Remember when?? - All About GOD2024-03-29T01:28:28Zhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/forum/topics/remember-when?commentId=1383940%3AComment%3A1519425&feed=yes&xn_auth=noVideo games keep me sane this…tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2013-11-18:1383940:Comment:15194252013-11-18T10:38:31.614ZGrazer #E2Hhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/V4VendettaFan
<p>Video games keep me sane this time of year. There's a great game for the Android phone where you hack portals, set up defenses and attack opposing bases that requires you to go out - best of both worlds.</p>
<p>Scum of Europe? That's just out of order and unnecessary Chip.</p>
<p>Video games keep me sane this time of year. There's a great game for the Android phone where you hack portals, set up defenses and attack opposing bases that requires you to go out - best of both worlds.</p>
<p>Scum of Europe? That's just out of order and unnecessary Chip.</p> When my children were younge…tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2013-11-17:1383940:Comment:15192402013-11-17T21:57:39.705ZCarlahttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/CarlaButler777
<p> When my children were younger, they played with other kids in 'playdates' which are attended also by parents. As kids get older they play differently.</p>
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<p>My kids are involved in activities every night after school... Every night we are driving somewhere for at least one of our boys to take them to their prearranged activity.. Fencing, Youth Group. Cadets and Baseball. These are the winter activities which they belong to. Nights are crazy busy in our home and it's not…</p>
<p> When my children were younger, they played with other kids in 'playdates' which are attended also by parents. As kids get older they play differently.</p>
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<p>My kids are involved in activities every night after school... Every night we are driving somewhere for at least one of our boys to take them to their prearranged activity.. Fencing, Youth Group. Cadets and Baseball. These are the winter activities which they belong to. Nights are crazy busy in our home and it's not because they rush to their video games... </p>
<p>My fourteen year old doesn't play video games at all. He does watch TV, but it's almost always a history documentary...he has a keen interest in history and spends most of his time learning about it. He's holding a solid B average in school (science needs improvement which was a 'C'), which is wonderful considering his learning disability 'dyslexia'. He agreeably participates in family time, and even looks forward to it. He's very proud to say we are a close family.</p>
<p>My 10 year old does play one game called mine craft, which is basically electronic lego.... but he is an excellent student (straight A's), and has an abundance of friends which he plays outside with regularly, they call on him and he calls on them. He also is very serious about baseball, and has expressed an interest in playing college ball, he trains 2 x's/wk for that during the winter. I don't mind him playing on video games because he uses it appropriately for his personal down time. The other way he spends his personal time is by reading.. he's an avid reader. When we call him for family time he always comes.</p>
<p>We eat dinner together as a family every night... it's usually rushed because we are leaving the house by 6:30pm most nights for one of the activities they are in (except Saturdays and Sundays). </p>
<p>However, Saturdays and Sundays are often taken up with cadets or youth group activities.</p>
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<p>Life is busy... As parents we must find different ways to connect with our kids, but that may look different for many families. We can't judge what another family is doing or how they do it, but we can give people the benefit of the doubt that they are doing what they know or think is best.</p>
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<p>Blessings, Carla</p> Actually no. I don't remember…tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2013-11-17:1383940:Comment:15188842013-11-17T16:06:15.085ZTammyhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/TammyHenson
<p>Actually no. I don't remember waking up wondering if I was to <span>go to the beach? have a picnic?, go camping canoeing,kyaking, bicycle riding? None of those were at my disposal as our family strived just to make ends meet. TV was our entertainment. Video games weren't around when I was young but I looooovvvvveee playing Mario on the WiiU with my boys. We also play kickball in the street & my husband plays basketball with them when he's home. We also watch movies together on TV. I…</span></p>
<p>Actually no. I don't remember waking up wondering if I was to <span>go to the beach? have a picnic?, go camping canoeing,kyaking, bicycle riding? None of those were at my disposal as our family strived just to make ends meet. TV was our entertainment. Video games weren't around when I was young but I looooovvvvveee playing Mario on the WiiU with my boys. We also play kickball in the street & my husband plays basketball with them when he's home. We also watch movies together on TV. I think sometimes we give technology a bad rap when it's the parent's responsibility to allow them to use them for the good or bad. We have smarter kids. Sheesh, my 11 year old can fix a computer that his daddy - who is a computer expert brain - couldn't fix. I'm of the people that think we should take advantage of what is offered. It can be used for God's purpose or can be used for evil. That's part of our responsibility as a parent</span>. Yes, we had fun in the old days but they are still having fun. It's just in a new & different way. I'm not sure exactly what your 3rd paragraph was talking about Chipster so I didn't know how to put it all together.</p>