Santa and 9/10 YO's and videogames

[Spock]

I have not quite figured out reply and so forth on here.

Anyway-somebody (Rexer?) said his 10YO might still believe in Santa.

We have not really discussed it this year-but I think L'il Spock (9YO-Grade 4) is still in the Santa camp.

He was pretty skeptical the last 2 years-BUT leaving Gramma's house last year-XMAS Eve-we saw some pretty cool lights/clouds in the sky and he bought that was Santa hook and line.

You have never seen 3 kids go to bed so fast as that night.

I knew in First grade-I am gonna have to tell him after Xmas-The first grader and pre-schooler may learn soon after-But it lasted longer than I thought it might.

And NO-there will be no WII and such under our tree.

I let the kids play some basic games on the computer as they are of that generation and the times are what they are-but I refuse to get sucked into, and I will not let them get sucked into the video game world.

My kids are never bored and from what I have seen of Nathan's friends that are most dependent on video games is that their first reaction is to be bored without them.

We have refused free game consoles from friends and rellies that have outgrown them.

I have also avoided IPODs so far-I just do not want my kids withdrawing into an electronic shell.

Yes, I am a hardass-but I feel really strongly about this.

[Appa23]

I have not quite figured out reply and so forth on here.

Anyway-somebody (Rexer?) said his 10YO might still believe in Santa.

We have not really discussed it this year-but I think L'il Spock (9YO-Grade 4) is still in the Santa camp.

He was pretty skeptical the last 2 years-BUT leaving Gramma's house last year-XMAS Eve-we saw some pretty cool lights/clouds in the sky and he bought that was Santa hook and line.

You have never seen 3 kids go to bed so fast as that night.

I knew in First grade-I am gonna have to tell him after Xmas-The first grader and pre-schooler may learn soon after-But it lasted longer than I thought it might.

And NO-there will be no WII and such under our tree.

I let the kids play some basic games on the computer as they are of that generation and the times are what they are-but I refuse to get sucked into, and I will not let them get sucked into the video game world.

My kids are never bored and from what I have seen of Nathan's friends that are most dependent on video games is that their first reaction is to be bored without them.

We have refused free game consoles from friends and rellies that have outgrown them.

I have also avoided IPODs so far-I just do not want my kids withdrawing into an electronic shell.

Yes, I am a hardass-but I feel really strongly about this.

I can understand your thoughts.

We decided that we would get the Wii because our friends (and Bix, for example) all noted the physical aspect of the game.

We have a very old N-64 that the kids (mainly my son) play some games.

They know the rules.

- No games where there is shooting.

- No more than 1 hour a day playing on weekends.

- 30 minutes during the week.

- have to read for 30 minutes before get to play during week, read for an hour on weekends.


The Wii really is a nice reward for the kids being so good this year (and really all of the past years.)

[cindy.wellman]

I have not quite figured out reply and so forth on here.

Anyway-somebody (Rexer?) said his 10YO might still believe in Santa.

We have not really discussed it this year-but I think L'il Spock (9YO-Grade 4) is still in the Santa camp.

He was pretty skeptical the last 2 years-BUT leaving Gramma's house last year-XMAS Eve-we saw some pretty cool lights/clouds in the sky and he bought that was Santa hook and line.

You have never seen 3 kids go to bed so fast as that night.

I knew in First grade-I am gonna have to tell him after Xmas-The first grader and pre-schooler may learn soon after-But it lasted longer than I thought it might.

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I just got off the phone with my friend, who has a 10 year old daughter in the 5th grade. Her daughter and my daughter are best friends (my kiddo's is in the 6th grade) On the phone we spoke about her daughter's visit to the hospital today when she had the bone in her finger set (while under anesthesia) , after breaking it rather severely last week at school.

I had called my friend to see how things had gone and to see how the little girl was doing. During the conversation I realized that I hadn't officially heard how the accident occurred, so I asked. The mom said that several weeks ago, while on the bus, her daughter was in a conversation with someone, who happened to mention something about Santa. Whatever was said in the conversation caused my friend's daughter to admit that of course she believed in Santa. (she truly did) So, unfortunately, the not nice little child on the bus who found this out told quite a few other people about how babyish our friend is, and how she had believed in Santa.

Fast forward to last Friday... While at recess, a boy ran by my friend's daughter on the playground, and shoved her to get to the playground equipment. She fell, and it was then she injured her finger. Although it hurt extremely bad, she was terrified that the other non-friend kids would make fun of her and that it would be just like the Santa incident, so she decided not to say anything. Her friends knew since they were standing there, and they kept encouraging her to go to the nurse. She stood her ground and refused.

Finally about 30 minutes before school ended she couldn't stand the pain any longer and she approached the substitute teacher (terrible coincidence that it wasn't her regular teacher) and requested to go to the nurse. The teacher refused stating that it was too close to the end of the school day.

My story really doesn't have anything to do with your story, Spock, other than the Santa aspect of it. The story with our friend just unfolded in an unfortunate way. I'm sorry that she lost her belief in Santa. I think it was wonderful that it lasted as long as it did. I find it tragic that kids can be so cruel.

[MarleysGh0st]

Thanks for your comments, Spock. Rexer joined in the discussion, but I brought up the Santa issue, regarding MarleysNephew. And I'm mostly just following that situation from a distance. (My opinion: he's just been playing along for a year or two now.) But there's no problem of him becoming a video-game-potatoe; he's a gymnast who practices 14 1/2 hours a week! When he's home, MarleysSister says he usually prefers to just watch some TV than play the older video games he does have. I'd say he's earned that privilege!

And, Cindy, I'm sorry about you're daughter's friend. Awful to think that she'd endure that pain so long, just to avoid being teased.

[peacock2121]

When one's nephew is a gymnast, is there any whisper campaign that he might be gay?

[MarleysGh0st]

I don't know, Pea. He's ten.

[peacock2121]

My family started a whisper campaign about one of my nephews before he was 10. He was neat. That was all they needed and the whispering started.

I just wondered if your family had the same thing going on.

I also wonder women are the only ones who whisper and if men just don't.

[silvercamaro]

I am horrified that a 10-year-old would be the subject of whispers for any reason.

[peacock2121]

I am horrified that a 10-year-old would be the subject of whispers for any reason.

I was as well.

I still am.