After school club making son share his PSP!

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BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Well, they've banned your son's because it was causing trouble between the children and personally I think they've made the right decision. I hope your child gets more out of interacting with his peers than he did by being apart and solitary. There will be plenty of time for him and his beloved PSP at other times at home.

Tree hugger !!!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

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shegirl wrote: »

Makes no difference!And I assume he's in school before the club starts?

No parent in their right mind would send that in let alone want their child to be sat playing on a games console instead of interacting or doing other things.Jeez!

Personal insults now, eh?

duchy

If you don't like the rules at the after school club look for alternatives-plenty of childminders do after school care and you can have more input into what activities are available.

I agree the PSP is obviously causing problems and if it got broken they'd be dealing with an upset child and an upset parent so they are taking action to avoid that -especially as it is causing friction with the kids in general . Personally I think it's a stupid thing to give a kid to take to that enviroment and I'm amazed it hasn't become an issue earlier. You say he's been taking it to school for years . He's six for goodness sake how many supposed years could it be???? Quite honestly I'm very impressed with the ASC that it has survived this long !

So are you a troll or annoyed that other parents aren't agreeing with you ? I'd suggest you drag your little darling off the PSP long enough to introduce him to teachings of the great philosopher Jagger ....... You don't always get what you want

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adouglasmhor wrote: »

so he can learn social skills in the after school club instead of hiding n a corner, so he doesnt get it used by others, because that is the obvious solution. Why not?

and your qualifications in child development are?

lucylucky

When my DS was young and at after school club there were some kids who had electronic games others went outside and played games, some did their homework. No child was ever forced into any activity they did not want to do, but were encouraged to play together but if that was not their thing then fine.
Obviously children will ask to try an electronic game or look at a comic or whatever but if your child is happy doing his own thing and doesn't want to lend his stuff to anyone else then so be it.
In your shoes I would remind the people running the club that this is your child's possession for his exclusive use.

shegirl

If this isn't a wind up I truely despair!!!:rotfl:

lucylucky

shegirl wrote: »

Makes no difference!And I assume he's in school before the club starts?

No parent in their right mind would send that in let alone want their child to be sat playing on a games console instead of interacting or doing other things.Jeez!

I must know a lot of parents who are "not in their right minds" then:cool:

BitterAndTwisted

If you think I'm a tree-hugger than that's perfectly fine with me. It seems that you're intent on getting into some kind of dispute with the after-school club people and are desperate to find allies on here but you don't seems to have found that many. If you don't agree with their decision you are perfectly at liberty to withdraw your child from the after-school club

CandyB101_2

I work in an 'afterschool club' and to be honest I wish all kids would leave their gadgets at home.

We have only banned DSI's (due to the photo facility), but we too have a few kids that bring in their DS's and squabbling does go on. Not all parents allow their kids to bring theirs in, and to be honest alot of the kids do not look after them, leaving them anywhere, ie. on the floor.
The kids are alway moaning that other kids won't let them have a go.

And we find that no matter how hard we try, whilst playing on these, the kids do not want to join in with the activities .... and they are the ones usually complaining that 'kids club' is boring.

The nice weather is here now, I say leave the gadgets at home and let him socialise and burn off steam with the other kids ........ more fun

Abbafan1972

I smell a troll here.

Who looks after his PSP when he's in school?