Cruel and Very Unusual... Will be on VMK less due to this

[laxplaya1346]

My parents feel I am too obsessed with VMK after they already took it away monday-thursday and I'm fine with it. And now they are saying if the obsession with VMK or Disney does not stop, our family will not go to WDW next august as scheduled. I don't get it. I've tried to shut up about it around them and not talk about Disney and yet I can not get through..

 

[Narnian_Princess]

That is horrible!

And I thought MY parents were strict!

Cruel and Very Unusual... Definitely! That is just wrong.

 

[birdman94]

i hope they dont read your post or they might take you to WDW ever again but im lucky my whole family loves disney very much so they will never cancel 1

 

[laxplaya1346]

i hope they dont read your post or they might take you to WDW ever again but im lucky my whole family loves disney very much so they will never cancel 1

my family loves it 2, but not as much as me. My sister was angry when she heard it also

 

[sassymom]

So sorry to hear that! My husband makes fun of me all the time when I get excited over a new item or good trade. He says I'm a Disney Fanatic, hmmm it's him who has been 7 times and when asked says the only place he ever wants to vacation is WDW. Hopefully you can hide the sickness we all have so you can go. I'll send some pixie dust your way, just make sure to sweep it up.

 

[laxplaya1346]

So sorry to hear that! My husband makes fun of me all the time when I get excited over a new item or good trade. He says I'm a Disney Fanatic, hmmm it's him who has been 7 times and when asked says the only place he ever wants to vacation is WDW. Hopefully you can hide the sickness we all have so you can go. I'll send some pixie dust your way, just make sure to sweep it up.

They think I get excited because im obsessed when I just really enjoy the game... I wish they would play to see why i do what i do

 

[birdman94]

i think you should maybe not go on the compurter or watch tv for awhile then they might forget about it

 

[Dragonlord11_7]

Wow... sounds like my parents. But mine were stricter. I could only play on Saturdays for 2 hours a couple months ago. But they've loosened up because we're working hard in school. You should "bribe" them a little. You know, promise good grades for computer time.

 

[shadow pirate]

As a means to help you escape this cruel and unusualness that you probably already have escaped...

Pull an emo. Wear all black clothes, black eyeliner and such, get piercings in your eyebrow, chin, nose, etc., and lock yourself in your room blaring a mix a Marilyn Manson and Slipknot. That should work fine .

 

[Dashzap]

My parents feel I am too obsessed with VMK after they already took it away monday-thursday and I'm fine with it. And now they are saying if the obsession with VMK or Disney does not stop, our family will not go to WDW next august as scheduled. I don't get it. I've tried to shut up about it around them and not talk about Disney and yet I can not get through..

What a shame. I don't let my kids play video games or watch TV Mon.-Thurs. when school is in session. Even weekends I limit the amount of time, because one of my kids would never do anything else, and gets really cranky if he plays all day. However, most of us have some kind of stress reliever hobby, whether it is playing VMK or bike riding or flower arranging or whatever.

Are you playing VMK with all of your free time? Have you stopped doing things with your friends? Dropped other interests? Maybe your parents are worried your focus is too limited.

When I was a kid (a llllloooooooonnnnnnnnnnggggggg time ago), my older sister loved to read, sci-fi especially. My parents took away all her books one summer and had a bonfire. Really! They felt she was only reading. Not getting any exercise. Not doing anything with her friends. I thought it was crazy of them at the time, and my view hasn't changed over the years...even when I have kids that age now. There are periods of time when life is stressful. Adolescence. The junior high scene (not the best exhibit of human behavior).

My husband dislikes video games and all things Disney, so your parents aren't unique.

Can you talk to them (calmly!) and ask what their worries are? Maybe they think you are spending too much time alone with your computer. Try to work out a reasonable compromise. Maybe play one hour each weekend day. Then show your maturity by not complaining about the restriction, and go out and do some of the things they DO approve of. You have to work with them. Show them you take their concerns seriously.

For the most part, parents want what they see as best for their kids. They may be right, or maybe not, but they have lived many more years than you (the human brain doesn't go through its final stage of development until you are college age). Either way you are stuck with it so get to work, kiddo!

 

[laxplaya1346]

What a shame. I don't let my kids play video games or watch TV Mon.-Thurs. when school is in session. Even weekends I limit the amount of time, because one of my kids would never do anything else, and gets really cranky if he plays all day. However, most of us have some kind of stress reliever hobby, whether it is playing VMK or bike riding or flower arranging or whatever.

Are you playing VMK with all of your free time? Have you stopped doing things with your friends? Dropped other interests? Maybe your parents are worried your focus is too limited.

