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My grandchildren are obsessed with the Wii. I am NOT sure what approach to take. Yesterday I spent most of they with my grandson because he was sick. So I went over to his house about 11. He was doing homework so I helped him. After that he wanted to play the Wii. So down we went and he started playing and playing and playing. I played with him but don’t really understand the game. I was getting bored so decided to go online. We had lunch and I brought him to my house. My other grandson was coming home and I didn’t want to cope with both of them. I also didn’t think they should be together as my grandson had a contagious eye infection. It was also my alone time with my grandson. We drove home while my grandson played his DS. When we got here he wanted to play the WII of course. I showed him some of the games on the Wii Fit. After that of course he started playing Mario. I wasn’t sure what to do. On one hand he is probably quite limited while at home so when he is here he can/should play freely. On the other hand I really think it is overkill. I am not sure if I should limit his time on the Wii when he is here. I know once the weather is nicer I will take him swimming, to the park etc. I was getting more irritated with him playing and had to control myself. I didn’t want to tell him that from now on I would hide the game.
So what do you think? Usually I allow my grandchildren to do more or less what they want because I feel it is only once a week and what’s the harm???? They have enough limitations at home.
Today we are going to Toronto for a few days. First we are going to the doctor. I wonder what she’ll say about my Buffalo Hump. At least that’s what the dermatologist said I had! I hope everything else is ok. I will be a little nervous until I get out of there. On the weekend we will visit with our brothers and sisters. I will also see my cousins.
So I better get back to bed as our doctor’s appointment is at NINE!!!!!

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Saw your entry on the Children and Parenting circle. Personally I’d limit the time the grandkids play on the Wii. A fair compromise might be, one week they don’t get to play, then the next week they can play as much as they like. I don’t think limiting them or restricting their access will hurt them any. They can still have plenty of fun without the Wii.

whowhatwhere

April 16, 2010

I think that if it is the two of you playing together than that is ok, but you only get to see him once a week, so alone is something that should be done at his own house. He should be doing Bubbe and me type things.

I think if boys grow up spending too much time playing electronit games, they won’t learn social skills. They end up being really boring, fat and unsociable. Nobody wants that! Kick them off the darn thing or tell them it’s broken!

Grammy's Heart

We have always limited our grandkids’ playing electronics to about 45 min when they are with us. After a couple of times, they were glad – but we play board games, etc with them and spend the time one-on-one. They learned to really like it and eventually didn’t play the electronics at all!