Xbox and babies

[MeiYiFoo]

Yesterday I had to tell my sister to stop letting my 2-year-old nephew playing Gears of War and Call of Duty on the xbox. It was really hard for me to do this cause I had to tell her some scenarios that may happen if she didnt stop him doing this (ie, becoming violent, not wanting to do his homework, etc). I hated talking about my nephew in this way.

She doesn?t think there is anything wrong in letting him play these games cause he does other stuff as well like reading and writing, etc.

Did I do the right thing?

a 2 year old?? reading and writing and homework?

i would assume its a typo and that you mean 12 year old,except your title says 'babies'...

confused??!!

No. I did mean a 2-year-old. That wasnt a typo :O(

with regards to homework i meant if she didnt get him off the xbox now at aged 2, she would have problems with him in the future trying to get him to do his homework.

Sorry if my msg was confusing.

What homework would a 2 year old have?

And with regards to reading and writing I meant they sit and read with him and write a b c and get him to say what the letters are, sorry my first message wasnt well thought out was it!

ok..get it now

Can't imagine he would be playing the game properly...but good to keep him away from it, the images can be pretty horrible

lol.....you've confused everyone!!

why has he got an xbox? is it his parents/siblings?? you can set a timer on it,if it becomes a problem in later years. but as he grows up then he'll have to understand there are limits

but not cert 18 games....he's likely to pick up the language for a start. all f words etc

EleanorHandbasket - she did say she was his mum and she knew what was best for him. But I'm his auntie and I was really worried. But maybe you are right and i shouldnt have said anything. I wont say anything again cause I have made my point.

when he's telling you all to f off you can give her a 'look' to say told you so!!

Perhaps I should have posted on here BEFORE I spoke to her!

@Ilovetiffany and scurryfunge ? I think you think the same as me.

I would not want to let a 2yo play on it, because they are likely to want to keep on doing it and then its harder to say no when they are 5 or whatever. But I wouldn't have told my sister it in quite that way

Although I agree that it's a bad thing, your sister will have to make her own decisions...I would have made a comment similar to, "Aren't you worried about the impact these games might have on him?" It's judgey but she may not have considered it at all....there are plenty of computerised toddler toys she could probably gear him towards.

The thing is I spoke to her about it 3 months ago, in a calm way, saying that I had seen a change in him (throwing tantrums when he couldn?t play it, hitting me in the face when i said he couldn?t play) and she said then she didnt want him to be one of those kids that played xbox all day and nothing has changed since then! in fact, its got worse! everytime i speak to her on the phone she says he is playing Gears of War. Unless she was bigging up how much he actually plays to make him sound cool?!

She doesn?t think the games have an impact on him, she laughed when he said he wanted to throw a grenade at his little sister, she thought it was funny and he didnt know what he was saying.

Worrying but unfortunately there's not a lot you can do except reinforce good behaviour when you come into contact with him.

Your 2 year old nephew is playing COD? Um, fuck yeah, I would be saying something judgy.

Jesus wept.

MalsFlannel - my sentiments exactly.

Auntie is just a title in the real world it holds no power so actually you don't get to tell your sister how to raise your nephew. It's pretty obvious that you don't have any children, I would suggest that you concentrate on your own life and leave your sister to hers.

"I had to tell her some scenarios that may happen if she didnt stop him doing this (ie, becoming violent, not wanting to do his homework, etc)."

I think you've read the Daily Mail too often.