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When I was younger they didn’t as many portable games as they do now. When I used to ride the bus for that long I would sleep. I wish we could only afford a gameboy or other type of gadget to do while riding the bus that long. Sometimes I would read or do homework, but that usually gave me motion sickness. Tracy Mother of Madelyn (14 months) Chilren are our future. Teach them well. They are the ones that are going to be taking care of us in old age.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->I’m going to make one more comment on this post, and then I’m done. Kne was >concerned about how much time his child was/might be using the Gameboy they >had bought for hhim, and aksed wehat other parents do, I told him what we >had established, which you have repeatedly used to attack me and question >our parenting. >1) I never once was that he uses the Gameboy for a minimum of 20 hours a >week. I said that he is freely allowed to use the gameboy for abaout 13 >hours a week–he often chooses to do other things. >2) How dare you imply that we are in some way not caring for our son by >questioning his eyesight or his responsiblity for helping to purchase >batteries if he uses the gameboy excessively. For your information–which I >am in no way responsible for giving you, but will anyhow– we established >that he would have to provide evidence for him of the drawbacks of its >excissive use to teach him to self-regualte–which has worked. >3) as to his summer school prgram and whether or not an hour ride is valid. >First of all, not everyone lives in a large city and has schools just a few >blocks away, some of us live in rural areas and quite regularly have long >bus rides (when I was his age I rode for for an hour and 45 minutes morning >and night). Secondly, its validity is for us as his parents to decide with >his input as to whether this is something he wants to do. You have >absolutley no say in any way as to the validity of the program or the >duration of his bus ride. >My aplogies to any other posters who may percieve this post as being a bit >bitchy (for lack of a better word), but I take graet offense to being >attacked for subject matter not even in bearing the the subject of the post. >Lesa
Good for you. You don’t have to explain your parenting to anybody else, for crying out loud. Maybe they should be yelling out those parents that drink or do drugs while they are pregnant. Or those that actually abuse their children. Tracy Mother of Madelyn (14 months) Chilren are our future. Teach them well. They are the ones that are going to be taking care of us in old age.
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snip > Give it up Shelley–this person has what my father would’ve called "a bee in > the bonnet"–I think that whatever we may say on this issue will be met with > some type of remark of this nature. We understand the siuation and do the > best we can for our children in light of the fact of long bus rides, and > wether or not this person undertands it really doesn’t matter. > Lesa
I know, but maybe the person who was reading and didn’t respond to this thread and had a similar response will be educated. — Shelly H The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried. G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936), British author.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Curlytoons wrote > > We purchased some land a bit farther out in a > > rural district and when we get our house built if I let the kids ride > the > > bus they’ll be the first stop in the AM and the last in the PM and its a > 2 > > hr route. Ironically its only a 3 min drive to the school from that > > location. > Not just ironic, but plain stupid. > When you have a school district that encompasses 250 square miles and only a > few busses its a neccesity. Most of these school districts can’t afford > more busses and simply have to make due. Its part of rural life. > — > Shelly H
Give it up Shelley–this person has what my father would’ve called "a bee in the bonnet"–I think that whatever we may say on this issue will be met with some type of remark of this nature. We understand the siuation and do the best we can for our children in light of the fact of long bus rides, and wether or not this person undertands it really doesn’t matter. Lesa
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> We purchased some land a bit farther out in a > rural district and when we get our house built if I let the kids ride the > bus they’ll be the first stop in the AM and the last in the PM and its a 2 > hr route. Ironically its only a 3 min drive to the school from that > location. > Not just ironic, but plain stupid.
When you have a school district that encompasses 250 square miles and only a few busses its a neccesity. Most of these school districts can’t afford more busses and simply have to make due. Its part of rural life. — Shelly H The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried. G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936), British author. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> — > Curlytoons
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Yeah, here in TX over half the school districts are rural and small. I currently live in one the fastest growing districts in TX if not the nation. A couple of the elementary schools have more kids in them than in slightly under half the districts. We purchased some land a bit farther out in a rural district and when we get our house built if I let the kids ride the bus they’ll be the first stop in the AM and the last in the PM and its a 2 hr route. Ironically its only a 3 min drive to the school from that location. Those city folks don’t know what a good bus ride is! 
