I posted about the Xbox one in the consumer electronics section and it got me wondering if you guys have the same issues at home that I do. Sorry if this gets a bit long winded.
my oldest son is turning 10 this Wednesday and my wife's parents are getting him an Xbox one. They were the ones that got him his first gameboy advance when he was probably 4, against my wishes I might add. Its been down hill ever since. All he wants to do is play video games, watch videos of someone else playing games, or talk about them, and it drives me nuts. We do limit him to weekends and one night during the week, and if he has trouble in school or misbehaves, he looses them for the week. We even made a rule, no video game talk at the dinner table. I'll give him credit, he does still enjoy doing things outside with me, like hiking or shooting basketball, he loved our trip to Gettysburg a couple years ago, but the part that really gets me going is that even when we drive somewhere, or visit someone, he's got his face stuck in his iPad or someone's phone. And his attitude is so much better on the weeks he looses his video games, I have so much more fun with him. I'm proud that he can figure this stuff out so quick though. My wife says I'm to hard on him, I say he's spoiled
I like to joke with him that someday when he's old enough to drive, [censored] have no idea how to get anywhere because whenever we go somewhere, he's got his face planted in a videogame
I was born in 1981, so I grew up in a time where not every house hold had a Nintendo, super Nintendo, or Sega genesis. My parents didn't have a lot of money and my brother didn't get a super Nintendo out of them until I was about 10. Never did have any of the hand held stuff like a gameboy. So, I grew up and had a chance to learn to appreciate the outside world. But I'm kinda old fashioned, or old school, what ever you wanna call it. I loved listening to my dads stories about growing up in the 50's and 60's. I loved getting out in the outdoors, camping, hiking, but most of all, I just loved riding somewhere with my dad or going on a trip with the whole family and watch the world go past my window. Don't get me wrong, I often thought about video games too, loved playing them, could even waste a day every now and then playing them. But I also loved getting out and doing different things. We lived out in the country and my brother and I were often out in the woods playing " army ".
I just fear that my son will grow up without having any kind of memories other than the games he played on this trip, or that trip to somewhere. I wife appreciates the fact that I'm concerned but she seems to willing to let it continue the way it is. Do you guys battle with this stuff with your kids? I take some of the blame for not putting my foot down when he was younger, but I'm not his biological father (I've adopted him, his real father if you wanna call him that, has had nothing to do with him since he was two), so at the time I didn't feel it was my place to do that. Am I just over reacting guys? I admit, I still enjoy the ocassional video game myself, even play with him every once in a while, so im not completely with out fault either. Maybe I need to get out of my old school way of thinking and just deal with the times too. The world has really changed just in he short time since I was a kid, so much new technology at our finger tips.
my oldest son is turning 10 this Wednesday and my wife's parents are getting him an Xbox one. They were the ones that got him his first gameboy advance when he was probably 4, against my wishes I might add. Its been down hill ever since. All he wants to do is play video games, watch videos of someone else playing games, or talk about them, and it drives me nuts. We do limit him to weekends and one night during the week, and if he has trouble in school or misbehaves, he looses them for the week. We even made a rule, no video game talk at the dinner table. I'll give him credit, he does still enjoy doing things outside with me, like hiking or shooting basketball, he loved our trip to Gettysburg a couple years ago, but the part that really gets me going is that even when we drive somewhere, or visit someone, he's got his face stuck in his iPad or someone's phone. And his attitude is so much better on the weeks he looses his video games, I have so much more fun with him. I'm proud that he can figure this stuff out so quick though. My wife says I'm to hard on him, I say he's spoiled
I like to joke with him that someday when he's old enough to drive, [censored] have no idea how to get anywhere because whenever we go somewhere, he's got his face planted in a videogameI was born in 1981, so I grew up in a time where not every house hold had a Nintendo, super Nintendo, or Sega genesis. My parents didn't have a lot of money and my brother didn't get a super Nintendo out of them until I was about 10. Never did have any of the hand held stuff like a gameboy. So, I grew up and had a chance to learn to appreciate the outside world. But I'm kinda old fashioned, or old school, what ever you wanna call it. I loved listening to my dads stories about growing up in the 50's and 60's. I loved getting out in the outdoors, camping, hiking, but most of all, I just loved riding somewhere with my dad or going on a trip with the whole family and watch the world go past my window. Don't get me wrong, I often thought about video games too, loved playing them, could even waste a day every now and then playing them. But I also loved getting out and doing different things. We lived out in the country and my brother and I were often out in the woods playing " army ".
I just fear that my son will grow up without having any kind of memories other than the games he played on this trip, or that trip to somewhere. I wife appreciates the fact that I'm concerned but she seems to willing to let it continue the way it is. Do you guys battle with this stuff with your kids? I take some of the blame for not putting my foot down when he was younger, but I'm not his biological father (I've adopted him, his real father if you wanna call him that, has had nothing to do with him since he was two), so at the time I didn't feel it was my place to do that. Am I just over reacting guys? I admit, I still enjoy the ocassional video game myself, even play with him every once in a while, so im not completely with out fault either. Maybe I need to get out of my old school way of thinking and just deal with the times too. The world has really changed just in he short time since I was a kid, so much new technology at our finger tips.
