How To Limit Your Child's Video Game Time

Today, video games are the bee's knees! But how in the world do we manage to moderate or limit our children's video game play time? In this episode, we're going to talk about our experiences in limiting our children's video game play time and share with you a few tips on how to do it yourself while not being a control freak. You can still be a cool parent even if you set some rules for the consoles and the computers!

00:13 You don't have to have video games but you can choose to
01:35 We have to be ready to control what we can control
03:14 Work first, play after
04:50 "Mom, what would it take for me to play for an hour?"
05:30 Frame it in a positive way
06:59 It is not helpful to have game systems in a child's bedroom
08:38 It's amazing but still needs to be handled in moderation

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[bellay]

Parents: Buys video games
Kids: Plays video games
Parents: You weren't supposed to do that.

[Ilijah_Senteno]

Parents don’t understand video games are our only escape from our real world problems and they make us happy.

[vyang]

I've pick up many useful tips from you guys & I love hosts' energy. Thanks a bunch ^^. Wish u all the best.

[elizabethjolley]

I'm not against video gaming but I'm finding my 8 year old doesn't know the appropriate times to play his video game. I put his handheld video game device up and allow him to play when I feel it's approriate timing for him to do so and only after he has completed his chores or any other tasks I need him to complete prior to zoning out in video game land.lol...He does have a TV in his room but we have always set a sleep timer since he was toddler. He now asks me how much tv time he can get, sets his own timer and returns the remote. A couple of times I found he had put it on longer than instructed. When I discovered he had set it for longer then instructed the TV was immediately turned off for the night. We don't have a problem with that any longer and I feel it's a great way for him to learn to self regulate TV time.

[afenceopinions]

THANK YOU SO MUCH MY KIDS ARE NEVER GETTING OFF THAT DARN GAME SYSTEM THING

[wren]

Hi!
Your points are valid and mostly correct but some long time side effects of what you’ve proposed do lead to a child who is more deceptive. This has been very common among many younger people. If you google “x family bypass” there are several which your child can exploit. Along with that, an craving of technology as a holy grail of enjoyment which can lead to the willingness of a child to do a if or when task to be met with more and more pushback over longer periods of time. Along with that I understand you are in context talking about a healthy family, but with many broken families technology is a very common coping mechanism. Limiting this can lead to depression and other mental health issues. Though your message is well intended and I do agree some points are flawed. I hope you don’t be taken aback but understand what side affects can entail.

[riaventer]

Thank you very much for the insights.
I have my kids on the tickets system. If they want screen time I want tickets and they can earn the tickets via chores and odd tasks they can preform around and in the house. This works lovelly for us.

[CreeperSlenderman]

7:28 u must teach your kids about the dangers of internet, and if strangers ask for house location or things like that, that kids not answer that

[iaminferno]

Hey listen gaming is not an bad habit we learn many things from gaming but we should have a limit for studying and

[amanis]

Thank you for your advices. I appreciate your efforts.
But how about a father that plays and plays with computer games more than his kids. 😔
I speak to him in case to help me with them and not to break the roles that i had put, he says ok, but return back to his old passion... computer.
What to do 😟

[just.a.therian.g]

How do I limit it if when not gaming my son watches it on u tube on his phone?

[cheeseman]

i earn time by raking in the fall
10 full wheelbarrows for 3 hours (it takes like 2 hours to fill)

[glandalissaguevara]

Hi there Dr. Paul Jenkins. What if my child doesn't want to stop playing games at my cellphone until the cellphone doesn't getting battery empty. She plays 3 hours at my cellphone and doesn't want to give my cellphone back until my cellphone gets battery empty. I feel like a failure and a bad parent because I can't discipline my child. She never listened and obeyed me.

[intoxicviii]

Anyone here that aren't a Parent? I'm here since I'm addicted to Gaming an I need therapy ☺

[sagittariusmax]

what would kids do if they dont play video games? walk to the park..ok, how much time you can spend to walk to the park? 2, 3, 4 hours..ok what will your kids do after walking in the park??

[AnxiousCinder]

I only play games cause it’s the only thing I can do during the COVID outbreak and it’s also a way to escape the real world

[lvlc]

When we married we decided that we werent going to have tvs or computers in the bedrooms. Our kids complain about it but they see we share the tv, we share time togethet. Now, hand held devices we struggle with... we considered the charging station in our room.

[CreeperSlenderman]

9:44 the people in internet are human beings...

[CreeperSlenderman]

9:16 doesn't she mean Internet relationships