— Shelly H The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried. G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936), British author.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> To keep everyone else from having to scroll through all this, Thank you > Shelley for point out what to me was obvoius–that rural aras have long bus > rides. But since I lived through it, and my children now live through it, I > guess I have a different persecptive. > Lesa > > > > > > My 7yr old son just got a Pokemon gameboy. Will I regret this > forever? > > > > > > What sort of limits on time spent with it is reasonable? > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > KS > > > > > Our son is allowed to play with his gameboy–provided he has the > head > > > phones > > > > > along–on car trips of m ore than 20 minutes. He can also earn 30 > > > minutes > > > > > gameboy time by completing all his daily chores, and then doing > one > > > extra > > > > > activity out of a pre-arranged grab bag. If he violates these > rules, he > > > > > loses the gameboy for the rest of the day. > > > > > We also provde 2 batteries weekly–anything beyond that he must > purchase > > > > > himself. Unless, of course, we’re on vacation or taking a daytrip > and > > > > > spending a lot of time in the car. > > > > > Lesa > > > > In other words, whatever your rule of the day is? > > > I don’t understand this comment. I very clearly stated that he can > use > the > > > gameboy in one of two situations: 1) during car/bus rides of longer > than > 20 > > > minutes or 2) by earning 30 minutes of time after all his daily chores > are > > > completed. If he wants more than 30 minutes of time he must earn it > by > > > comleting an additional household task. The rules do not change from > day > > > to day. > > > BTW, the batteries > > > > last about ten hours. He must have a lot of batteries saved up if > you > > > > keep the rules above. > > > > — > > > > Curlytoons > > > The gameboy uses 2 batteries at a time–which we provide weekly. His > bus > > > ride to his summer school program is appox 60 minutes twice daily. > That > > > totals up to 10 hours just with the bus ride. If he plays his 30 > minutes > > > daily, which he usually does, that’s an additional 3.5 hours. Add to > that > > > any extra time he earns and he’s usaly buying at least one set of > batteries > > > weekly on his own. We wanted to make sure he’d have someting to do > on > the > > > bus, use beyond that he must be responsible for. > > > Lesa > > A minimum of twenty hours of Lameboy a week? How are his eyes? You > > might want to check into one of those magnifiers so he doesn’t develop > > myopia. But then there are the extra batteries he’ll have to be > > responsible for. > > BTW, what kind of summer school program warrants a two hour bus ride > > everyday? > > — > > Curlytoons > One in a rural area. I mean really, in some rural districts bus rides can > be as long a 2 hrs one way. > — > Shelly H
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To keep everyone else from having to scroll through all this, Thank you Shelley for point out what to me was obvoius–that rural aras have long bus rides. But since I lived through it, and my children now live through it, I guess I have a different persecptive. Lesa – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> > > > > My 7yr old son just got a Pokemon gameboy. Will I regret this > forever? > > > > > What sort of limits on time spent with it is reasonable? > > > > > thanks, > > > > > KS > > > > Our son is allowed to play with his gameboy–provided he has the > head > > phones > > > > along–on car trips of m ore than 20 minutes. He can also earn 30 > > minutes > > > > gameboy time by completing all his daily chores, and then doing one > > extra > > > > activity out of a pre-arranged grab bag. If he violates these > rules, he > > > > loses the gameboy for the rest of the day. > > > > We also provde 2 batteries