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<blockquote data-quote="Thornir Alekeg" data-source="post: 3796076" data-attributes="member: 15651">My wife is an elementary teacher.&nbsp; She gets dismayed by the kids who only wrote about the video games they play in their writing journals.&nbsp; She asked them to write about other things they do, but at least one of the kids said he didn't really do anything else.&nbsp; She is adamant that there will never be a console game system in the house.&nbsp; We limit the time my kids (8 and 5 years old) can spend watching TV or playing computer games.&nbsp; We also limit the types of computer games they play.&nbsp; ISpy, the <a href="http://www.grubbygames.com/" target="_blank">Professor Fizzwizzle games</a> and other &quot;educational&quot; games primarily.&nbsp; Card and board games are a staple activity; Uno and Sorry are the top choices.&nbsp; Sometimes they get into a phase where all they want to do is play on the computer or watch TV (usually leading to a tantrum when we don't let them), but other times, like the past two days following after-school care, they spend the entire time until dinner playing outside without any prompting from us.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thornir Alekeg, post: 3796076, member: 15651"] My wife is an elementary teacher. She gets dismayed by the kids who only wrote about the video games they play in their writing journals. She asked them to write about other things they do, but at least one of the kids said he didn't really do anything else. She is adamant that there will never be a console game system in the house. We limit the time my kids (8 and 5 years old) can spend watching TV or playing computer games. We also limit the types of computer games they play. ISpy, the [URL=http://www.grubbygames.com/]Professor Fizzwizzle games[/URL] and other "educational" games primarily. Card and board games are a staple activity; Uno and Sorry are the top choices. Sometimes they get into a phase where all they want to do is play on the computer or watch TV (usually leading to a tantrum when we don't let them), but other times, like the past two days following after-school care, they spend the entire time until dinner playing outside without any prompting from us. [/QUOTE]

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