Does anyone have a child that doesn’t have a games console?

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Does anyone have a child that doesn’t have a games console?

I don’t like a lot of the games that are played on consoles. I accept DC will have one eventually, just not now. They play on the tablet, though we limit the time on it, and we love a good YouTube disco. My aim is to avoid DS in particular having one because he would want todo it all the time.

Yeah but they’re only 6 and 4 so it hasn’t even occurred to me go get them one.
If they show an interest in the future we’ll think about it then.

@GetUpAgain I didn’t mention the sports and music to be superior - merely to show that they wouldn’t really have time to play on the games console and that’s probably why they haven’t asked for one.

But really I think it’s because kids like doing different things. Mine don’t mind playing games but here in Australia I don’t think consoles are as popular as hardly any of my sons’ friends have one, and certainly not for online gaming at this stage.

Sorry @ozgirl75 I didn't mean to say you or anyone was being superior. Rereading my post I sound snarky and I just meant 'consoles aren't bad they are just like everything else'.

No worries @GetUpAgain - i can’t always figure out tone online, sometimes I read back what I’ve read and think “it didn’t sound like that in my head at all”.

And I agree, anything can be bad if you’re doing it all the time, but consoles are fine in a life with plenty of other stuff going on.

DD is 12 and apart from a half-hearted attemp to dig out an ancient Wii she has no interest at all. Neither DH nor I play. We spend too much time on the tablet with games but that’s it.

We've never had one. Kids have never asked for one.

DS16 occasionally plays games on his laptop.

DD18 not interested in computer games.

No games consoles here. Nearly aged 9

DS is 5 and has my old iPad mini but we don't have any consoles. I was thinking of buying a Switch at Christmas but don't feel any need for one.

Nope none
Just iPhones

We got a switch for DS when he was 11. He was the last child in his class to have one. He didn’t ask for one, but I observed that there was a social divide between him and the other children and I think it has been good for him in terms of narrowing that divide. Of course, now I can’t get him off it 😂

Mine don’t. Eldest 13. Have phones (with limits on screen time) and eldest 2 use laptop for schoolwork and a bit of Minecraft

Yes I do but it’s not that surprising as kids are only 3,5&7. But certainly don’t plan to get one.

We’ve spent today doing jigsaws, Lego and monopoly. I think if we had a console they’d just be glued to that. Which is such a waste of a day.

Dd2 is 9 and doesn't have a console. She does have access to my laptop whenever she wants though, and uses that to play Roblox, Minecraft or the Sims 4. She would play those same 3 games on a console if she had one.

When dd1 was the same age she had a Wii, and a DS. She's now 19 so they are long gone, but she bought herself a switch a few months ago. She didn't have access to a laptop though. So it's swings and roundabouts really, they have had the same access to gaming, but on different devices.

My Ds recently had homework he could do on minecraft. So did.

I think people read newspaper articles about kids playing x box ps and think everyone is addicted .

There can be an in between. I have seen the trash they watch on YouTube . I would rather Ds was playing on x box chatting to mates than mindless YouTube watching.

My Ds on wet miserable Sunday , has done some hw, stuff for scouts badge, baked a cake, played a couple of board games, tidied room,and watched a film . The rest of the time has been on his x box . Not bad I think.

We have an old Wii which they use occasionally.
They played Minecraft / Fortnite type games on the PC or a laptop; the youngest still does sometimes.
They haven't complained about the lack of gaming console.
They're in their late teens now, so I don't think we'll be buying one.