Nance Confer

unschoolingbasics--- In [email protected], "The Jeffrees"
<thejeffrees@...> wrote:
>In my experience, if there are no limits then when does the gamer >do
anything else?

When something else becomes more valuble.
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At our house, DS is up all night playing games and sleeps into the day. Horrors! :)

He's 13 and enjoying the heck out of his life. Good for him!

When does he do other things? When he wants to.

For example, when he wants to go to Tae Kwon Do -- he gets up and gets himself in gear to go. He's a black belt getting ready for a tournament right now. He goes 2-3 times a week for a couple of hours.

He wants to know more about getting into that code that controls the games? hmmm. . . He takes himself online and finds something that is helping him figure it out.

He wants to join us on an outing? He gets up and comes along. He doesn't want to, he doesn't.

Too much freedom? Too out of step? Not for us. Not for him. He's doing just fine. Smart and happy and way too tall but a pleasure to talk to about news and politics and, if you can follow along, what he's up to in his game (he plays Halo 2).

And now I have to go buy some locks. A variety of locks. Because he saw something online and wants to really see how the mechanisms work. Really see for himself.

Why? Because.

And that's good enough for me. :)

Happy unschooling to all!

Nance





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