

I always need to nag at him to take a shower almost every time he come back from school but now.. i need not to πŸ˜‰

How i wish the DS also can have this time out thingy like PC!
DS also gave me the 'end of the world' look each time I removed his DS and told him he's not getting it back till weekends or till the sch hols. It can be very tempting to want to give it back to him on normal school days seeing that 'forlorn' look on his face but seriously, we need to mean what we said and keep it away from him until the agreed time frame.

You will be surprised that he can very well 'survived' without that thingy, and hey, you will probably even noticed that he is now more 'pro-active' in doing basic stuff like bathing, having dinner and even doing his home work without having to 'nag' at him. That's because his 'mind' is no longer on the DS, so now he can 'concentrate' more on doing what he is supposed to be doing... πŸ˜„

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/168204https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/168204Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:55:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Kids' Gaming: Addiction, What Age Is Suitable, etc on Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:44:08 GMT]]>

nettie:
How do you control the DS or computer games addiction of your child?


Do you have a time out for that? Any punishment?
I share my experience in another thread, since there is something similar, i copy my post to here too. πŸ˜‰


Well, in DS1 (8yo) case, he starts to play educational CD-ROM game when he was mid k1. Not a MUST for him to play on every weekend at then. When he was in P1, it is a MUST to play on Friday nite, saturday & sunday. But i restricted everyday time frame to 1 hour. Occasionally increase extra half an hour for his good behaviour. And there was time, computer time was OUT for him (over 1 weekend) due to his irresponsible acts . His initial educational game turned out to be internet games , although once a while he would go into the school learning portal..... :!: I was like :x But just close one eye to let him play, as long as THEY (the games) are not harmful...... :roll: Now i make a must for him to play evenly among educational & internet games & the school assigned learning portal. I still got to monitor closely for his time frame though.... :?:


Now as DS2 (4 yo) gets older, will also request his computer time He will watch LION DANCE, Fairy Tales in youtube....And games \"passed down\" by his brother Surprisngly, he handles the mouse well enough and know what to click though none of us, nor the school has taught him to do that. 😐 He was caught switch on the computer yesterday and started to click on the game he wanted to play!! :stupid:


My computer at home can be quite hectic on weekends (friday, staurday & sunday), cos 3 ppl (DS1, DS2 & mummy here :oops: )in queue to use it. Luckily, DH is not one who loves to stick infront of it...... πŸ˜“

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/166340https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/166340Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:44:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Kids' Gaming: Addiction, What Age Is Suitable, etc on Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:30:11 GMT]]>i told my maid to lock up the DS this morning and he reallie look very sad.. it seems the end of the world!


I control the time he can access to the PC now. Just now after time up, he got kick out. He stand up and went to the bathroom straight! hahahaha.. πŸ™‚

I always need to nag at him to take a shower almost every time he come back from school but now.. i need not to πŸ˜‰

How i wish the DS also can have this time out thingy like PC!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/166225https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/166225Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:30:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Kids' Gaming: Addiction, What Age Is Suitable, etc on Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:04:23 GMT]]>

nettie:
but do you lock up the DS and give him back during the weekend?


I recently found out that my boy play under the blanket when he is supposed to be asleep by 12am. :x :x during the weekdays.
I think most kids cannot 'control' their own addiction. The more they play, the more excited they get and they just want to continue playing...regardless of the time, same goes for my DS :roll: So I first started by giving it to him only during weekends, but he don't really get much time to play coz he has some enrichment courses going on. So now I just give it to him only when its sch hols. Finds that it works best coz then he will be able to fully 'concentrate' on his studies during school term πŸ˜„ Of course must also make sure he finishes his sch holiday work first lar...

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/166132https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/166132Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:04:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Kids' Gaming: Addiction, What Age Is Suitable, etc on Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:27:41 GMT]]>

nettie:
but do you lock up the DS and give him back during the weekend?


I recently found out that my boy play under the blanket when he is supposed to be asleep by 12am. :x :x during the weekdays.
Sounds like that's what you should do since he can't control his addiction...

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/166087https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/166087Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:27:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Kids' Gaming: Addiction, What Age Is Suitable, etc on Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:18:54 GMT]]>

nettie:
....my boy play under the blanket when he is supposed to be asleep ....

this is bad ! He is addicted.

you have to help him fight his addiction fast.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/165885https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/165885Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:18:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Kids' Gaming: Addiction, What Age Is Suitable, etc on Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:20:53 GMT]]>but do you lock up the DS and give him back during the weekend?


