At what age did you allow an Xbox?

[staycalmer]

DS turning 10 this week and me and DH not agreeing on this.

I want to delay the gaming stage as it's a guaranteed slipppy slope into him being locked in his bedroom being obsessed with yet another device. DH thinks it's ok with time limitation etc

However DS desperate, all this mates have one, all he wants...

Bump

Dont do it its the bane of my life

Stared using it at 3 because dp had one then got his own at 6. I treat it like any other device time limits and he can only have time if he has been out to play, cleaned his room done homework and played with his brother.

My three have to share one so it's just the cause of non stop arguments

DS got his Xbox aged 7. He would spend quite a bit of time on it, but he's currently banned off it & he doesn't seem all that bothered although when we want peace & quiet he is very loud!!

1. It took a while to get him into it but we got there. He doesnt play games as much as I would like though, prefers to watch kids watching stuff on YouTube.

10? He's old enough for a console, you're just making it irrisistable to him and that'll turn into your fears by banning it.

Your kid though.

10 but he barely uses it. Got it second hand specifically for minecraft but it came with a few other games. It gets used a couple of times a week, but not for very long - he is self regulating.

Most kids have an Xbox or similar by 10 years old. It's parenting style that determines whether or not a child will become obsessed with gaming.

DS has always had access to consoles because DH had them. I think he was 7, or maybe 8 when we moved one into his room for his sole use - he got the older PS3 whereas DH had upgraded to the PS4.

He uses his tablet far more and the family PC for minecraft, we set him up a private server to play with his friends because he was bugging to go online.

Time limitations are key IME.

About 2/3. They aren’t that arsed about it but enjoy going on occasionally. 10 is more than old enough, if you make it to be a forbidden fruit then he will want to feast on it even more

11 here. We have strict time limits and he's very difficult when it's time to come off 😫.

My son got his xBox for 10th birthday, I really didn’t want him to have it but my ex persuaded me.

He has it in his bedroom and it’s got time restrictions on it of one hour a day between 17:30-20:30 on weekdays and 3 hours a day on weekends between 08:00-20:00 (he uses some for Netflix etc) before I added this it was a NIGHTMARE

Having the timer takes away the arguments for coming off the xBox because the computer tells him what to do and not me. He really wants xBox Live but at the moment I’ve said no (he’s almost 11 now) and he’s desperate for Fortnite but I only allow age appropriate games at my house.

I think having restrictions from the start would be fine, it literally just tells you ‘sorry you’ve got no time left today’ and so depending on how much time you allow it won’t take over his life. Good luck!

Mine play Minecraft with dad since 3 the 1 year old "plays" with a spare controller they rarely ask to use it maybe twice a month we watch the odd YouTube channel on signing for dd2 not that she's interested

Msn messenger my space was the in thing when I was about your sons age we wernt allowed the internet and I do remember being very ostracized by my friends at 10 id say he's old enough but with time restrictions to start with he may self regulate

Rosa - how do you put those time restrictions on the console? We have just been telling him to get off, but is difficult 🙈😬 and would prefer the Xbox to tell him instead!

Rosa - how do you put those time restrictions on the console? We have just been telling him to get off, but is difficult 🙈😬 and would prefer the Xbox to tell him instead!

Rosa - how do you put those time restrictions on the console? We have just been telling him to get off, but is difficult 🙈😬 and would prefer the Xbox to tell him instead!

Rosa - how do you put those time restrictions on the console? We have just been telling him to get off, but is difficult 🙈😬 and would prefer the Xbox to tell him instead!

Sorry! It said those all failed 🤦‍♀️

@Phamous you login to the adults Microsoft online account website and do it through that. You don’t need to go on the xBox to do it. It’s honestly the best thing ever!

Doing it now! ☺️

DS(13) doesn't have his own. We bought PS4 when he was 10 but said it was for the whole family. It is in the lounge. He is an only so don't know if that makes a difference, so the only person he really has to share it with is DH. Does mean though he is restricted in the evenings to play on it as we want to watch TV. But he also has a tablet if he needs an electronic device to play on then.

It's that really time restrictions work and we enforce them on iPad however the bloody attitude and upset when it's times uo. I like the sound of the internal timer. Will do some reading up

Since they could hold and work a controller as we have one in living room. They play Minecraft together (age 6 and 8).

They haven't descended into game obsessed children. I have more trouble with their kindle fires.

Oh dear, bit different in this house as I was a bit of a gamer so unearthed my old DS for eldest age 5 and the xbox 360 and wii at 6. I don't mind them both playing adventure games now as they have to read to progress. I love playing with them and work in tech so seems normal to me.

No Xbox, my ds had a tablet aged 7, and at 10 has just been given a Nintendo ds.
But Xbox, PlayStation,Switch are all too expensive.
Ds gets 1 hr on school days, 2 hours on Saturdays and spends Sunday with his dad ( so probably 10 hours )
I use a timer and when the alarm goes, I take the tech away. Any arguments and he misses a day. I HATE arguing about the wretched things.