I hope you have all had a lovely Easter break, we are slap bang in the middle of ours.
Minecraft a sort of cyber world where you build your town and keep it safe. The version I bought Ava is suitable for 7 year olds, she will be 6 next month and at the time I thought it was a pretty harmless game for her. Boy was I wrong!!
The first day she had it she played it for around 40 minutes with some help from her big sister. I was fine with this. Aimee is a very responsible 12 year old who at times I'm sure thinks she is Ava's mum alongside me. Ava found ways to increase the amount of time she was spending on the game by sneaking her tablet to bed!!! This was a side of her I didn't know existed. In my opinion she was becoming addicted to a computer game.
As the week went on my carefree, happy go lucky, funny, playful 5 year old was replaced by a grumpy, whingey, huffy child who didn't want to leave the house!!! She was crying when ever she didn't get her own way (usually about not getting her tablet), having nightmare
s every night and spent every night in bed with me in case the creepers got her!!!
Needless to say Ava no longer has Minecraft!!! I hope this week is better than last. She is still having nightmares but I am hoping these will subside now she no longer has the game.
As I type this I have my carefree, fun Ava back, She is currently in her toy corner playing with her Shopkins and her my little ponies in some wonderland she has created in her head. I love to watch her play like this. Technology is a wonderful thing but not for my baby (not yet anyway)
What are your feelings on these types of games that are targeted at the much younger audience??
Thank you for reading, Please feel free to leave me your opinions. I would be interested to know if anyone else has dealt with this before.
love leighann
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