weekly–anything beyond that he must > purchase > > > > himself. Unless, of course, we’re on vacation or taking a daytrip > and > > > > spending a lot of time in the car. > > > > Lesa > > > In other words, whatever your rule of the day is? > > I don’t understand this comment. I very clearly stated that he can use > the > > gameboy in one of two situations: 1) during car/bus rides of longer than > 20 > > minutes or 2) by earning 30 minutes of time after all his daily chores > are > > completed. If he wants more than 30 minutes of time he must earn it by > > comleting an additional household task. The rules do not change from > day > > to day. > > BTW, the batteries > > > last about ten hours. He must have a lot of batteries saved up if you > > > keep the rules above. > > > — > > > Curlytoons > > The gameboy uses 2 batteries at a time–which we provide weekly. His > bus > > ride to his summer school program is appox 60 minutes twice daily. That > > totals up to 10 hours just with the bus ride. If he plays his 30 > minutes > > daily, which he usually does, that’s an additional 3.5 hours. Add to > that > > any extra time he earns and he’s usaly buying at least one set of > batteries > > weekly on his own. We wanted to make sure he’d have someting to do on > the > > bus, use beyond that he must be responsible for. > > Lesa > A minimum of twenty hours of Lameboy a week? How are his eyes? You > might want to check into one of those magnifiers so he doesn’t develop > myopia. But then there are the extra batteries he’ll have to be > responsible for. > BTW, what kind of summer school program warrants a two hour bus ride > everyday? > — > Curlytoons > One in a rural area. I mean really, in some rural districts bus rides can > be as long a 2 hrs one way. > — > Shelly H
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> > > > My 7yr old son just got a Pokemon gameboy. Will I regret this forever? > > > > What sort of limits on time spent with it is reasonable? > > > > thanks, > > > > KS > > > Our son is allowed to play with his gameboy–provided he has the head > phones > > > along–on car trips of m ore than 20 minutes. He can also earn 30 > minutes > > > gameboy time by completing all his daily chores, and then doing one > extra > > > activity out of a pre-arranged grab bag. If he violates these rules, he > > > loses the gameboy for the rest of the day. > > > We also provde 2 batteries weekly–anything beyond that he must purchase > > > himself. Unless, of course, we’re on vacation or taking a daytrip and > > > spending a lot of time in the car. > > > Lesa > > In other words, whatever your rule of the day is? > I don’t understand this comment. I very clearly stated that he can use the > gameboy in one of two situations: 1) during car/bus rides of longer than 20 > minutes or 2) by earning 30 minutes of time after all his daily chores are > completed. If he wants more than 30 minutes of time he must earn it by > comleting an additional household task. The rules do not change from day > to day. > BTW, the batteries > > last about ten hours. He must have a lot of batteries saved up if you > > keep the rules above. > > — > > Curlytoons > The gameboy uses 2 batteries at a time–which we provide weekly. His bus > ride to his summer school program is appox 60 minutes twice daily. That > totals up to 10 hours just with the bus ride. If he plays his 30 minutes > daily, which he usually does, that’s an additional 3.5 hours. Add to that > any extra time he earns and he’s usaly buying at least one set of batteries > weekly on his own. We wanted to make sure he’d have someting to do on the > bus, use beyond that he must be responsible for. > Lesa > A minimum of twenty hours of Lameboy a week? How are his eyes? You > might want to check into one of those magnifiers so he doesn’t develop > myopia. But then there are the extra batteries he’ll have to be > responsible for. > BTW, what kind of summer school program warrants a two hour bus ride > everyday?
