Dad Advice Thread
Dad Advice Thread
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- fooler1
My 6 year old son just started playing Pokemon and Minecraft and has no interest in BMX bikes, skateboards or any other sport.
What have I done wrong????- add a time limitGuyFawkes
- terrorize him at night as a jiggly pufffuturefood
- Act like an elementary bully. Make fun of him playing pokemon.pango
- Or you can start playing pokemon too. It might just kill it for them.pango
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- You need to set some VERY clear boundaries early on. Once he knows the rules, he'll be fine.BusterBoy
- minecraft is good for kids, like affordable modern day legos, dat pokémon though gotta goGuyFawkes
- It’s his circle of influence man. What do his friends like to do?HijoDMaite
- Super League Gaming, it’s like esports little league.. then at least he gets to be social learn team work lolBrokenHD
- I hear kids now a day learn programming on Minecraft.pango
- better those two than Fortnite, do not let him near that gameBluejam
- you can learn code on minecraftmugwart
- rasberry pi runs it. he will learn linux and move into hardware with directionmugwart
- my kid went through this now he's a book worm and plays electric guitar. Just talk to him, say way computers are "bad" all the timemugwart
- kids have it shit these days, we had ET, jacko and micheal J fox. These kids have pedos, murder and trump.mugwart
- The best decision I made as a parent was limiting screens to weekends only. That way my kid isn’t distracted from schoolwork and has to be creative to have fun.soundofreason
- He started playing Minecraft from watching me. So we enrolled him in a programming class on Saturdays to which we bike to (around 40min ride each way).soundofreason
- Screen time on weekends is limitless on theory but we always have other activities planned out anyway. We go to the library twice a week...soundofreason
- ... on Fridays we pick out a movie. The Friday night movie is something the whole family looks forward to. He really gets to appreciate it this way.soundofreason
- I would avoid setting a time limit. He won't see that screens are something you can live without and use that shit like a junkie. Waiting for that 4pm fix!!!soundofreason
- Personally think 6 is too young for video games. At that age kids should be developing imagination + motor skills with physical toys/exploring outside.shapesalad
- My nephew is 6 and still into lego and drawing and matchbox cars. If he had a chance to play a video game, that'd be the end of toys and developing imagination.shapesalad
- At least old atari/amiga/dragon32 games were so basic you had to use tonnes of imagination to enjoy them as a kid.shapesalad
- Games today are way too good for kids, so immersive and fun and most concerning: addictive.shapesalad
- I also always get into whatever his interest are, not to discourage him like pango suggested :D but to encourage him into just not being a passive consumer.soundofreason
- Pokemon could be a good way to get into taxonomy and proper evolution. At their age anything is a good learning experience.soundofreason
- As the saying goes "Anything's a dildo if you're brave enough".soundofreason
- Not sure where you are, but you;r elikely just coming out of Winter. Summertime's for BMX and skateboards. Winter's for nerding.
Both are better.detritus - @soundofreason you're the , well, sound of reason!Krassy
- Ya... Don't let me baby sit your kids.pango
- Computer at weekends only.microkorg