Getting my son not to glue himself to the computer?

[dadsandmoms]

hello mommies and daddies,


I think this issue is very important and should be dealt with as early as possible and as early as possible. some of my friends felt that ipads and computers are good sources of distraction for the kids that gives the parents some space to breathe but over time its a bad bad mistake. Now they are ONLY GLUED TO IPAD AND IPHONE AND ANDROID PHONE.

from some understanding of this kind of computer stuff is not allowing the children to grow a dependency on them and as parents we should physically distance the children from the computers by limiting play time or physically bringing them away from the devices by bringing them out.

of course, by bringing them out the activities have to be fun enough to keep their minds off the computer games.cos i stay near kallang there so i bring them to the indoor playground to play and make it fun for them. http://goo.gl/0OgLt i love to bring them there because i can also take a small breather by the side of the cafe while my kids interact with other boyboys

while we , as grownups, know whats good for them , better use our authority to separate them first because this is something we can impose on them. When they are older and more rebellious i think it will be hard to change them already so i try to keep them apart from computers and only limit their time with the devices hope it helps !

[Wockets]

If they have youtube available to them , this can help enlighten them if they understand.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz7mWKeNgZE

Letting them make the choice themselves would be far better them forcing the choice down their throat.

How long can u force things down their throat before they regurgitate them ?

Alternatively , share with them success stories and hope they can idolize one of them

e.g. Mark Zuckerberg , Bill gates etc. Not those korean pop bands or that sort of idols.

rags to riches http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/17/rags-to-riches-worlds-ric_n_671253.html#s120920&title=Larry_Ellison_Oracle

Often as a kid , they would have no idea what they want and when they grow up , they would still have no idea what they want.

[Ichigokun]

XD Honestly, I find Facebook games quite boring and lame. I don’t even bother to play those games.


I just look up for some games on google and download them.

Well, if ur child is too glued to the computer, learn from my mother!

1) Take out the Internet modem from the desktop and hide it

2) If it’s a laptop, hide the entire laptop

3) (WARNING! UNLESS YOU ARE A PRO AT DISMANTLING COMPUTER PARTS, DONT TRY THIS) Dismantle the hard disk storage space from the computer

4) WHIP OUT THE CANE AND THREATEN ()

[Ichigokun]

HopeandSorrows:

My Primary 5 boy spends a lot of his free time on Facebook, chatting, playing games. Apart from his regular school work, swimming lessons and Chinese language lessons - he park himself in front of his comp.


Want to scold also dunno what to scold.

Maybe sign ur boy up for tons of tuition lessons he will get so tired and he has no time for computer?

Well, that's for if you are Kiasu, auntie and rich enough :rotflmao:

[csa]

Just to share, i bought a NetGenie wi-fi router from a singaporean friend to control the internet access timings as well as to allow/block websites according to kids age. no need to turn on/off the parental control and can set the kids time and hours to spend online. No need to install software on smartphone, ipad, pc, laptop. Its a good investment. Hope this helps!