These happy little faces may not be so happy by the end of the day week!
You see ... ...
These 3 little monkeys are so wrap up in some form of Technology,
That i'm sure they have forgotten how to act like normal children play with toys that are not related to some sort of electronic gaming device!
^ this one loves the dsi
but is happy so long he is playing something.
^ this one loves the PC
^ this one loves the play station.
In our house we have way to many gaming devices,
Last night we explain to the children That there is just way to much ' electrical game time' going on, and not enough family time or outside play happening, so we are going to pack it all up besides one computer
They will only be allowed to play their 'games' on weekends.
Our mission if they choose to except is to ban them from all sorts of gaming devices,
Including the babysitter dsi, for 2 weeks then
they can have them back on weekends.
Anyone who knows my children, would know that this is not going to be an easy task!
Any words of wisdom would be muchly appreciated!
How do you keep your children entertained when they would prefer stay home and play there 'games' over going out with friends and they don't want to play with actual toys?
Point & Shoot - Playing along with Sunny & Scout
There is only a few more days left, until my 'full version System Mechanic 10' Giveaway ends.
5 comments:
Great idea and sweet photos.
oooh thats a tough one! totally agree with you though.. im not looking forward to that stage!
On the up side you kiddlets are super cute, love the photos! x
My kids are younger so don`t have this problem yet although the older one (18 months) points at the dvd player constantly when he is bored (or I am feeding his brother, ie, can`t play with him much)
This is a HUGE problem here that I have seen though- kids on DS`s constantly! One of the mum`s I teach said her kids have set time limits- They are allowed 30 minutes on week days and up to 2 hours on weekends- this includes the time they play it in the car if going somewhere. Her older one likes to read so this isn`t much of a problem as once his time is up he will read comics (the norm here) but the younger one has problems (7)...the mother said she has tried to get him interested in sport but he is just not into it BUT he likes to help her in the kitchen and bake cakes etc so she lets him help her as much as he wants.
Board games? As a family! Sorry, no other suggestions. Not sure if you want them to watch tv instead but movie nights during the week could be an option too. Or a big big puzzle- 2000 pieces or something!
Let us know how you go- I think I need to put a ban on my husband. He is up til after midnight each night playing computer games.
Good luck! And your kids are super cute!
We only havea PC and iPhones but I found the tsunamis were even on those more than we'd like. We just went cold turkey one day. They get 4 x 15 mins blocks a weekend and that's it. It was surprisingly easy and, oh joy!, they are playing together again! Good luck, hon, but you won't look back. x
Play dates! They tend to be more active active when they are on playdates (speaking from my nanny experience- no kids of my own yet!) I also banned the playstation, I figured the parents weren't paying me to have him on the playstation all day!
I say let them be bored, it is annoying in the beginning with the "muuum, I'm booored, there's nothing to dooo!" but they get over it and learn to entertain themselves eventually and that makes it easier in the long run. Oh and the kids I looked after seemed to get endless enjoyment out of growing things, so maybe they could start a veggie patch? It is so nice to see their pride when they have successfully grown something the family can eat for dinner. Start with something hardy and quick growng and move on to the trickier stuff if they do well with those.
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