my ex husband is a video game junkie is this OK for our 8yr old son?

Question

my son matt spends 50% of his time at his dads house.now don't get me wrong my ex is the best dad he helps matt with his homework,attends all school functions and has been very supporting to me.the one problem i have is my ex plays warcraft all the time and this has rubbed on onto my son.matt is not allowed to play this at my house but when he goes over to his dads house he plays for hours straight.its not uncommon for my son to come home from a weekend at my exs to tell me all he did was go from the ps3 to the computer.now i do know this is a exaggeration and my ex does do other things with him but he does spend a great deal of time playing video games.since my ex is such a graet dad and my son loves playing these games with his dad i don't know what to do.can i ask what do you allow your children for video games? how much tv?

Answer 1

They have very good learning games for kids. If your son loves video and computer games so much, why dont you look into these. Its not uncommon for kids to love games. When I was 6 my dad got me a Super Nintendo, and I played Super Mario World. Just make sure your son does his homework and any chores around the house. Then you can let him play. Same goes with the tv. After homework and chores are done thats their free time.

Answer 2

Uh, if your ex-husband has your child for 50% of the time, then you really don't have any say what he does with your child, barring that it wont be physically harming him (like point blank abuse). Playing video games wont kill your kids and War craft isn't that violent to begin with...there are a lot worse games out there like that "Grand Theft Auto." Video games can help kids develop their hand/eye coordination.

As long as your child is finishing their homework at his Dad's, and your Ex is playing a responsible parent then there isn't anything you can, or really should, do about it. They probably look at their time playing the games as bonding time that they don't get otherwise.

Answer 3

why don't you worry about what your son does while he's at your house and let your (ex) husband worry about what he does while he's at his house.. like it or not, your husband has just as much right as you do to decide what is good for your son.. if he doesn't see lots of video games as a problem, then you just have to accept that.. as long as there's no abuse going on.. I used to be addicted to world of warcraft, but I eventually came to the conclusion I didn't want to waste my life on it anymore.. you just have to hope your son and your ex husband come to the same conclusion.. speaking from personal experience, the more you try to deny your son access to playing games like that, the more he'll desire it.. he has to come to his own conclusion about what he wants out of life..

Answer 4

while i grow to be 8, i grow to be purely allowed 3 hours an afternoon max different than for any action picture or practice seen with the family. After that it grow to be all up contained in the air soaring around the 4 or 5 hour community for VGs (a minimum of for the weekends). i grow to be inspired to pass outdoors and do issues with buddies, i grow to be in no way outright forbidden from too many stuff different than for drugs and MTV. in spite of the undeniable fact that it grow to be additionally a plenty less demanding time (early 90s, Arizona suburbs).

Answer 5

well, i doubt it
u should be a bit strict so that he wont become a bad kid.
trust me itll work
i used to luvvvvv video games when i wuz very little but my parents were veryyyyy strict so now im not as lazy and dumb as i wouldve been. he can play games but not tooooooo much.
tak e my advice.
bye

Answer 6

it all depends on the game, if it is a volient game then no but if it is like spongbob then it might be ok,if it has killing in it then i would say it is not ok.

Answer 7

buy the kid a couch, its going to happen. Father like son.