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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Take the gaming computer away.

--Been there done that[/b][/quote]

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I am the mom of a freshman who got straight As this semester, and that only happened because  I threw a fit about how much he was playing video games.  He is still playing in the bathroom on his IPad in the mornings, and he thinks I do not know. His peers who spend a lot of time playing games have got B's and Cs this semester.  The parents are afraid to upset the apple carts because they do not want to antagonize the students or to make them feel  pressured.

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Ditto.  We had firm limits on DS's gaming time.  Told him if he could maintain a weighted 4.0 then we would trust him to manage his own game time.  Now has a 4.1 and we don't argue about gaming.[/quote]

Guess it depends on the kid. Mine has had straight As since 6th grade and as an 8th grader has to be busted over to the high school for math class because there are no math classes at his bbn public school for his level. The way he is tracking, he will have to be DE at the community college to continue in high school math by the time hes in 11th. We out absolutely no limits on gaming. He also is a serious student with his heart set on MIT. I actually think the gaming stretches his brain, along with the games he spends hours on programming himself.[/quote]

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