I’m going to make one more comment on this post, and then I’m done. Kne was concerned about how much time his child was/might be using the Gameboy they had bought for hhim, and aksed wehat other parents do, I told him what we had established, which you have repeatedly used to attack me and question our parenting. 1) I never once was that he uses the Gameboy for a minimum of 20 hours a week. I said that he is freely allowed to use the gameboy for abaout 13 hours a week–he often chooses to do other things. 2) How dare you imply that we are in some way not caring for our son by questioning his eyesight or his responsiblity for helping to purchase batteries if he uses the gameboy excessively. For your information–which I am in no way responsible for giving you, but will anyhow– we established that he would have to provide evidence for him of the drawbacks of its excissive use to teach him to self-regualte–which has worked. 3) as to his summer school prgram and whether or not an hour ride is valid. First of all, not everyone lives in a large city and has schools just a few blocks away, some of us live in rural areas and quite regularly have long bus rides (when I was his age I rode for for an hour and 45 minutes morning and night). Secondly, its validity is for us as his parents to decide with his input as to whether this is something he wants to do. You have absolutley no say in any way as to the validity of the program or the duration of his bus ride. My aplogies to any other posters who may percieve this post as being a bit bitchy (for lack of a better word), but I take graet offense to being attacked for subject matter not even in bearing the the subject of the post. Lesa – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> — > Curlytoons
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> > > > My 7yr old son just got a Pokemon gameboy. Will I regret this forever? > > > > What sort of limits on time spent with it is reasonable? > > > > thanks, > > > > KS > > > Our son is allowed to play with his gameboy–provided he has the head > phones > > > along–on car trips of m ore than 20 minutes. He can also earn 30 > minutes > > > gameboy time by completing all his daily chores, and then doing one > extra > > > activity out of a pre-arranged grab bag. If he violates these rules, he > > > loses the gameboy for the rest of the day. > > > We also provde 2 batteries weekly–anything beyond that he must purchase > > > himself. Unless, of course, we’re on vacation or taking a daytrip and > > > spending a lot of time in the car. > > > Lesa > > In other words, whatever your rule of the day is? > I don’t understand this comment. I very clearly stated that he can use the > gameboy in one of two situations: 1) during car/bus rides of longer than 20 > minutes or 2) by earning 30 minutes of time after all his daily chores are > completed. If he wants more than 30 minutes of time he must earn it by > comleting an additional household task. The rules do not change from day > to day. > BTW, the batteries > > last about ten hours. He must have a lot of batteries saved up if you > > keep the rules above. > > — > > Curlytoons > The gameboy uses 2 batteries at a time–which we provide weekly. His bus > ride to his summer school program is appox 60 minutes twice daily. That > totals up to 10 hours just with the bus ride. If he plays his 30 minutes > daily, which he usually does, that’s an additional 3.5 hours. Add to that > any extra time he earns and he’s usaly buying at least one set of batteries > weekly on his own. We wanted to make sure he’d have someting to do on the > bus, use beyond that he must be responsible for. > Lesa > A minimum of twenty hours of Lameboy a week? How are his eyes? You > might want to check into one of those magnifiers so he doesn’t develop > myopia. But then there are the extra batteries he’ll have to be > responsible for. > BTW, what kind of summer school program warrants a two hour bus ride > everyday? > — > Curlytoons
One in a rural area. I mean really, in some rural districts bus rides can be as long a 2 hrs one way. — Shelly H The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried. G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936), British author.
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> LOL….i know what your feeling…..i have regretted getting my girls a > gameboy so far. Even though i limit the time…thats all they talk about is > playing it. Then we got them a Sega….boy oh boy…..i took it away after > one week of hearing"I call Sega first…no i’m first..no you were first last > time". All i can say is good luck and hopefully setting limits will help. > kristi > mommy to chelsea(7) and kaitlyn (5)
You have just made me see the future. :) We were given a playstation as a wedding present and I can already hear the "It’s my turn!"’s now. — Leonie Lawson Co-Creator of Maia Shea (19/11/96) and Casta Grace (9/8/98) dum vivimus, vivamus (while we live, let us live)
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> My 7yr old son just got a Pokemon gameboy. Will I regret this forever? > What sort of limits on time spent with it is reasonable? > thanks, > KS > — > For email response, please remove ***NOSPAM*** from address.
No, but you will until the novelty wears off.
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>What sort of limits on time spent with it is reasonable?
