Because of endless bickering between my children, a week ago, I confiscated all technological gadgets that they owned. This included the wii, nintendo ds's, i-pods and although I didn't completely take away the computer, their time spent on it has been very limited. We have not had any TV reception for months now, but we did have a Netflix account which enabled us to stream movies and shows through the wii and computer. Well, I canceled Netflix too. I was supposed to give the gadgets back today, but I DON"T WANT TO! I can't believe how much nicer our home is without these things. Oh believe me there is still fighting, but not having to hear "this game is so stupid, because he (he usually meaning Zach) made me die," or "(insert really whiny voice here) Mom, I called to be Mario first and she won't be Luigi!" is Priceless!
Now, I don't think I am going to get away with completely banning all these things, but there are sure going to be some pretty strict limits placed on the use of them!
I also developed a new chore system for the kids. Well, not really new, but lets just say I created more chores for the kids. As Lydia put it when she told Jude, "We got new chores now. Mom's just making us do all the stuff she used to do."
So, the chores give them something to do with their extra time not spent on their gadgets, I have extra time to play on the computer since I have limited their use of it and they are doing all the stuff I used to do! This all seems like a win-win situation for me.
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That DOES sound like a win-win!! I LOVED the week I took away video games. It made our life so much happier! Wish I could do that again.
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