Video Games: Tween
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12 Year Old Boys...
Asked by J.E. from Los Angeles
on April 12, 2011
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My girlfriend has a 12 year old boy that is truly driving her nuts. I give as good of advice as I can, but really I raised girls, Im sure its different. Her son, has s...
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- For reference to my answer let me say that I have a 14 year old boy and understand the challenges of being a single parent to a teen. With that being said - Da...
- Maybe he will move on with Dad. Then Dad will see just what he is doing and pretty soon get tired of a 13 yo who is disrespectful and demanding. Guaranteed the boy w...
- Hello, The dad is buying the son. It is going to be a hard battle to keep him from going to his dad's. She can limit all of the things he is now being allowed to us...
Video Games
Asked by J.P. from Dayton
on May 16, 2008
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Not too long ago we bought a video game system for our family. My son, who will be 6 in Aug. has always liked video games and has a game boy. Since we got the new syst...
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- I know some kids can get real hooked to video games badly. My younger son is hooked to it. I had been trying to get him to play less with video games. So, I decided...
- I just heard last week on a morning show allow anyone to have ONLY 2 hours of SCREEN TIME daily! That is computers, TVs, hand held games - or anything...
- My suggestion would be to set a time that the system can be played and a list of everything that needs to be done before it can be played (chores, etc.). If everythin...
Bed Time for 10 Year Old
Asked by A.M. from Washington DC
on May 5, 2008
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I am the mother of 3 healthy, active children. Recently, my husband and I have been in disagreement about what time my oldest (10 years old) should be allowed to stay...
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- I put my 4th grader to bed around 8/8:30. We start with brushing teeth, reading to him, etc at 8, and it's between 8:30/8;45 by the time I turn out the light. He doesn...
- My son just turned 11 in March. Because you are the one that gets them down and up then you know what is best. I would probably try letting him stay up another 15 mi...
- Children definitely need sleep for their overall health and brain power, but keep in mind every child is has a different body clock. Some are set a little later than o...
Wii or Playstation 3??
Asked by L.F. from Kansas City
on June 27, 2008
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My children are getting older and we are considering purchasing a gaming system for Christmas for our family so I'm trying to research them now that way I can know how...
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- I recommend the nintendo products they tend to put out the most family friendly games. Many of which you can only get for Wii. If your kids are into serious gaming, ...
- I would recommend the Wii system. My kids love it and they aren't couch potatoes b/c it makes them move around. I would also recommend looking for the systems now......
- I personally don't know much about gaming systems, however my husband is kind of an expert. So I asked him your question & he said the Wii. His response is based on ...
Limits on Video Games
Asked by R.A. from Dallas
on September 6, 2008
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I am wondering what kinds of limits other families are setting regarding video games. I have a soon to be 6 year old son, and his biological father continues to take ...
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- I had to respond to this one, I may be the only one that is going to say this also. My son will be 8 in three weeks. He has had an xbox since he was 4, he has a Ninten...
- R., You've gotten some excellent advice. I have a saying that my kids came to know well..." Garbage in-garbage out ". In other words if they fill their brains with...
- We have the same difficulties with my step-kids' mother. She doesn't want to be the bad guy on anything and also wants the kids to grow up way too fast. We will not ...
Summer for a 12 and 10 Year Old - Leave Them Home Alone?
Asked by J.C. from New York
on January 30, 2012
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So my friend has 2 kids - a 12 year old girl and a 10 year old boy. As a family, they take two weeks off during the summer.
For the other 6 plus weeks, she plans...
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- My neighbors left their 15 & 17 year old girls for a long weekend. Responsible, good grades, church going nice girls. 3 day party, toilet upstairs broke, overflowe...
- We were home like this and I babysat 2 girls under 6 every day at 12 so I don't see the big issue. Although I was raised in Philly, so we all played outisde or in eac...
- I wouldn't do it. There's too much that could happen when parents are not at home. They could go to the Y or some other day camp to keep them busy (and running - I w...
Monitoring Video Games...
Asked by M.G. from Los Angeles
on July 4, 2008
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Hello video Moms... my husband has put a beast in my house... a PS3! My two boys, ages 10 and 8 are now couch potatoes.
We have a Guitar Hero and other various game...
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- Hi there! My boys are limited to an hour a day, however for every minute they read they earn equal additional time, during the summer that is. I also have them help...
- One rule that we stick to in our house is absolutely no video games (computer, xbox, handheld, etc) until after eating breakfast (includes putting dishes away!) & gett...
- 1/2 hour during school days seems enough but put a timer because you will not really realize how long they are eally playing. During non-school ays and weekends maybe ...
14 Year Old That Has a Lot of Headaches
Asked by D.J. from Tulsa
on April 7, 2008
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I have a 14 year old son that has headaches quite often. He wears glasses, so that is not the problem. He comes home from school daily with a headache. I have taken...
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- I'm a firm believer in dehydration being a cause of headaches. How much water is he drinking each day? Whenever I feel a headache coming on I have a large glass of ...
- I had headaches at this age. Every afternoon they would come on and I would be in bed all afternoon. I saw a a doctor and they ran many of test. Nothing would show up....
- You might try taking him to a Chiropractor. If his axis isn't aligned, it can cause headaches. Go to one who uses an activator instead of bending & popping the body. I...
My 12 Year Old Being Bullied at School
Asked by S.P. from Boston
on March 9, 2008
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My 12 year old son came home from school very emotional. He did not want to tell us what happened. He finally did tell us that he was pushed to the ground and hit by 3...
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- Hi S., Well......as a mother of a child who has been bullied...here's my story and some of the things that I did. Since my son was bullied on the "special ed" schoo...
- Bullying is name calling, harrassing, when it gets physical its assault plain and simple. If these boys are assaulting your son they are or will do it to others also. ...
- I find it sad that in this day and age we don't protect our children like our parents did when we were small. I'll bet our parents and grandparents never thought about...
Almost 6-Year-old Wants a Nintendo DS or a Wii
Asked by A.L. from Sacramento
on March 22, 2009
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My almost 6-year-old has been pleading for a Nintendo DS or the Wii, like all his cousins and some of his friends have. My mother-in-law really wants to get him one f...
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- I would go for a delayed gratification avenue. Tell him he has to wait until he is seven (or eight) to have that toy. Then I would suggest the Wii and make it a fami...
- You've received a lot of great advice and insight herre. You also seem to have a strong instinct that this isn't a good idea for him right now. Don't succumb to the ...
- Here is my thoughts and experience. My son has been growing up with his peers around him having these types of games from a young age. I'd say around 5 and 6 is when t...
