May 7, 2008
The Daily Mail serves up a rather bizarre video game bash piece this morning. Journalist and English mum Rosie Millard (left) writes that the Nintendo DS, of all things, turned her family dysfunctional:The 'toy' caused endless rows, sessions of screaming and increasingly regular parental punishments... What is constructive about playing football on a tiny screen, or washing a virtual dog, or watching a hideous pink pony trot around a pink palace decorated with shells?
...Our Nintendo had taken the guise of a small but toxic drug which, little by little, was poisoning my children...
I have first-hand evidence that using a Nintendo turns my delightful, curious and funny children into argumentative demons full of aggression, wholly uninterested in anything apart from playing, and then playing some more.
GP: Although it doesn't necessarily read that way, we're thinking Ms. Millard's article may be a bit tongue-in-cheek. By the way, did she buy her kids a chipped DS? Call the piracy police!:
When the pale blue, £150 Nintendo finally arrived last November, fresh from Hong Kong (I had bought it on the net), crammed with a 'bundle' of 20 games including Brain Trainer, Fifa 08, and Nintendogs, my children hugged me tightly.
Via: MCVUK
Comments
Buying one of anything for four children will make them fight over it, stupid.
(21 and NO CRIMINAL RECORD to date, other than minor traffic violations)
I'd suggest this lady do the same.
"Idle hands are the devil's playthings"
SO GET CRACKING!!
Don't have kids cause then you have more video games for yourself.
THIS IS ABSURD! Since when has that happened before??????
This is completely unacceptable and ALL video games should be IMMEDIATELY BANNED EVERYWHERE so that kids won't argue!!
LOL!!!
WTF LADY? Did the day care raise your kids up until this point and you are finally figuring this out?
Dog prostitutes no less.
When I was younger if I didn’t stop what I was doing when my mother asked she would beat my ass and then I would do what she told me. Have a back bone!
It sounds like she doesn't want to be responsible for parenting.
Chapter 43: How to stop a child from playing a handheld video game when you want them to do something else:
(1) Approach your child.
(2) Look stern, cross your arms.
(3) Tell child "Please turn off the game, you've had enough time to play it and should do for awhile."
(4) Some games require saving at a certain point. Be certain you have obtained sufficient information on your child's games to know about the save procedures. Allow a reasonable amount of time for saving (2 minutes for example).
(5) If child respectfully asks for a little more time, offer a respectful compromise, as you see fit.
(6) If child refuses, inform child the game will be taken away, even without allowing to save game, as needed.
(7) Be as firm as the situation warrents. Be as respectful to your child as your child has been to you.
(8) Use appropriate punishment methods, ranging from short term grounding to permanent removal of the game system.
Most importantly:
BE A PARENT!
Nightwng2000
NW2K Software
What? The b**** had it coming!
HA HA! MULTIPLE ENTENDRES!
Anyways, sounds like someone just passing off the blame for her failure of being a parent. She probably got the DS just to get them off her hands and is now suffering big buyer's remorse.
EVIL I TELL YOU!!!!!!
These directions should be given to every parent.
Yeah, this is also the same lady who thinks her kids are precious snowflakes. Check out the family picture of her and the four kids on Kotaku. They're all scowling except for mum. They're little freakin monsters. What is she doing? Trying to teach these kids to be competitive? One DS for four kids? Either buy four or none at all. Of course they're going to fight over it. That's what kids do at that age!
..She also wrote a piece saying anyone who would correct or admonish her kids in public can go to hell because either they're perfect angels or "just kids being kids."
Screw this lady.
Sounds like he knew what was coming :)
Step 2: Take the DS away
Where's the problem here?
Seriously.
...
Seriously, it does.
1) Take the DS away
2) Buy a home console and only 4-player games, sheesh.
3) Buy 3 more DSes.
4) Teach your kids how to share.
Any of those work.
Also, lol @ using piracy for a simpathy vote.
Thought so.
Anyways, heres what I was going to post:
It sounds to me like you need some practice on handling your children better. I've grown up playing video games and while, yes, my parents did struggle a bit initially in curbing my desire to play games when I should be doing other things, they came up with a plan tailored to both parties needs that restricted my use when I needed to be doing other things. As of right now, I am 21, a successful post-secondary student, have a good job as a computer programmer, and am currently into my 15th year as an amateur performance cellist. Clearly, Video games did not ruin my life, and even now, they will remain part of my life until I can't handle a controller any more. The bottom line is all it takes is a little bit of understanding and thinking to get your children behave the way they should with regards to video games, and with some good parenting, your kids will be very successful, with or without video games.
Sounds like normal child behaviour to me you loon!
The best part is the picture of the kids.. I can tell by the evil look in their eyes that this chick's sons are far worse than she has any idea about.
Yeah, my money is on the DS.
no doubt man, have you ever been hit with a piece of hot wheels track? they hurt like hell.
As for the author of this mindless drivel, I seriously hope you meant this tongue-in-cheek, because if not, you're a complete and utter tool, and frankly, a failure as any sort of authority figure to your kids.
I also hope this is tongue in cheek. Otherwise she will not be winning mother of the year anytime soon... As in never...
Headlines are often petty, sensationalist or grossy misrepersenting a story. Ever heard a Brit joke "Ban This Sick Filth," well thats a classic reference to your standard hate mongering Mail headline.
Got seven minutes? Watch this, a bloke only gets news from the mail for a month and charts his progress, entertaining, insightful and tongue wedged firmly in cheek.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNUTWET14BU
Case. Fucking. Closed.