Op here. Turns out DD was getting sick. That probably contributed to the short lived drama. The ds replaced a lapser we loved for waiting on lines or at restaurants. The ds was pretty much already limited to that. But it was friday afternoon and DH had the baby and the 6 year old so he thot the ds was ok when dd asked.

I suppose I should just have asked how to save on the ds without the backstory. Perhaps that would have avoided the drama.

Anonymous wrote:One of house rules is if you cry over a game it gets shut off. Period. Same goes for fighting with sins over a game. They learn quick.

We do the same. The only reason they get these things is because it will make them happy. If a "happy" thing makes them cry, it goes away. We don't apply any more thought to the circumstances, who instigated what, etc. Now even my 4 year old gets it. This also works for tears over which tv show to watch. Don't care who what or why, tears = off.

What the fuk are you broads arguing about. You hens will bicker over anything. IT'S A GAME.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh hi, it's the "buy a book" poster here. Almost missed my chance!


Buy her a book instead.

Second crying poster again...

My six year old reads too. She's the youngest and we did wait till our son was ten before he received his game. Now they both play, so I'll be the "we will see what you you say when your kids are older" poster.

"Buy a book" poster again. My kids are older -- 10 and 12. The 10 year old has ADHD and some visual tracking issues, and it's really hard to get her to read. The older kid is a good reader but vastly prefers video games. I did cave on a gaming system, much to my regret, but I'm really glad I didn't get them portable gaming systems. One thing I'm learning about older kids is that it's really hard to limit/regulate their electronics use. We have lots of limits etc., but they push and push. So I would really hesitate to start that habit early.

Look, whether my child should have been playing or not on a Friday afternoon with dad being the at home guy with our nanny out with the stomach flu is not for any of you to judge.

DD was playing a very docile game working hard to care for a puppy and saving every point to buy a cat who met his virtual end this afternoon. It was akin to that same six year old saving pennies to buy a stuffed animal that then gets left behind on the bus. She was sad.

To all you holier than thou types! I actually got her out of the funk when I presented her with all of the books from her favorite series that just came in from our scholastic order. She'll be reading most of the weekend.

To all you folks who are going to ask their kids, thank you. We have a call in to our 11 year old nephew too.

I did pull out the manual and it does appear you can save. We just learned it the hard way. Plus since dd didn't figure it out, I'll have to play a few rounds and figure it out. That isn't high on my list of priorities.

Anonymous wrote:Oh hi, it's the "buy a book" poster here. Almost missed my chance!


Buy her a book instead.

Second crying poster again...

My six year old reads too. She's the youngest and we did wait till our son was ten before he received his game. Now they both play, so I'll be the "we will see what you you say when your kids are older" poster.

One of house rules is if you cry over a game it gets shut off. Period. Same goes for fighting with sins over a game. They learn quick.

Oh hi, it's the "buy a book" poster here. Almost missed my chance!


Buy her a book instead.

heart, that is

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope I can defer getting one of these for my DD for as long as humanly possible... Just hearing this scares me.

Ah, the inevitable "above it all" poster. So helpful and pleasant as always.

I have to agree with Above All.

A child is in tears over a computer game.

Something is wrong with this picture - especially since the mother is taking this to heard.

oh brother

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Anonymous wrote:I hope I can defer getting one of these for my DD for as long as humanly possible... Just hearing this scares me.

Ah, the inevitable "above it all" poster. So helpful and pleasant as always.

I have to agree with Above All.

A child is in tears over a computer game.

Something is wrong with this picture - especially since the mother is taking this to heard.

oh brother

Anonymous wrote:I hope I can defer getting one of these for my DD for as long as humanly possible... Just hearing this scares me.

Ah, the inevitable "above it all" poster. So helpful and pleasant as always.

I hope I can defer getting one of these for my DD for as long as humanly possible... Just hearing this scares me.

Yes there is a save capability in the games. Usually it will prompt you before you exit. I'd check the directions on the specific game.

I also had a 6 year old in tears last week when I turned it off before she could save. She wasn't suppose to be playing, so she had to tough out the tears and learn a lesson.

I will ask my DS when he gets home from school. I have a feeling that maybe only the newer DSs have this capability.

I just got off the phone with DH, who has kids today. Poor 6 y.o, DD started crying because her new DS just shut itself off and she lost all the progress she made on her Nintendogs game. She had worked very hard to earn the cat, and just got it the other day. She's kept the DS on and plugged in to avoid losing the cat. She was so excited when she earned it.

Here's the question: is there any way to save the progress on the DS so this doesn't happen again. I haven't had any time to look at it, so I've left poor DD to figure it out.

TIA

I am feeling terrible for her. It's been a long week for all of us.