(was)help with “losing my child” to WOW (now) the WII

Karen Swanay

11 Dec 2007, at 7:06am

Along these lines with WOW, we just got a WII. My little brother sent it.

> Now, this thing is in the living room and the XBox360 is in the kids'
> bedroom. Here's my "worry" about the WII. I know it is a good item and
> lots of fun and people have even lost weight with it but I worry about their
> shoulders and getting bursitisis. Does anyone have one of these things? Do
> you find your kids are swinging too hard or are the reports of "WII-itis"
> overblown? I just don't want developing joints damaged because once a joint
> is gone, you miss it for the rest of your life you know? So I don't want to
> henpeck them about it, but I want to be sure they are playing this thing
> safely. Anyone have thoughts about this? Am I being too worried and need
> to relax?
>

Karen

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"Family isn't about whose blood you have. It's about who you care about."

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ENSEMBLE S-WAYNFORTH

11 Dec 2007, at 7:55am

Relax. I've had nintendo thumb, but nothing like that with the Wii. I think maybe a bit of shoulder pain after a particularly excited bout of bowling, but nothing worse than that.

Schuyler
www.waynforth.blogspot.com

----- Original Message ----
From: Karen Swanay <luvbullbreeds@...>
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Sent: Tuesday, 11 December, 2007 12:06:09 PM
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] (was)help with "losing my child" to WOW (now) the WII

Along these lines with WOW, we just got a WII. My little brother sent it.

> Now, this thing is in the living room and the XBox360 is in the kids'
> bedroom. Here's my "worry" about the WII. I know it is a good item and
> lots of fun and people have even lost weight with it but I worry about their
> shoulders and getting bursitisis. Does anyone have one of these things? Do
> you find your kids are swinging too hard or are the reports of "WII-itis"
> overblown? I just don't want developing joints damaged because once a joint
> is gone, you miss it for the rest of your life you know? So I don't want to
> henpeck them about it, but I want to be sure they are playing this thing
> safely. Anyone have thoughts about this? Am I being too worried and need
> to relax?
>

Karen

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>
>

Jesse Suckow Crowell

11 Dec 2007, at 8:29am

I would suggest relaxing :D
We've had the wii for a year now and no one has injured themselves. I've
had stiff arms a couple times from Raving Rabbids but that's about it. My
boys, who once starting a game keep going persistently until it is done,
have not had any problems.
Jess

On Dec 11, 2007 7:06 AM, Karen Swanay <luvbullbreeds@...> wrote:

> Along these lines with WOW, we just got a WII. My little brother sent
> it.
> > Now, this thing is in the living room and the XBox360 is in the kids'
> > bedroom. Here's my "worry" about the WII. I know it is a good item and
> > lots of fun and people have even lost weight with it but I worry about
> their
> > shoulders and getting bursitisis. Does anyone have one of these things?
> Do
> > you find your kids are swinging too hard or are the reports of
> "WII-itis"
> > overblown? I just don't want developing joints damaged because once a
> joint
> > is gone, you miss it for the rest of your life you know? So I don't want
> to
> > henpeck them about it, but I want to be sure they are playing this thing
> > safely. Anyone have thoughts about this? Am I being too worried and need
> > to relax?
> >
>
> Karen
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> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> "Family isn't about whose blood you have. It's about who you care about."
>
> LOI 1/26/07
> PA 3/22/07
> DTC 8/10/07
> LID 8/23/07
> LOA 11/9/07
> TA 12/6/07
> CA 01/14/08 @ 10:30am
> Disclaimer: Any errors in spelling, tact, or fact are transmission errors.
>
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