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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
If YC is into video games --
Just curious to see what everyone does as far as time limits. Ryan loves Mario Kart on Wii and my niece gave him her DSI (handheld) this weekend. Now he has Mario Kart for that too and he is OBSESSED. I mean, completely obsessed.
I am sure that this will get better once it's not brand new anymore, and also once the weather is better so he can go outside - but oh my goodness, it's all he EVER wants to do.
What limits did you put on your child's game time when they first really got into it? He would play 24/7 if he could. He is 5 if that matters.
Lisa - mommy to Ryan 1-15-07
Re: If YC is into video games --
We use poker chips as "tokens." He gets a set number each day (more on the weekends) and each token=20 minutes of screen time - either my iphone, or a show/movie, the wii, etc.
He can earn more by helping out around the house, and he gets them taken away for not listening.
(We use poker chips just because we had them around - you can use anything - pennies, cotton balls, scraps of paper, whatever.)
*always remembering Annaleigh Lucy*
This is how Ryan is - he talks about Mario Kart nonstop. I think he is going to have to be limited a lot more than he is right now. MH and I are waiting a bit until the "newness" of it wears off to see how things go. After a few more weeks we might have to do something similar.