to want to throw thebloody nintendo ds out the window of a very fast moving car?

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b*(^y kids are on it again.
we have to leave the house in 3 minutes. and instead of finsihing breakfast, they areplaying on the machine.
must stop swearing,

Might they be thinking 'mum we have to leave the house in 3 minutes and you are playing on mumsnet'

No YANBU by the way!

Mine aren't allowed to have any screen time til they are completely ready to go including shoes and teeth. And if they don't come the instant they are called then it's no screen time the next day. But I am a notorious dragon!!!

It's like a drug, isn't it? IME though, if you withhold their fix until it is a time that is not inconvenient, it would be better.

Eeeek. I hadn't made the connection between the dc with their Nintendos & me with my MN.

even s i was typing this, i was thinking abotu the me and mn thing.
they hadnt finished breakfast. are downstairs now, eating, and i have said i am throwing it in the bin.
which im not going to do. so useless parenting as well as mn addict

Throw it in the bin i say !!!! we are adults were aloud to have addictions xxx

Ban it and only let it come out at specific times.

DD isn't allowed her GBA in a morning before school at all for example.

don't let them on it before school?

thanks all. its well hidden now and they wont be getting it back for a log time.
gits are crying at me now. becuse i made them wake up. and get ready for school. and god kows what r cruelties.

My ds showed very addictive tendancies to electronic consoles over the years. Now I know I am a bit of a meanie but both my children now only have it when I say. Never before school. Not everyday, just when I decide when they have done their homework ect and then never after tea on a school night. Pleased now as ds doesnt seem so addicted and doesnt pester me half as much. I just use it to my advantage. If I am cooking a real difficult meal and I want them quiet they are both aloud it and then its not such a bad thing after all and actually gives me peace when I need it!!