my son is 7 years old, how do I get him to stop playing and thinking about PS2 all the time!!!!?

Answer 1

hahahahahaha, my boyfriend is 27, now do I get him to stop playing and thinking about PS2 all the time!!!!?


no really, he has friends over as we speak playing this thing.

Answer 2

Take him outside and throw the ball or a frisbee with him. Teach him how to do outdoor things. I would not let him come in the house as that is what my Mother would do when I was a kid. Go to the park or to a lake and go fishing. It's not taking him away from the PS2 but he has to develop other interests. Don't take no for an answer either as you are the Mom! He also should have other kids his age to play games outside with. Also I would limit the time to no more than 1 hr a day on the PS2 and stick to it!

Answer 3

Taking things away only makes kids want them that much more. Instead, schedule his day for him, with the timing being perfect since school is about to start. Get him involved in positive afterschool activities like scouting, soccer, martial arts (always good at his age because of the self-control it teaches) and going to the library. The less time he has at home to be alone with the machine, the less he'll think about it.

Right now he's sounding like he's bored and using the PS2 to fill his time until something better comes along.

Answer 4

I think you missed something....YOU'RE the parent. Why are you letting him do what he wants? Unplug the game, take it away, throw it in the garbage or give it to a goodwill store. Enroll your son in a sports team, get him involved in art, music, karate, whatever, go hiking or swimming with him, show him that the world does not revolve around a stupid video game.
It is your duty as a parent to do the right thing...it's in the best interest of your son, right? You're not doing him any favors by wringing your hands and wondering "what can I do about this?".
There's many things you can do....I've named only a few.
Remember YOU'RE the parent, YOU set the rules...he will be a more well rounded child for this.

Answer 5

Take him to the park. Take him shopping. Take him out for an ice cream cone. Take him swimming. Put him in Boy scouts. Sit down with him and let him explain the game to you. Ask him how to work the controls. Get interested he will love it. This will give you good quality time with your son. Encourage him to write a story about the game. Get him to draw you pictures of the characters on the game. Use it as a learning experience not as a distraction. Let him talk to you about the game and what is going on. When he gets older he will never omit you when he needs guidance, if you are there now. He will value your opinion.

Answer 6

Limit the time he is allowed on. 45 min a day & stop. Put PS2 in some other room than his.

Stay firm on the time limit.

Answer 7

Haha, lol, you remind me of my aunt... I lived at her house last summer, and she's like "How do I get that boy to come down the darned stairs?!"... you have to take it away from him for a while, get him used to being without it. It doesn't make sense for a child to be so addicted to a game. Make him read good kid books. My little cousin started getting terrible headaches all the time, and that was the final straw for my aunt, and he was having nightmares. i hope it doesn't get that far with your son, but you have to take action. You might think it's really innocent, but you don't want the boy to get addicted when he could be doing better things with his life, enjoying his childhood. He should be riding bikes and going to parks. Hope this helps!

Answer 8

Routine. Something structured...often kids play video games because they are bored and have nothing else to do (or so they think), video games can occupy hours (if you let it)
Try something like: home from school, snack, homework, dinner, some time outside, one hour max video games....etc....
set a time limit for him to play video games, and give him ideas of things he could do when hes not playing ps2 (besides cleaning his room). stuff he'll want to do.

Answer 9

take it away for a while. set-up a schedule that allows a limited amount of time. we had to our son was getting really bad and very angry/frustrated when games weren't going well. We took it away for 1 week, then limited to 1 hour a day. We did allow him to bank hours up to 3 hours so if he got a new game and wanted to play a little longer he could.

Answer 10

My mom had that problem with my brother..the only thing that worked was hiding the Playstation and organizing family time were we went out together to play sports or something..Or you could also get him involved in an athletic group of some sort were he can socialize and make friends Good luck!!