I recently found out that my boy play under the blanket when he is supposed to be asleep by 12am. :x :x during the weekdays.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/165826https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/165826Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:20:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Kids' Gaming: Addiction, What Age Is Suitable, etc on Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:33:50 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/165792https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/165792Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:33:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Kids' Gaming: Addiction, What Age Is Suitable, etc on Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:32:50 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/165789https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/165789Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:32:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Kids' Gaming: Addiction, What Age Is Suitable, etc on Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:13:38 GMT]]>How do you control the DS or computer games addiction of your child?


Do you have a time out for that? Any punishment?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/165773https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/165773Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:13:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Kids' Gaming: Addiction, What Age Is Suitable, etc on Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:18:23 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/130348https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/130348Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:18:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Kids' Gaming: Addiction, What Age Is Suitable, etc on Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:54:47 GMT]]>

clarabella:
:salute: to buds πŸ™‚

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:
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?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/129713https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/129713Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:54:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Kids' Gaming: Addiction, What Age Is Suitable, etc on Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:14:37 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/129662https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/129662Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:14:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Kids' Gaming: Addiction, What Age Is Suitable, etc on Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:31:54 GMT]]>

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.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/129340https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/129340Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:31:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Kids' Gaming: Addiction, What Age Is Suitable, etc on Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:05:47 GMT]]>

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.

:goodpost:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/129321https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/129321Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:05:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Kids' Gaming: Addiction, What Age Is Suitable, etc on Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:09:50 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/129236https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/129236Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:09:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Kids' Gaming: Addiction, What Age Is Suitable, etc on Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:16:13 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/128932https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/128932Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:16:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Kids' Gaming: Addiction, What Age Is Suitable, etc on Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:51:39 GMT]]>would introducing electronic games like DS Lite, PSP and Wii to a 3yo be too young?


Playing on weekends - total an hour plus

would appreciate advise thanks :roll:

edit - main purpose - hand / eye coordination
brain game type ...

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/128919https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/128919Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:51:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Kids' Gaming: Addiction, What Age Is Suitable, etc on Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:12:15 GMT]]>Before you question the magic wish listings,

do ya have at least between 10k to 50k of
KPs yet? :evil:

Hey ppl, dun sidetrack too far hor... this is the
thread for the PSP-age-appropriate postings
not the Kindle.

Btw, Chief... if i remember correctly we have
an existing thread with regards to handheld
games before ya know.. and recently before
this thread there was another started by i
think Emelyn, on a question... are my kids
deprived.... something like that lah haa...
cannot remember exactly. Must check agn.

Mebbe we can merge threads since the nature
of the posts are similarly linked to one another? 😐

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/91767https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/91767Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:12:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Kids' Gaming: Addiction, What Age Is Suitable, etc on Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:59:41 GMT]]>

ChiefKiasu:
I just curious... for the parents that are completely against electronic gaming, what do you think of the e-book readers that are so hot these days, from Amazon's Kindle to... this:

https://www.iknow.com.sg/products/productslist/productdetails/tabid/81/p-157-storybook.aspx

Would you buy them?
My initial reaction was that how can an electronic book reader replaces books?!? Like radiantmom, I love the smell of new books and enjoy turning pages. It's like everytime I turn a page, I look forward to discovering where the author is going to bring me next in the plot.

But, lately, I'm reading Dan Brown's \"Lost Symbol\" and Stieg Larsson's \"The Girl who Kicked a Hornet's Nest\" and these books are heavy to lug around. So, have been wondering about the Kindle too. Saw an episode on Oprah Winfrey who was raving about the Kindle and now I'm curious !

Why, Chief! Is the Kindle going to be part of future Auction Wish List too?!? πŸ™ :drool: :drool:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/91760https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/91760Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:59:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Kids' Gaming: Addiction, What Age Is Suitable, etc on Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:30:31 GMT]]>

ChiefKiasu:
I just curious... for the parents that are completely against electronic gaming, what do you think of the e-book readers that are so hot these days, from Amazon's Kindle to... this:

https://www.iknow.com.sg/products/productslist/productdetails/tabid/81/p-157-storybook.aspx

Would you buy them?
I still prefer the smell of books leh! Same sentiment as to why I prefer to subscribe to newspapers than read the online news. The feeling is .. just DIFFERENT. Gosh, sounds so old fashion but at least I SURF internet and BLOG ...

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