Minecraft

[jacksgran]

My 7 year old grandson has been watching minecraft on you tube. to the point of obsession. He has had to have laptop confistcated as it is seeming to change his personality. He is a very clever boy but since this obsession appears dozy and short tempered. Has anyone else heard of this. I have watched these videos and cant see the attraction. Now his 5 year old brother is starting to want to watch it.

[diddlydo]

Why has a 7 year old got a laptop?

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

it's not just youtube, it's a game. See if they have signed up to the game before you do anything else.

[sherrardk]

Some of my children play minecraft and will watch it in YouTube, I just don't let them watch/play for too long (the four year old likes watching videos of people decorating cake too!). Everything in moderation.

[Maydup]

Its best he has the use of the laptop restricted at the age of 7. Once he's had a break from it perhaps his parents can supervise him and suggest new things he can do on it. Just an hour or so when they're around and able to play soem games on it with him or help him research something he's interested in.

[NOX]

If you do anything for too long it becomes obsessive and you get raggey and difficult, it's nothing to do with Minecraft per se. My kids play and watch Minecraft amongst other things, just return his laptop to him gently starting with an hour or so to begin with and make sure he has breaks and isn't only doing one thing on it. Don't make him feel punished for enjoying something, but make it clear to him that EVERYONE'S personality alters if they do something too much, and ask him to be self moderating and see what he comes up with as far as ideas and then discuss it and work out what is and isn't acceptable to you. It's far easier to have a kid whose on side than one whose confused as to why you've stopped him doing something he enjoys.

[jacksgran]

diddlydo. 7 year olds need laptops for research for projects To date he has studied the great fire of Newcastle (yes we had one) Islam Judaism Spain Japan and at present Hinduism. His 5 year old brother also has projects in Reception class.