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This Mom Found Out Her Kids’ Grades Went Down Because Of Video Games, And The Way She Dealt With It Is Making Her Go Viral

In this age of social media, we’ve seen a whole lot of different parenting styles. Some involve spanking or smashing kids’ game consoles after they got into some kind of trouble. Naturally, such “techniques” always raise a brow or two, as we all can agree it’s no way of teaching a child a lesson. But we’ve also seen a lot of good examples that are worth following, and we like to say that people like this “win at parenting.” The latest “winner” of parenting has recently gone viral on TikTok.

A young woman who’s a mother of 4 shared a video on the popular social media platform in which she demonstrated an “unusual” way of teaching her kids a lesson after finding out that they’ve been falling behind at school.

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This Mom Found Out Her Kids’ Grades Went Down Because Of Video Games, And The Way She Dealt With It Is Making Her Go Viral

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Hans 3 years ago

So...here is a mother who does what a parent ought to do: provide support for children, in a consistent way, balanced between strict an lenient. Why is it even needed to name this a good example compared to parents who smash their children's gaming consoles when they allegedly do something wrong? The latter is not called parenting but emotional abuse!

42points

Ian Taggart 3 years ago

Finally, somebody gets it.

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WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago

It's not the videogames nor the kids. It's parents failing in setting boundaries and limits. It's a good thing she understood that, but posting the way she handled it as an eye-opening and innovative way to deal with the errors she, as a mother, made in previous years seems a bit odd to me. After all, the parents chose to introduce all that equipment into the house and there's no doubt in my mind that they also used all that stuff as a means to keep the kids quiet. "Let me show you how good my kids have it." SMH. Burying your kids in technology doesn't mean that they are doing great. As their grades show.

15points

JessG 3 years ago

She’s merely pointing out how all parents should act in this situation

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Brandi VanSteenwyk 3 years ago

Love It!! People thought I was crazy when, after seeing the same thing happen with my 9 year-old grandson, I took him aside for a conversation about technology and other addictions while letting him assist in deciding what changes should be made based on the information he just took in about what is healthy and productive. According to others, I should have gotten angry and taken away everything entirely. The way I see it, what would he have learned by an absence of technology? The only lesson would have been not to anger Grandma.

14points