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Leto · 12-16-2005, 02:29 PM

how timely and interesting. I too am buying (have bought) my 8 y/o, as well as my 13 y/o each a DS for Christmas.

But they will not be having it in their rooms at night. The same rules apply as with the PS2 - after poor self moderation, the kids all have to obtain their memory cards from us, and get to use the games for a specific duration (let's say 2 hrs) and then turn the cards back in.

The machine is unplugged during the school week as well.

So we have no problem playing the harsh parent, and many of their friends think that way, or did until my son's neighbour friend had his father actually trash the PS2 because of poor report card and a hidden copy of GTA2.

Also, on the topic of sleep - kids and adolescants require 10 hrs of sleep. Most growth is done during sleep. We don't buy the arguement that teenagers have different sleep patterns. I'm not going to have them wandering the house while I am trying to sleep my self!. Nope the rule in my house: bed times to be observed. If they want to read a bit that's fine, as long as they are winding down.

So my 16 y/o: in bed by 10:30. yes he can read for a bit.
My 13 y/o: 9:30.
the 8 y/o: 8:30

no gameboys, or DS or other game systems in the rooms. Forget about the computer or TV. And us parents being IT professionals means that they can't pull one over on us with respect to the computer.

12-16-2005, 02:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
Leto Junkie Location: The Danforth	how timely and interesting. I too am buying (have bought) my 8 y/o, as well as my 13 y/o each a DS for Christmas. But they will not be having it in their rooms at night. The same rules apply as with the PS2 - after poor self moderation, the kids all have to obtain their memory cards from us, and get to use the games for a specific duration (let's say 2 hrs) and then turn the cards back in. The machine is unplugged during the school week as well. So we have no problem playing the harsh parent, and many of their friends think that way, or did until my son's neighbour friend had his father actually trash the PS2 because of poor report card and a hidden copy of GTA2. Also, on the topic of sleep - kids and adolescants require 10 hrs of sleep. Most growth is done during sleep. We don't buy the arguement that teenagers have different sleep patterns. I'm not going to have them wandering the house while I am trying to sleep my self!. Nope the rule in my house: bed times to be observed. If they want to read a bit that's fine, as long as they are winding down. So my 16 y/o: in bed by 10:30. yes he can read for a bit. My 13 y/o: 9:30. the 8 y/o: 8:30 no gameboys, or DS or other game systems in the rooms. Forget about the computer or TV. And us parents being IT professionals means that they can't pull one over on us with respect to the computer. __________________ You said you didn't give a fuck about hockey And I never saw someone say that before You held my hand and we walked home the long way You were loosening my grip on Bobby Orr http://dune.wikia.com/wiki/Leto_Atreides_I