ltljohn Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 I bought my 6yr old an expensive video game for Christmas last year and all he wants to do is ride his bike, kick around a soccer ball and throw a frisbee with dad. Whatever will I do? He will never fit in at school. Link to comment
Mike Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Sounds to me like he may need counseling. Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Sounds to me like he may need counseling. And medication. Link to comment
BFish Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 He has VDD video disdain disorder. Link to comment
elkroeger Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Be careful. Next thing you know, he'll be diagnosed with HDTV or worse yet, SDHC. If they tell you he's got CD/DVD, you'll need to put him in a remedial class. Just accept it, and love him for who he is. Cultivate his strengths..... Link to comment
yabadabapal Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 A normal, healthy, loving and much loved kid. Oh my gosh, Get help as soon a possible. Link to comment
Rinkydink Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Get him some Ritalin fast... Link to comment
Huzband Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Balance it with a refrigerator box for his BD, & all will be well. Or you could be super cool & add a couple of washing machine boxes. That way he could build a fort. Seriously, ditch the video game before he gets wise. Link to comment
pbharvey Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Balance it with a refrigerator box for his BD, & all will be well. Went over a customer's house last week, they had a boy who just graduated from college. In his bedroom was a flat screen TV mounted on the wall, various video games, a 5th of whiskey on his nightstand, and a teddy bear in his unmade bed. These were inside the beltway people, big schools, big money. Sad. Link to comment
ltljohn Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 Balance it with a refrigerator box for his BD, & all will be well. Or you could be super cool & add a couple of washing machine boxes. That way he could build a fort. Seriously, ditch the video game before he gets wise. No box forts, I built a tree house instead. He even helped along with my grand niece. Link to comment
Tom R. Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Congratulations!! Keep doing whatever you're doing!! Link to comment
Huzband Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 You call that a tree house? Looks to be about waist high to me. Oh, wait. You're shor....err, I mean vertically challenged. Link to comment
Huzband Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Congratulations!! Keep doing whatever you're doing!! Don't encourage the boy! Link to comment
azkaisr Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Mine are the same way. Jackson turned 9 last Friday and we got him a WII game which he enjoyed. But within an hour of getting it, we were out front throwing the football again. With the weather cooling, we finally get to spend more time outside again here in Phoenix. Well the weather will be cooling soon. Was 107 yesterday still. But when it does.... Link to comment
Kathy R Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 you just can't make any money on them if you allow them to just use their imagination Link to comment
JayW Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Aren't there video games that can emulate all those activities on a screen? Remind him of how much safer that would be. You can even get a video game of your own and play with him online from the next room! Jay Link to comment
tallman Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Couple of things. First, you obviously bought the wrong game. Second, the kid isn't any good playing them so he doesn't. EZ enuf to fix. Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Aren't there video games that can emulate all those activities on a screen? Remind him of how much safer that would be. You can even get a video game of your own and play with him online from the next room! You're talking about "mediated experience", a term that's been around for a while. Until they can duplicate all of the sensory input associated with the real thing (see Brainstorm or The Matrix), mediated experiences will fall pitifully far short of the real thing. Link to comment
Ken H. Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Be careful, the next thing you know he’ll be a teenager with little interest in getting his driver’s license and less in owning a car. Link to comment
Matts_12GS Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Be careful, the next thing you know he’ll be a teenager with little interest in getting his driver’s license and less in owning a car. Knowing those two, I don't think that'll be possible. Vroooooom! Link to comment
ltljohn Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 Be careful, the next thing you know he’ll be a teenager with little interest in getting his driver’s license and less in owning a car. Isn't that another thread????? No chance of that he has been asking about me taking him for a ride on the bike and he loves roller coasters. Link to comment
CoarsegoldKid Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Balance it with a refrigerator box for his BD, & all will be well. Or you could be super cool & add a couple of washing machine boxes. That way he could build a fort. My formative childhood years. Thanks for the memories. Link to comment
Ohio48 Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Congratulations!! Keep doing whatever you're doing!! What he said +1000 Link to comment
steve.foote Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 John, you have to be very careful at this age. These kinds of problem kids often want to join the cub scouts and stuff. Link to comment
ltljohn Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 John, you have to be very careful at this age. These kinds of problem kids often want to join the cub scouts and stuff. He has mentioned that but it may conflict with his swimming lessons so I may be safe there. Link to comment
Matts_12GS Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 John, you have to be very careful at this age. These kinds of problem kids often want to join the cub scouts and stuff. He has mentioned that but it may conflict with his swimming lessons so I may be safe there. Yeah, dang paramilitary organizations Link to comment
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