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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I manage this by refusing to buy video games. We don’t have them and don’t play them. My kids hate me, but that’s okay. It’s called parenting.[/quote]

Their friends will have them.   [/quote]

Yes, all the kids in school have them. My kids complain, and especially around birthdays and Christmas, that they are the only ones without a Nintendo or an x-box. I do that annoying mom thing of asking them if all their friends jumped off a bridge, would they jump, too. They get annoyed and exasperated and tell me I’m so, so mean, yadda, yadda.

I can’t control my kid from having a play date at someone’s house and playing Mario Bros., but I can stop it from entering my home.

I’m not a high powered businesswoman, but I can negotiate better than a ten year old. No video games in my house. PERIOD.[/quote]

My DS has a friend like this and guess who is the one always clamoring to play the switch when he comes over while the kids who have access at home are up for doing other things.[/quote]

Yeah, I get that and I don’t care. So what if my son clamors to play that switch for an hour the two or three times a year he has a playdate at your house? He’s not doing it every day. It’s like having an huge sundae twice a year and eating healthy the rest of the time vs having a scoop or two of ice cream everyday. Which one do you think will make you fatter?[/quote]

So you’re admitting your kid has no idea how to self regulate and will ignore his friends to get his fix. [/quote]

In the end he’s gonna self-regulate way more than the kid who plays everyday. Just like the occasional ice cream eater will do far better with diabetes control than the daily vanilla scoop for breakfast.

This is no duh common sense that seems to evade you. [/quote]

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