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GAH!
Jul 2, 2009 at 2:43 PM
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When I say my house is simple... I am not kidding. I have a TV in my room and in the living room. I am thinking about getting rid of the tv in my room. It was our first TV and the color is all messed up but hey it was free and it let me watch the news. It wasn't until we sold our house years ago that we bought the bigger one in the living room. BUT that thing is never turned on.

We have movies but they are kid friendly movies, interesting TV shows that teach you about science, and maybe one or two that are rated R. Well those are for my husband so they are put away.

In my house children under 16 are not allowed to watch rated R movies. Children under 13 are not allowed to watch PG-13 and so forth. Just my rules. I grew up watching that stuff at like five with my father since my parents are divorced. To tell you the truth I was happy my mother didn't let me watch that stuff. My father thought because he thought it was ok to let me watch it he would force me to go to the theaters and watch scary movies... and I have BAD nightmares.

During the day the TV is not turned on unless we are watching the news. We eat healthy in my house with no sweets or MSG foods. Although I will make a nice baked from scratch cake from time to time. So Tomas is playing outside most of the day until lunch and then he comes in to eat and makes up a new game.We don't have gaming systems or computers my son can get on.

Now his cousins on the other hand... they annoy me. They whine a lot! And they have no manners.

One of the nephews (my sons cousin) decided to tell his grandmother "Go get me a toy and new shoes now!" Nuh uh! That does NOT fly in our homes. My mother in law is strict like me but not as strict. It is yes ma'am and no sir here. And Please and thank you. My son whips around (he is three mind you) and tells him "You say please! That is unsepbal!" His word for unacceptable.

They look around my house and to Tomas he can see a whole bunch to do. Like he has his living room tent to play in. His toys every where and well he has a huge imagination. Them they look straight at the tv and notice... no gaming system. Then they start whining. His cousins are 9 and 11 so to me that is just annoying. The demand I let them watch TV... ok PBS it is! But they don't want to watch that. They want something more exciting. Fine they can go in the backyard and pretend they are superheroes.... but that isn't fun either to them!

My nephew decided to bring his gaming system to his grandmothers. And for those of you who have bought games for your very young ones you know those games are expensive! He starts whining he can't play his Xbox. My husband inspects it to find that ALL THE GAMES ARE SCRATCHED! He then turns to us and tells us his birthday is coming up and he wants more games. I looked him dead in the eye and told him "You start taking care of those games and THEN we talk about new games. Until then you are getting clothes from us." So he is mad at us. My husband just laughs at me and agrees.

Both the nephews refuse to use manners of any sort. So when I was sitting at a table talking to my mother in law the youngest nephew decides he wants to talk to grandma and kept saying Grandma until she answered him. And he will go for two hours. Remember he is 9. Then the other one refuses to say please and thank you. And he said and I quote "Get me a glass". I said how do you ask and he rolls his eyes, groans, and goes inside stomping his feet and grabs the glass then glares at me. "Fine I will get it myself!" By this time my eyes are starting to twitch badly.

We can't take them out at all. They embarrass us! And unless we keep them entertained they are bored. They literally don't know how to play.

I don't know what to do here. I am use to doing things differently with Tomas. Right now since preschool is not offered free I home school my boy. So our games and such are fun. But to these kids they are constantly waited on hand and foot and I just can't do that.

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Jul. 2, 2009 at 4:49 PM

ugh. I know what you mean. There are children who really don't know how to play unless they are plugged in, and it's not their fault that they are the way they are. The parents just don't want to deal with the kids...there is no sense of fun!

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Jul. 2, 2009 at 4:50 PM

I wanted to add that sometimes my husband and I do let our son watch the movies like Iron Man and such. We watch the movies before he watches them. We like to screen.

Momma_Halo

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Jul. 2, 2009 at 4:52 PM

I know what you mean girl! Both of my nephews tell me that their parents don't want to deal with them so they just shove them infront of the tv. The 9 year old nephew is VERY PICKY on what he eats. His mother doesn't cook so all they do is go out to eat.

If he doesn't like what you put in front of him he will throw it.

Momma_Halo

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Jul. 2, 2009 at 11:44 PM

I let mine play video games but they have a 1 hour a day time limit. They also know that if they whine when it's time to turn it oof they don't get to play it the next day! I think I'd slap you relatives *LOL*!