Can anyone help me i have tried to get my son interested in something other than his game boy?
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Toss the game boy and he will find other stuff to do.
Just take it away from him. I give my kids 4-6 hours per week and I will get things to teach them like science etc.
Take it away from him. Use it as a reward for good behavior or doing other things.
If he has constant access to it and it's what he constantly desires, he will constantly use it.
yh man u gotta let dese things lie
it used 2 happen 2 me n my dad tried absolutely evrythin
i grew out of it wen psp's n mor complicated n kl ddevices woz comin out!
oh also n my dad confiscated my games
Just have him play the gameboy for an allotted time (like an hour a day) then it gets put up.Good luck!
thats normal especialy since u tried the other things what u should do is give him a set time limit everyday then say ok go do other stuff
I truly think that video games should be limited. What good is gonna come out of him staring at a tiny little screen playing games. I have a 12, and 14 year old who loves video games but they only get it after homework adn chores are done, but it is very limited. Also depending on their grades in school determines whether they get to play it or not. D's or F's there are no video games until the grades come up.
I believe in restrictions and limits.
Limit his electronic time. I did that with my son. He complained at first, but now he's fine with it. They learn to adapt and find other things to do.
Well, I don't have kids of my own but from what I see that sounds like typical 12 year old behavior. I would keep trying though. Maybe you could just limit the amount of time he can use the game boy or maybe have him earn time with the game boy by doing other things first. It seems like the young people these days are obsessed with video games. When I was younger we did play them, but only after it was dark and we had to come inside or something...not all the time. Good for you for trying to encourage him to do other things!
Take the Gameboy away; lock it up/hide it if necessary. Make sure he has other things to do before doing so (such as the other things you tried before). You have to be the parent here, and stick to your guns; don't give in and hand over the game the first time he complains.
Take it away from him or you'll end up with this:
"""yh man u gotta let dese things lie
it used 2 happen 2 me n my dad tried absolutely evrythin
i grew out of it wen psp's n mor complicated n kl ddevices woz comin out!
oh also n my dad confiscated my games """
take the bloody thing off him then
take it from him and give him a book
You are the one that has to be firm and take away the game and keep it away. You wouldn't provide alcohol to an alcoholic would you? Your son has a problem and you have to help him. Take away the game and any other video games he has. Limit computer time to school projects, he will eventually find other pursuits to occupy his time. Do this now so he can be over it before he turns into a teenager.
Sorry but you all have it so wrong. I'm 13 and i.e his age. The best thing to do is to sit him down and calmly tell him that you would prefer it if he didn't play on it so much. Give him time to speak, do not talk over him, keep the entire thing calm. Have a disscusion not an argument. Taking the GameBoy away would leave him feeling hurt and that you don't care what he feels. Put a time restriction on the gameboy, but make it leanient (2 and a half hours instead of half an hour kind of thing). Ask him what he would like to do. If you get the classic "i dunno" make suggestions but chaces are he will come up with an idea for a club. Gradually reduce the time on the GameBoy (2 minutes a day seems to work well) but dont tell him, if he doesnt notice the time reducing he wont be so shocked and argue as much. I hope this helps.
It really bugs me how parents think that proving they are in control by taking things away without cause. Remember, your kids are people too. They have feelings just like you.
cut down the time he is allowed on his game boy all these things do is make children disappear into a fantasy world of violence and anger..
1 word... sports! Some kids like different things so try something fast-pace like paintball or laser tag, even lacrosse. Or if he needs something slow-paced like golf. And if he does his best let him play his G-Boy. You can coach or something, you'll both be having fun and it will give him exercise and off his G-boy! I'm a kid... I would know!
Dang he really isnt into much...I would suggest taking the game boy away from, maybe get him into sports. Cant have kids sitting around all day playing that game boy or PS2.
You can try getting him a pet.
Your probably gonna have to take it away for a week or maybe more. Once he has it taken away, he will have to find other things to occupy his time and probably find something he really likes to do.
Take his game boy away from him! Then he will have to be interested in something else...
As a 38yo father of two, I am genuinely appalled that the calmest, most rational, sensitive and effective advice in this thread appears to have come from a 13yo! Exercising controlling, my-way-or-the-highway tactics is a surefire way of generating conflict and power struggles. How would any of us react if someone denied us access to our favourite pastime simply because they didn't like us doing it? Mutally agreed limits and contracts are the answer.
Secondly, why are videogames and gaming seen in such a negative light? It can't be a generational thing because I've had videogames, consoles and computers for the last 30 years or so and I love gaming as much now as I did then. I've also made a good career out of computing, and could have made a better one out of programming - especially game programming. Would you be as concerned if your son was playing football as obsessively as he does his gameboy? Or a musical instrument? Not everyone wants to be out in the fresh air; I was at my happiest on my own, head stuck in a book or finally triumphing over Super Mario Bros, I didn't want to get muddy in a field or kick a ball. I don't think Bill Gates or Steve Jobs ever made the football team either, come to that. I don't mean to sound harsh but with electronic entertainment becoming bigger every year and the industry crying out for new talent, shouldn't you at least consider that your sons interest might be a positive thing? When my eldest son told me how much he loved gaming, I not only understood how he felt but explained some of the careers he could train for in the gaming industry. Perhaps he still thinks of Quality Assurance beta-testing as getting paid to play games but he's now studying hard so he can go to University to read Computing, Business and Game Design. Perhaps the geek shall inherit the earth after all, hmmm?
my 9 year old loves his game boy too, but to cut back how much he uses it put some rules to it after all we are the parents. He is only aloud to play every other day for an hour,more than an hour he needs to earn.So he reads for 1 hour for every hour extra of game time. He will also save his game time for a Saturday.My son is a straight A student,so he don't really need to read,etc., but this is better than the games all day,my son also does sports such as soccer, baseball,he also does cub scouts and rides his bike alot, he really likes the rules and he has actually cut back the amount of time he uses his game boy.
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