My son has a gameboy. Grammy got it for him when he was 5, but he didn’t really start enjoying it until this year, when he turned 7. During the school year, he’s allowed to use it during his free time – after homework and chores are done. During the summer, he doesn’t bring it to day care, but can also use it during free time after chores. I don’t buy batteries for it. I have a car adapter for our long road trips (DEFINATELY worth the $10!) and he buys his own batteries. He goes through spurts where he plays it almost constantly for a few days, then puts it down for a week or three. Aside from demanding chores & homework be done, I don’t give him time limits – he’d rather be playing with his friends than playing gameboy. Isa If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos…then you probably haven’t completely understood the situation.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> > My 7yr old son just got a Pokemon gameboy. Will I regret this forever? > > What sort of limits on time spent with it is reasonable? > > thanks, > > KS > Our son is allowed to play with his gameboy–provided he has the head phones > along–on car trips of m ore than 20 minutes. He can also earn 30 minutes > gameboy time by completing all his daily chores, and then doing one extra > activity out of a pre-arranged grab bag. If he violates these rules, he > loses the gameboy for the rest of the day. > We also provde 2 batteries weekly–anything beyond that he must purchase > himself. Unless, of course, we’re on vacation or taking a daytrip and > spending a lot of time in the car. > Lesa > In other words, whatever your rule of the day is?
I don’t understand this comment. I very clearly stated that he can use the gameboy in one of two situations: 1) during car/bus rides of longer than 20 minutes or 2) by earning 30 minutes of time after all his daily chores are completed. If he wants more than 30 minutes of time he must earn it by comleting an additional household task. The rules do not change from day to day. BTW, the batteries > last about ten hours. He must have a lot of batteries saved up if you > keep the rules above. > — > Curlytoons
The gameboy uses 2 batteries at a time–which we provide weekly. His bus ride to his summer school program is appox 60 minutes twice daily. That totals up to 10 hours just with the bus ride. If he plays his 30 minutes daily, which he usually does, that’s an additional 3.5 hours. Add to that any extra time he earns and he’s usaly buying at least one set of batteries weekly on his own. We wanted to make sure he’d have someting to do on the bus, use beyond that he must be responsible for. Lesa
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karla writes:
I think the trouble is your kids are too young. I have and 11 year old stepson and we got him one, somedays he plays it more than I’d like him too, but it keeps him out of trouble. Karla I don’t know….my sisters kids are older and have the same arguments. I think its more sharing the game that causes the disagreements…you said you only have one 11 year old stepson….try adding another one to that and see how it goes. I could be wrong…..but if they are able to play the games we pick out for them i don’t feel they are too young.JMHO kristi mommy to chelsea(7) and kaitlyn(5)
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LOL….i know what your feeling…..i have regretted getting my girls a gameboy so far. Even though i limit the time…thats all they talk about is playing it. Then we got them a Sega….boy oh boy…..i took it away after one week of hearing"I call Sega first…no i’m first..no you were first last time". All i can say is good luck and hopefully setting limits will help. kristi mommy to chelsea(7) and kaitlyn (5)
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says… > LOL….i know what your feeling…..i have regretted getting my girls a > gameboy so far. Even though i limit the time…thats all they talk about is > playing it. Then we got them a Sega….boy oh boy…..i took it away after > one week of hearing"I call Sega first…no i’m first..no you were first last > time". All i can say is good luck and hopefully setting limits will help. > kristi > mommy to chelsea(7) and kaitlyn (5)
I think the trouble is your kids are too young. I have and 11 year old stepson and we got him one, somedays he plays it more than I’d like him too, but it keeps him out of trouble. Karla
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> My 7yr old son just got a Pokemon gameboy. Will I regret this forever? > What sort of limits on time spent with it is reasonable? > thanks, > KS
Our son is allowed to play with his gameboy–provided he has the head phones along–on car trips of m ore than 20 minutes. He can also earn 30 minutes gameboy time by completing all his daily chores, and then doing one extra activity out of a pre-arranged grab bag. If he violates these rules, he loses the gameboy for the rest of the day. We also provde 2 batteries weekly–anything beyond that he must purchase himself. Unless, of course, we’re on vacation or taking a daytrip and spending a lot of time in the car. Lesa
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