As an offshoot form another thread - do your kids/teenagers sit aroudn the house and do nothing but MSN and TV for hours?

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Really??

he doesn't but i do

most teenagers I know do this.

You beat me to it zippi!

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Is 9 years old too young to do this? Ds1 just wants to got on neopets all the time.

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They spend a lot of time doing homework (eg 2-3 hours per night). One DS plays football, so he has his training and matches. The other DS has dog-walking and grass-cutting duty. They also both have church activities, and household chores (we are a family with five children and they all have to muck in).

They are not big MSN'ers, but the 13 year old does like tactical computer games. He does have to be prised away, but responds to limited hours on the PC.

Ds1 not gone to swimming, violin or cubs for 2 weeks due to friggin neopets. Even tho' I turn the PC off 'cos he doesn't go. Would get rid off the thing, but then I wouldn't be able to use it!

My nearly 14 ds1 is watching the rugby with his dad - but the only daytime tv he watches is sport. He sometimes plays computer games or PS2 downstairs for an hour or so after he's done his homework, but doesn't do MSN/Facebook etc at all - he's just not interested.

Ds2 age 12 is out in the garden pretending to be Dr Who being chased by aliens...

Yes. It is driving me mad.

DS1 (15) is on MSN all the time and has to be strongly coerced off it. He bitterly resents it, just as I bitterly resent the fact that he would rather talk to his mates than be with his family. He does, though, play the guitar and has just started lessons (and formed his own band)

DS2 is on the Wii all the time. If not on the Wii he sneaks on to my laptop and plays computer games on there.

At least during the summer DS1 plays cricket, but DS2 has no other interests and just doesn't get why I think it's so important. The only thing he really wants to do is to learn to play the drums - and I have finally given in and arranged lessons for him. (Biggest concern is not having the room for a drumkit at home for him to practice on).

I'm currently waging a campaign to reduce time spent on various computers, and to re-introduce reading - but I do feel like I'm pushing an awful lot of water up a very steep hill.

I just don't get sitting around all the time

watching TV

I don't know kids that do this

My teens have done this when not horizontal in bed or otherwise lurking in their lairs. But as soon as an interesting proposition comes up they assume Mach speed and are out of the place.

I did it as a teenager. Could it be genetic I wonder?

my youngest is only 8 and she's out playing with friends, middle one (15) is working her way through all the Scrubs, Mighty Boosh, Hollyoaks etc that she sky+d in the week, eldest (17) is making some food after going out shopping with one of her skanky mates

My stroppy pre-teen is the same...but what am I doing? errrr *quickily logs off msn...hmmm

Can I also just say that I never thought mine would be like this ...

It just seems to happen. Especially if you buy them the dratted equipment in the first place.

one teen is in town with mates ahvign done saturday school and has choir at 4
other has rugby match
two youngest at Skate park

I'm sure as darkness falls they'll be munching pills and snorting stuff and having sex like normal teenagers, try not to worry

The only tv ds1 watches is Sky Sports News, cricket and football and he likes the Real Hussle. Both ds's would rather be out playing some sort of sport, ds1 is at badmington now.

He probably spends up to an hour each day on the pc.

Laughs @vac....gives us more time to hog the pc if they are out being normal

Sometimes.... but then they work and play hard so why not!

My boys don't MSN (I do)

They watch TV, but they don't have the time to watch it for hours.

Mine have just spent over four hours at karate, one is at rehearsals, one will be at rehearsals later and tomorrow.

They're cooking a snack at the moment, but no doubt will put the TV on once they've eaten. I have no problem with this.