Middle schooler with ADHD. Watches a lot of YouTube. Yes we try aggressively to manage it. Yes it impacts his grades.

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Anonymous wrote:Its a parenting issue. Our kids share an office with a parent so they know better. Its not an option in our home. Plenty of time after school and during breaks when everything else is done.

Cool story. I let my kid do it because he's only a few years from college and he needs to learn self directed responsibility and time management. He also has straight As.
Unless you plan on going to college with your children it sounds like you are the one who has the parenting "issue."

If your kid has straight As and plays video games in class, what's that tell you about the rigor of his education?

His working memory is in the top %. He can walk and chew gum at the same time too.

Anonymous wrote:Mine watches Netflix or YouTube during class.

My 8th grade DS is on YouTube all day. He also is ADHD and I’ve come to realize he has a different learning style. I do require him to keep up his grades and he has.

Even with cameras on, there's other devices around. I would bet a teen NOT playing video games during class is the exception, not the norm.

Are your kids required to have their cameras on? My kid's teachers will call on students (they have to have their cameras on) and if they don't have any idea what's going on, they don't get full participation points for that class. I doubt I could follow chemistry or algebra while playing video games but maybe some kids can. They are also required to submit their class notes every Friday for a grade. So if you can take notes and play video games and be ready to answer questions, I guess it's all good.

There are thousand of kids who are gaming, chatting , you tubing etc during class. They Can’t take it anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its a parenting issue. Our kids share an office with a parent so they know better. Its not an option in our home. Plenty of time after school and during breaks when everything else is done.

Cool story. I let my kid do it because he's only a few years from college and he needs to learn self directed responsibility and time management. He also has straight As.
Unless you plan on going to college with your children it sounds like you are the one who has the parenting "issue."

If your kid has straight As and plays video games in class, what's that tell you about the rigor of his education?

Not a damn thing.

-NP

Mine was. Now I keep careful track of where phones and the Nintendo switch are.

Now she doodles during lectures, which is fine with me. I don’t let her use headphones so I know she is getting the material.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its a parenting issue. Our kids share an office with a parent so they know better. Its not an option in our home. Plenty of time after school and during breaks when everything else is done.

Cool story. I let my kid do it because he's only a few years from college and he needs to learn self directed responsibility and time management. He also has straight As.
Unless you plan on going to college with your children it sounds like you are the one who has the parenting "issue."

If your kid has straight As and plays video games in class, what's that tell you about the rigor of his education?

Anonymous wrote:Its a parenting issue. Our kids share an office with a parent so they know better. Its not an option in our home. Plenty of time after school and during breaks when everything else is done.

Cool story. I let my kid do it because he's only a few years from college and he needs to learn self directed responsibility and time management. He also has straight As.
Unless you plan on going to college with your children it sounds like you are the one who has the parenting "issue."

They do the same in the classroom. I teach in MCPS and when we were in person, we could use GoGuardian, but not during distance learning. Students know how to get around GoGuardian.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its a parenting issue. Our kids share an office with a parent so they know better. Its not an option in our home. Plenty of time after school and during breaks when everything else is done.

Would it be a parenting issue if they did it in their own rooms or would you blame the teacher?

Shhhh. They do it in school buildings too. Yiu just didn’t know.

Our district uses Go Guardian so no they didn't. Why don't they have GG for parents?

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Anonymous wrote:Its a parenting issue. Our kids share an office with a parent so they know better. Its not an option in our home. Plenty of time after school and during breaks when everything else is done.

Would it be a parenting issue if they did it in their own rooms or would you blame the teacher?

Shhhh. They do it in school buildings too. Yiu just didn’t know.

Yes and I can't manage it. My job is too time-consuming and I can't effectively manage it.

11th grader, and yes, all the time. But he has straight As and is a great conversationalist about what he's learning at dinner so if it works for him and that's how he learns I'm okay with it.

(Would I definitely prefer he have a different learning style, yes! But I'm not going to try to force him to do something that may not work just because it seems 'bad'?)