Recently, parents of children who play games a lot are trying to limit their kids gaming habits to 2 hours per day. They think that setting the limit dosen't interfere with anything else they should be doing, like playing outside or doing chores etc, and not being anti-social and/or badly behaved.
My personal assistant, who I employ on the direct payment scheme, thinks I am also spending too much time on computer games and it is getting in the way of trying to make myself live an independent life. He thinks 2 hours per day is enough, and my mum would agree, which is what I don't really like
Computer games, to me, are a source of enjoyment. If I wasn't able to play them I may end up anxious, depressed, or to some people, having a regression.
So in order to make an aspie or autistic happy without much isolation, it would be best if the multiplayer games didn't count towards the time limit but the single player games still apply. This would help socialising.
What does anyone else think of this.
I personally think that such activities should not be limited until they pose a health risk - for example if you had problems with your eyesight or lack of exercise from not taking enough breaks. I cannot stand when parents try to push their children into socialising.
Can your PA specify how the games are interefering? Are you gaming when you should be working? It all depends on the individual.
I personally think that such activities should not be limited until they pose a health risk - for example if you had problems with your eyesight or lack of exercise from not taking enough breaks. I cannot stand when parents try to push their children into socialising.
My eyesight is fine. Exercise is a problem sometimes due to when I had operations from when I was a baby. I was born with dislocated hips and because of this, I cannot walk very far and cannot stay standing up for long periods of time. When I do cooking I would have to use a chair if I feel that I need to sit down. This is why I find it better to sit down and play computer games.
Can your PA specify how the games are interefering? Are you gaming when you should be working? It all depends on the individual.
My PA is also a mental health nurse. (He works in the acute mental health ward) Maybe the 2 hour limit is from facts that he either knows or has read about. He says 2 hours is enough for him and he dosen't get near that every day when he plays games on PC and XBox.
If I am really needed for something, such as helping someone with the computer, I will come off the game (pausing/saving the game itself usually) and help out because its something I also liked doing ever since my late teens.
I personally think that such activities should not be limited until they pose a health risk - for example if you had problems with your eyesight or lack of exercise from not taking enough breaks. I cannot stand when parents try to push their children into socialising.
Can your PA specify how the games are interefering? Are you gaming when you should be working? It all depends on the individual.
Agreed
I could not live with a 2 hour a day gaming limit, mainly because I don't like limits. I find myself too busy trying to plan my time to get any enjoyment from what I am doing.
I have a 0 hours gaming limit - I quit gaming
I also quit TV
I have a 0 hours gaming limit - I quit gaming
I also quit TV
Good for you.
BTW its not a 2 hour limit anymore, but a 2 hour daily allowance. For example if I spent 1 hour on one day I could spend up to 3 hours on the next day and so on.
At the moment I don't have plans to reduce the allowance or spend this time on computers and game consoles outside home just yet.
I'm going to have to come down in the middle on this one: Games should be scheduled just like any other activity. If you don't need to use the time for something else, you're free to play games.
That's probably more than two hours daily, depending on how busy you are, but not much more.
They are scheduled. Its usually the first or second thing (depending on how I feel) I go on when I come back home after a day out, or a day's work, but if I am staying at home all day, I play computer games nearly all the time. I have breaks in between when I feel like I should stop playing for a while.
I don't see it as a problem, but my mum or my personal assistant bring it up saying that it is a problem. Because of this, I cannot come off games all together because I am addicted and I like my addiction, so I have to find some sort of compromise and this is it.
i haven't had anything like Wii Sports, Warioware Smooth Moves or DDR at home yet, but I sometimes go on Dancing Stage Euromix (very similar to DDR) in the arcade. Those games include physical activity which shouldn't be part of the gaming limit. It'll be like a different activity altogether.
Last weekend over the course of 36 hours I played one game (Kingdom Hearts II) for 18. I was a really good game though, when I wasn't playing it I was thinking about playing it. Its not typical but it does happen.
I am not a fan of 'limits' set by someone else, but gaming can be all consuming and it can be very hard to stop playing and remember to do other things that are very important to health and well-being, like eating, sleeping, working, schoolwork, fresh air, etc.
I voted 'No' because of my dislike of limit-setting, but do think that it is bad to let gaming get in the way of certain things. Maybe instead of limits, there could be a list of certain things that must be done during a day, and once they are completed, gaming can be unlimited until it is time to sleep.
Imposing limits never worked for me, because I would rather be doing nothing than doing something I hate (namely homework). Sometimes my mom would not let me use the computer until I finished my homework (unless, of course, I needed the computer to do the homework), so I would just sit around and do nothing. I was perfectly content with that.
Yes, me too. Mind you, I didn't really hate homework - just didn't see the use for it most of the time except for doing assignments.
Turns out that imposing a limit on games didn't work for me in the long term. Nothing but a quick fix. I still play them though.
Some parents might also set gameing limits to prevent their children from wounding up as a chronic game addict like me. Some people have been known to actualy play to death, literaly. I have been addicted to video games all my life, and I'll admit that it's been very bad lately. As if 7-14 hours isn't enough already. What's also annoying about being addicted isn't the lack in socialising. It's the trouble with sleep, headacks, tired eyes, dehydration, thinking about the games while not playing, and feeling even more bored without it. I don't care about making friends, never have really. Somehow I keep getting friends anyway. *shrug*