Boys attending top independent schools and playing console games at home

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Hi not sure if the title is what it should be but here goes. My son will start a top academic London boys school Yr 7 in September. He is very bright, curious, loves sport and has a genuine thirst for learning - and the school is a very good fit for him. He is also very excited about joining. He plays sports twice a week outside of school and music once a week. However my dilemma is that he plays a lot of and excessive amount of online games when he is home - this is only school holidays and weekends. We don't have any screens on a school day - but I worry that when he starts his new school he may have problems keeping up with the work. If you have boys who are very academic and succeeding but also play online games please share what works for you - similarly please tell me if this is a problem / concern for your family and what your plans are to tackle it. TIA

Yes you do. State schools can't exclude for poor academic performance. Privates manage their poor picks out.

State schools can and do.

Grammars for a start

State schools can refuse entry into the 6th form- my children’s state (not in London) school requires very high grades in order to stay.

My gripe (sorry!) with the thread title was that essentially the post was asking how to ensure avid gamers perform to their full academic potential, whether that be GCSE’s at Grade 2 or Grade 9. Whilst I’m sure the OP didn’t mean it that way the top London Indie reads as a bit of a stealth boast.

Yes at 6th form but that's any school. My local comp has fairly high GCSEs requirements for entry. Otherwise please point me to a state grammar that culls before.

That's to @bifflediffle

Can't be bothered to RTFT but we remove devices when they've had enough time.

And judge those parents who don't. It's not rocket science.

Try any of a number of grammars in Northern Ireland @ourkidmolly

Not to worry either way, my teenage relative is in demand and paid £20 per hour to coach an American Overwatch team. I don't seem him very often but it seems his confidence and social skills are flourishing with the responsibility. He's teaching himself Korean to get into the more lucrative Asian market.

Our son boards at a top school and they have a console in house which the boys are allowed on once a week or so. We don’t have a console at home and would never dream of getting one. He plays games sometimes on his phone, but we monitor it and if necessary it is taken away. It just about policing it or just don’t have one!

Gaming is really not that bad! Just make sure everything is done and let him get stuck in. Maybe steer the game type to highly complex strategy etc.

Ds has done well at school & university but still a fair amount of Civ 5 ( and others more shooty ) went on - may be I am lucky and he was self regulating - it's just down time. & he also read and took the dogs out etc. I am not sure gaming is bad per se - It's just one thing they like to do. Unless it is obviously causing a problem - I would leave it. When I read my Kindle I am not interacting with people.