Re: OT: Children and video games

>>I'm sorry for this completely OT question, but since you guys
>>are my best friends on the net I put this question to those
>>among you who are parents.
>>
>>My six year old son has become totally obsessed with video
>>games.  He either plays sports games on the computer, or
>>watches sport on the TV, and has totally creased to play
>>in the more traditional sense.  We don't want him to play
>>*all* the time, but when we try to make him do other things
>>he flies into a rage. So my question to the parents among
>>you is: what is your parental policy on video games?
> If none of this works, well, then you may consider following
> Cristina's suggestion and get rid of the stuff altogether. But that's
> not my preferred solution: by disallowing it altogether you may turn
> it into a forbidden fruit.
Exactly.  That's what my father achieved by forbidding
conlanging and fantasy literature! :)

//Cristina writes: well, I think it is too late now. In my house-hold we
NEVER had a tv worth watching, and the computer was for "work only" (
parents' work, not mine).
However, I did get reading restrictions, which did turn into a forbidden
fruit. I was also told repeatedly to "ve afuera a jugar"( which I don't
mind ) and "cultiva tus amistades"(nice imagery there)


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