Originally posted by: ArchAngel777
Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
Originally posted by: Cheetah8799
Originally posted by: pontifex
Originally posted by: sleepmachine
coworker of mine said she her thirteen year old son wanted world of warcraft for christmas. i told her that might not be such a great idea.
why not?
why not? It's so insanely addictive it would ruin any kids school grades. Any parent should seriously consider ways to keep their kids from becoming addicted to gaming.
I think if any coworker said the same to me I too would advise that they not let their kids start playing. Then I'd back it up with a quick tour of the official WoW forums where they can read about how addicted so many people are...
p.s. I just stopped payment on my account for the 2nd time. It's fun, but quickly causes addiction problems that I'd rather avoid.
Yet another "
I have a problem, so the obvious solution is to punish everyone else who is not me" proponent. :roll:
Admit and deal with your own shortcomings, don't lay blame on the target of your addictions.
No, but he has a point. Any caring parent should be watching their kids carefully. It is the parents duty to determine what is right and wrong for their children. There is enough bad and terrible parenting out there that when someone does suggest to remove video games from their kids library everyone jumps on them... It is better to be too strict than to be to loose. Of course, I am not talking the extreme lock your child in a cage type stuff. My parents were hard on me and I can damn well thank them for it.
For instance, my co-worker has kids and was recently divorced. He is a good dad, he limited the time his son and daughter would play video games and this kids left him because their mom would feed them cookies whenever they want, she would buy them new games all the time and never demands any responsibility from them. Well, the shame is that a 15 or 17 year old cannot appreciate a strict parent, instead, they go the parent that lets them do whatever they want. The shame is that when those kids grow up and have kids of their own, they will understand that the mother was a terrible parent and that their father, the one whom they disliked because of his rules was the better parent. In the end, the Dad will have much more respect than the mother in this case.
Good parenting is something of the past it seems, because when a parent finally does take action, people rally up against them and say the parents are unreasonable.
What most people do not understand is that 99% of parents that are strict do it because they love their children and want to see them succeed. Those that let their kids do anything do not love their children, not in the true sense of the word. Parents care about their children and wish no harm, something not understood by most of the young crowd.
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