Current Events > my poor niece and nephew only get to play like 1 hour of video games a week

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I thought they got like an hour or half an hour at least per DAY. but I recently found out it's only the weekend usually and half an hour per day of that. I suppose if you count friday than maybe an hour and a half max. his mom (my brother's wife) is very worried about games and she is too hardcore on being strict about it. I think she could ease up a tiny bit. Like fine. if she wants to limit it some, whatever. I feel bad for him, as a gamer myself. but whatever. she's his mom, not me. but.....what she does is WAAAAAAAAAAAY too much. let him at least play 1 hour a day, I would say. It's kinda fucked up. my brother played video games just as much as I did, and he ended up becoming a lawyer. it's not set in stone that gaming = ruined life.

if they had all required chores and homework done they can have the free time however they wish provided it wasn't destructive or unlawful until bedtime during a school night

that's what i would do if a parent.
guess i learned that from my own dad.
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So now they'll just hide it from their parents and will learn to hide things. Helicopter parenting is disgusting
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I agree with the points illustrated in all previous posts in this topic.
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Damn it'd take like 20 years just to play through a game.
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Does she have the anti video games stigma of the 90s?
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Are the kids doing something more productive instead? Or are they just fucking off some other way?
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Honeslty id just not play.

Its weire because i let my daughter play plenty and she naturally doesnt want to play more than an hour at most a day. Plenty of days she doesnt want to at all.
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Cheater87 posted...

Does she have the anti video games stigma of the 90s?

I think she just thinks it's a waste of time and that you will get addicted and ruin your life

King_Hellebuyck posted...

Are the kids doing something more productive instead? Or are they just fucking off some other way?

They have to do homework. But if that's done they play with other things i think

There's nothing wrong with that really.
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