February 22nd, 2010 08:00am
by WineCountry.Mom
My mother called me over the weekend before the clock even hit 9 am.
“Are you at home right now?” she asked.
“I am.”
“What time are you going to take the kids over to their dad’s house?” she asked.
“Around 2,” I told her.
“Oh. That’s too late. Nevermind.”
She was being awfully cryptic, which of course got my curiosity up.
“Why? What’s going on?”
“Well…..” She asked me if I remembered the Ninja Star that the Taz had been coloring at her house. Of course I remembered. He had colored it pure black and told me how all he had to do was throw it and it would whip through the air slicing anything in its way. I suggested that he not throw it in the kitchen, at least.
“I remember. Why?” I asked her.
“Well, apparently he was coloring it in my living room…”
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TAGS argument, battle, kid, positive discipline, videogames, WC Mom stories | CATEGORY As a Parent...., Kid Issues
January 15th, 2010 10:38am
by WineCountry.Mom
Matthew Gollub of Tortuga Press wrote me this morning in response to “Teenagers and Technology”, the article that ran in the newspaper today. Here’s what he had to say:
I read with interest your article this morning, “Are teens in tech overload?” I’m a local children’s author, performer and reading advocate. (I’ve spoken at over 900 schools and continue to visit around 60 schools a year.) Tech overload is a topic about which I speak during my school assemblies. Here are some suggestions which may help your readers….. (Read more…)
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TAGS social issues, teens, videogames | CATEGORY Kid Issues, teens
December 21st, 2009 02:02pm
by WineCountry.Mom
“We had to take away the Xbox again last night,” a friend lamented to me. She had caught her son in the wee hours of the morning, plugged in with his headset on, chatting with friends across the country as he maimed opponents in his latest game. It wasn’t the first time, and she was aware that it wouldn’t be the last. And short of taking the game system and throwing it in the Russian River, she wasn’t sure what to do.
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TAGS Facebook, social issues, teens, videogames | CATEGORY In the news, Kid Issues, teens
September 3rd, 2009 09:46pm
by WineCountry.Mom
About a week ago I posed a question from a local dad. He was wondering about how to impose limits on his willful kids concerning television at night. “I try to turn off the TV but that is met with heavy resistance. So when I turn off the TV the battle is on. The best solution I’ve come up with is putting it on the weather channel.”
One mom gave an …
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TAGS battle, children, TV, videogames | CATEGORY Kid Issues
August 26th, 2009 06:24am
by WineCountry.Mom
Father of Three wrote me: “My wife and I are in our 30’s and did not have TV in our rooms as kids. But we have spoiled our kids by letting them have TVs in their rooms. But now they want to stay up on school nights watching their shows on the DVR. I try to turn off the TV but that is met with heavy resistance. So when I …
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TAGS battle, question, TV, videogames | CATEGORY Kid Issues
August 16th, 2009 12:32pm
by WineCountry.Mom
A mom was lamenting to me about her 13 year old son. He used to be such a nice kid – totally respectable and responsible, and extremely trustworthy. But things changed in the last year. His parents got divorced, surely a huge shock to his world. And with the divorce came a lot of changes. Both of his parents moved into new relationships, and suddenly he was spending his time …
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TAGS argument, discipline, question, teens, videogames | CATEGORY Co-Parenting, Kid Issues
June 26th, 2009 09:21pm
by WineCountry.Mom
My name is Crissi, and I am the mother of a video game junkie.
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TAGS videogames | CATEGORY Uncategorized
Single-parenting it since 2004.
