I've hit the main switch and shut off all power to my house. Yes, I've thrown myself over the xbox console and refused to let go. Yes, I've even tackled my son to the ground in one of our many fights over video games.
Why is it so hard to find decent parental controls? Because the game manufacturers are electronic drug pushers. They have our children addicted and are taking our money to do it! So I decided to search for how to rig a kill switch for an xbox. Guess what? The manufacturers created a game called Killswitch, so I got a gaming video! Nice. The devil himself could take lessons from these guys.
I raised my son with no video or computer games from birth to about nine years old when I finally gave in. I told myself that I had held back during his formative years and that was the most crucial factor. Then, in high school, he required a computer to do his homework. At that point, how could I control the same medium he needs to do homework? But of course it proved a royal distraction and point of contention. Do I throw in the towel?
An episode of South Park provided some clues. Cesar Millan "stars" and, as the Dog Whisperer, he tames Cartman; his mom can't, as we all know. Calm assertive energy. Stop acting out of frustration and anger because then it's all steeped in too much emotion to be effective and indeed has the opposite effect.
In the face of uncertainty, not knowing what lies ahead for our kids, how will our lamer gamers survive? They'll be zombie meat!
The survivalists, or preppers as they now prefer to be called, have it right. Let's all teach our kids how to use weapons, survive in the woods, and mount an insurrection against the government as needed!
Maybe my kid's springbreak homework should be an essay entitled, "What Video Games have Taught me about Surviving the Apocalypse."
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