thoughts

I must agree. I too was a video game addict back in my days. It wasted my time and money. Grades weren't much of a problem for me but my addiction to video games were. The only time I stopped playing the games was when I have reached each games ending. I don't know if the generation today is lucky to have high-end console games or unlucky because it really absorbs a lot of time in their hands. Since the game console is here to stay I guess the best thing we can teach kids is discipline. No use confiscating their game console because there's still a bunch of other electronic playing devices and if you've managed to confiscate them all they'll just go over to a friends place who has them.

I do think that many children today spend too much time playing video games. I am not sure if it is effecting their grades at school, but I think it really is effect their physical body. I mean I see a lot of kids playing the video games and not getting out and being active outside, and then they gain weight and aren't in good shape.

I firmly believe this is the case. I think kids time should be limited, say 1 hour a day maybe more on weekends. My youngest, 15, was spending so much time on the computer he not only crashed my pc but was doing nothing else. When I got the new laptop I banned him from using it (except emergancies) and now he has to walk to the college to use the computer lab if he want's on the computer. This works because he either walks or skateboards up there and back, he's getting excersice and fresh air, he's spending time with good kids (it's a Christian University), and he's discovered the rec hall where he can play pool, the open basketball court times (inside).

Yes too many children get so absorbed into fun and games that the grades so suffer. I will tell my daughter when she was in school that she couldnt play any games until homework was done and checked and if her grades slipped the xbox would be put up for a week. And hey, it actually worked. She is now in college! :)