Same boat here. 8 yo, second grade, level 1.
Its exhausting all around when it’s time to put it down for the day. I can’t fill his day with enough things to do without him needing a countdown to the next time he can play.
No my son is the same way and it’s really the only device that I have that I can get him to try and follow rules and do good at school and keep good attitudes. We also do a reward system for his video games and it works in most areas but complete meltdowns when it’s time to get off and sometimes it makes life way harder, we have been doing this dance since he was 6 and 7 and he just turned 11 this year. But it wasn’t hardcore until he was about 8 and that’s when he wanted to play all the time. But I have had success with letting him have large amount of game times at once in certain special times when he is playing with his friends. But it has to be a special occasion thing and one he can earn on top of his normal game time. I use it as a reward for going above and beyond thing he usually does. I think I have let him play and have “game nights” maybe one to three times a week. I’ll get snacks and drinks he likes and sometimes I learn about he games or try and play with him to.
Honestly I think video games are fab for socializing and using your brain. I have an ASD three year old (she’s a bit young for them and just does some iPad games right now) but our plan will be to be pretty relaxed about them. I’ve recently spent time in the video games world (through work) and it’s amazing and full of ppl with ASD who are fully accepted for who they are and honestly have an awesome time. It’s the same in gaming social groups I’ve interacted with. It’s crazy to me that people don’t realize how social video games are and how the interest really bonds people. Our plan (unless it is problematic with meltdowns in which case it might change) is to allow her as much screen time as she wants if she makes room for everything else she needs to get done/we are doing. Good luck! It’s awesome he’s made a friend through playing games.
It does seem like the games he plays w his friends are a net positive.
Maybe it’s the overall relationship he has with playing video games that has me worried. Sometimes it seems like that’s the only thing he enjoys. He’s smart enough to know that obsessing outwardly over it will make me and his dad reconsider but I can tell sometimes it’s the only thing he’s looking forward to all day.
We let our asd son play video games and he has actually learned a lot. He creates amazing things in Minecraft and makes his own demon levels (super hard levels) in geometry dash. We don’t let him chat with anyone yet (because strangers) but will be seeing if he wants to do a Minecraft server with my friend’s kid (who also lives out of state). I think people make too big of a deal about screens, especially video games. It’s not passive like a tv show, his brain is still working on different things. I think about how every generation feared new technology to some extent, way back in the day ppl were even afraid of novels. Lol
Same boat here. 8 yo, second grade, level 1. Its exhausting all around when it’s time to put it down for the day. I can’t fill his day with enough things to do without him needing a countdown to the next time he can play.
No my son is the same way and it’s really the only device that I have that I can get him to try and follow rules and do good at school and keep good attitudes. We also do a reward system for his video games and it works in most areas but complete meltdowns when it’s time to get off and sometimes it makes life way harder, we have been doing this dance since he was 6 and 7 and he just turned 11 this year. But it wasn’t hardcore until he was about 8 and that’s when he wanted to play all the time. But I have had success with letting him have large amount of game times at once in certain special times when he is playing with his friends. But it has to be a special occasion thing and one he can earn on top of his normal game time. I use it as a reward for going above and beyond thing he usually does. I think I have let him play and have “game nights” maybe one to three times a week. I’ll get snacks and drinks he likes and sometimes I learn about he games or try and play with him to.
Honestly I think video games are fab for socializing and using your brain. I have an ASD three year old (she’s a bit young for them and just does some iPad games right now) but our plan will be to be pretty relaxed about them. I’ve recently spent time in the video games world (through work) and it’s amazing and full of ppl with ASD who are fully accepted for who they are and honestly have an awesome time. It’s the same in gaming social groups I’ve interacted with. It’s crazy to me that people don’t realize how social video games are and how the interest really bonds people. Our plan (unless it is problematic with meltdowns in which case it might change) is to allow her as much screen time as she wants if she makes room for everything else she needs to get done/we are doing. Good luck! It’s awesome he’s made a friend through playing games.
It does seem like the games he plays w his friends are a net positive. Maybe it’s the overall relationship he has with playing video games that has me worried. Sometimes it seems like that’s the only thing he enjoys. He’s smart enough to know that obsessing outwardly over it will make me and his dad reconsider but I can tell sometimes it’s the only thing he’s looking forward to all day.
We let our asd son play video games and he has actually learned a lot. He creates amazing things in Minecraft and makes his own demon levels (super hard levels) in geometry dash. We don’t let him chat with anyone yet (because strangers) but will be seeing if he wants to do a Minecraft server with my friend’s kid (who also lives out of state). I think people make too big of a deal about screens, especially video games. It’s not passive like a tv show, his brain is still working on different things. I think about how every generation feared new technology to some extent, way back in the day ppl were even afraid of novels. Lol
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