When I was a kid (a llllloooooooonnnnnnnnnnggggggg time ago), my older sister loved to read, sci-fi especially. My parents took away all her books one summer and had a bonfire. Really! They felt she was only reading. Not getting any exercise. Not doing anything with her friends. I thought it was crazy of them at the time, and my view hasn't changed over the years...even when I have kids that age now. There are periods of time when life is stressful. Adolescence. The junior high scene (not the best exhibit of human behavior).

My husband dislikes video games and all things Disney, so your parents aren't unique.

Can you talk to them (calmly!) and ask what their worries are? Maybe they think you are spending too much time alone with your computer. Try to work out a reasonable compromise. Maybe play one hour each weekend day. Then show your maturity by not complaining about the restriction, and go out and do some of the things they DO approve of. You have to work with them. Show them you take their concerns seriously.

For the most part, parents want what they see as best for their kids. They may be right, or maybe not, but they have lived many more years than you (the human brain doesn't go through its final stage of development until you are college age). Either way you are stuck with it so get to work, kiddo!

After VMK gone actually last night I had a great time with my friends away from it all and had not done in so long. So my addiction from VMK is seperating but I still get excited about new things

 

[StitchfansJr]

i hope they dont read your post or they might take you to WDW ever again but im lucky my whole family loves disney very much so they will never cancel 1

Ditto. My mom likes Disney just as much as me. I've been on VMK every day. Sometimes she gets mad at me talking about it. But I got my mid-term report card, and I got two A's and 1 B. So she's not that mad at me, becuase I've been on VMK a lot and still get good grades. That's just crazy, my mom would punish me off the computer, but never take away a trip to WDW.

 

[Loves Disney]

If you come home from school, do your homework or a few things and then hop on the computer for the rest of the night, I can see how your parents would want to limit that. I think it is safe to assume that they don't want you to waste away your childhood years on a video game. When you are old in your 80's, you can sit at a computer and play, but you will find it difficult to run around with your friends, play games like baseball and soccer. You are only a kid for so long...live it! Don't grow old and think to yourself...where did my childhood years go!?

However, to love Disney is another matter. You can love Disney and still do plenty of activies...because loving something is only an emotion (whereas playing a video game is a physical activity). I don't think your parents can tell you what to love and what not to love (in the sense of being something that can't harm you). For example, I can love Disney while I am talking to my friends, playing a game, driving, watching a movie. I can't just turn off my mind to things I like. But I can stop playing a game. It isn't fair for your parents to tell you to stop being such a Disney fan. But I think it is safe to say that it's fine for them to tell you to stop playing vmk so much.

 

[peasy]

I am guessing you are a young man? I was just thinking about it yesterday on my drive home from work. I have to girls at home but IF I had a son, I would be grateful to see him playing/excited about VMK. Within moderation of course.

<------needs to take my own advice

But regardless of my own addiction to it - VMK is non-violent, bright, happy and challenging. After hearing about 3 - 4 cases of men/boys going into schools/restaurants and senslessly murdering people... well if my son was "addicted" to vmk as we all affectionately refer to it - I would be grateful.

I've seen some of these other video games and I'm sickened at what people produce to make a buck. Movies as well - but the video games are what scare me the most. There are parents who let that video game console become their child/teenagers babysitter, mentor and unfortunately sometimes eventually their reality. Having a child's "reality" become running people over, fighting, shooting, killing, demoralizing people for entertainment - well, I'd love to see someone defend that one. I guess I would rather my kids be surrounded/excited about a new crown, a new tron room that they can design and create with furniture, or the new mickey "host pin". Excited to meet up with their friends for closing and dance until closing sending each other well wishes for a good night.

First and foremost your parents love you and although they may not understand your love of vmk - they are only trying their very best to protect you and to raise you to be a happy, healthy, responsible young man. Good luck to you, my best advice is to show them respect and talk about how you are feeling to them.

 

[laxplaya1346]

As of next week VMK is now banned from the house bewcause they think there is no point to it. I'm tired of fighting so they are making me give it up. They just don't undewrstand that I love everything Disney and jusat want to play. Well... we will see what happens

 

[StitchfansJr]

As of next week VMK is now banned from the house bewcause they think there is no point to it. I'm tired of fighting so they are making me give it up. They just don't undewrstand that I love everything Disney and jusat want to play. Well... we will see what happens

Let's just hope they aren't going to take you off the DIS. Is Virtural MGM still gonna happen?

 

[maliboomer]

'Out of moderation a pure happiness springs.'
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe