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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder if many of the posters here even understand how certain video games work.  A game or match might take 5-10 minutes to complete.  If you close the iPad or check the timer or do something else during that time the game is ruined or has to be restarted.  What I do with iPad time is set an external timer that everyone can see, we use Alexa, and then the give my kids a 5–10 minute warning when the timer is about to expire so that they can finish up what they are doing and not start a new game that they won’t have time to complete.

I agree that your son was rude, but look at it from his perspective as well, he gets limited video game time each day and he was being asked to ruin part of that time by having his game or match interrupted.  Can you understand how if you get 30 minutes a day of something that you really like, losing 5-10 minutes of it to check a timer might be really upsetting.[/quote]

You know what, there are interruptions in school, work, and throughout life.  This kid is in school and when his teacher tells him to do something he doesn't want to do, will he react the same way?  He is going to have a hard life with his attitude and OP is to blame.  I would have taken that Ipad from him for a long time.[/quote]

Oh give me a break.  Yes interruptions happen but there is no need to create fake unnecessary interruptions just for the hell of it and then punish your children because they don’t react with politeness to the interruptions.

If you were hungry and eating dinner and I came over to your house and said “put the knife and fork down now, I need to discuss Xmas presents right away (even though Xmas is 6 months away)” I highly doubt whether you would polite.  What if you were slightly rude to me, would the proper response be to throw the meal in the trash and then say “well no more dinner tonight”[/quote]

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