Playing video games to much

United States
June 27, 2007 6:18pm CST
Hi,i have a question that i would ask some of you to please answer. My mother lets me play video (my wii) games 3hr's a day, and i understand that, and when im dont i go outside and play basketball, or play my guitar. but some times when its raining i can go outside to play basketball and my parents watch tv so i can play my guitar. so what i usually do is just read for an hour, but then that still leaves me with about 2-3 hours till i go to bed. So i ask my mother if i can play games on my computer or on my psp but she says no. What should i do? I thank anyone who gives me advice. p.s. if you watch the news about the flooding in the brazos, well i litteraly live half a mile from it, thats how much its been raining. agin thank you
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@tmlnmr (1850)
• Canada
28 Jun 07
First of all welcome to mylot! I do think your mom is doing you a favor by limiting your video game time. So many kids sit in front of the tv or computer playing video games and they aren't getting the exercise they need. Now in the situation where you are not able to go out and play basketball and you are not able to play your guitar maybe you should find card games to play or crosswords or something like that to do rather than video games. There are so many other things you can do, read for another hour or two. Sorry to hear about the flooding in your area, I know how it feels! :)
• United States
28 Jun 07
thank you i also have e-mailed some of my friends and ask what they do. they said they like to draw when they are bored, so i have tried that, and i liked it so mabey ill start drawing more, agin thanks for the suggetions i can use them.
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@tmlnmr (1850)
• Canada
28 Jun 07
Hey drawings good you should post some of your pics so we can all see them! :)
• United States
28 Jun 07
ya ok ill have to race it in pen and ill post them, i like the one i made today ill get that up as soon as possible.
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@laltu86 (1249)
• India
28 Jun 07
Hello lolhoops, what you just said was my greatest problem when i was kid,i still play though ,yes my mother wouldnt let me play video games. I also had the same schedule like you said , so i was also desperate to find an answer like you and unfortunately in those days we didnt have this much access to net , so i asked my uncle , he is my buddy all time fav also.anyways he said "Increase your study time" i said then i will reduce my play time , to that he said "No, now you can play 1 hr and study 1 hr and the rest of the time you kill flies or sleep , but if you increase your studie time to 2 hrs then bhaiya (means brother i.e. my father) will let you play 2 hrs games , so you kan kill flies less and play more " i listened to his words and it worked for me , hope it does gor you also.
• United States
28 Jun 07
ok thank you, you are right i need to study, because i need to keep my brain fresh in the summer so it wont be so hard when school comes around, thank you for the advice i will use it also.