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Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by BonPatrick(m): 3:39pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
Lol I wonder oo what if he gets to 15 the man will leave house for him fafambo: 1 Like |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by Pymetrics: 3:40pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
Sebi parental control function dey dstv and gotv and even startime. So what are you waiting for? In addition to parental control, you have to ensure discipline in every other aspect without using a bait like parental control, biscuit money or sweet money. Also learn how to use a strong cane. 1 Like |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by sanmtiago(m): 3:41pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
It’s normal. My 4 year old nephew now owns one sitting room because he has assumed the tv and sitting room as his own. You dare not try change the channel cause e go cry for your head and his grandpa doesn’t play with him, so he will immediately ask you to leave it for him and there’s nothing me and my other siblings can do about it. The boy dey worry ! Now I usually go out to watch premier league. Meanwhile dstv dey house. Kids can sometimes be annoying. |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by Nobody: 3:41pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by Coldie(m): 3:43pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
It's normal, I was once addicted to cartoon too. Use it as a leverage to make him read his books, that if he is able to read you will allow him watch the cartoon |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by Drizzy5001(m): 3:43pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
Madam buy these toys for your son, he will forget about cartoon.
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Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by mrde(m): 3:45pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
Chisaedhor: I have a 3 year old too. You need to enforce rules and stand your ground, he'll adjust |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by dapadawee: 3:46pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
Chisaedhor:Start breastfeeding him all over |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by payloader(m): 3:47pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
Some of these cartoons are satanic and may contain characters that have demonic undertones. Once your children start exhibiting strange character, especially after watching a particular cartoon or movie, change it. |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by dedeorji(m): 3:49pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
That is why there's parental control on the pay TV menu. Simply lock the channel in his absence and maybe one or two other cartoon channels, his interest will be focused elsewhere. Meanwhile find educative materials to keep him occupied after taking his mind off television. You can introduce him to painting, puzzles, simple word scrabble and other things that stimulate metal exercise. |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by onadana: 3:51pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
Chisaedhor: Wonders of cane.Helps to reformat the brain.The book of proverbs "flog foolishness out of a child". Spare the rod and spoil the child.Suffer it at your peril. |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by Nobody: 3:51pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
Chisaedhor: Train up a child in the way he "SHOULD GO ...". You have the parameters and the standard on how you want your child to be raised. Raise him that way. You don't allow the child to choose except it's a good choice . At the age of 3 and though he got his mind, he cannot make a good choice for himself. If you allow him live his life just the way he wants it, he would turn out to become a lazy adult. You are the parents to the child , not the other way round 1 Like |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by LaconicINC: 3:52pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
You just solved your problem, there was no need opening this thread Chisaedhor: |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by hustla(m): 3:53pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
Shey na question be this sha Beat sense into am or lock am for room when e dey cry because of cartoon. Trust me he will stop immediately Or sub on your dstv and disconnect the tv, watch on your phone with earpiece only QED |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by onadana: 3:53pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
FarahAideed: No.mind the mumu |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by LAKPAH: 3:53pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
Stop payment of ur cable subscription. Off course u and I know that he doesn't have money to pay. Make NTA the only available station. QES. |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by PotatoSalad(m): 3:57pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
incogni2o:Do you even have kids? All these keyboard warriors sef |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by Whitelookq: 3:58pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
akinreals: They are afraid of you, this is not discipline Oga. Your kids can never share any of there problems with you because of fear. |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by Whitelookq: 4:00pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
onadana: With time they will get use to the cane and the rest is history |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by Le2money(m): 4:03pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
Buy a PJ masks and suit for him Chisaedhor: |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by Chisaedhor: 4:03pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
quickly: Hahahaha He started school at 1year 6 months. His performance compared to other kids in his class |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by proffemi: 4:03pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
Chisaedhor: This is extremely harmful to the boy. Most authorities recommend strict limits on screen time before age 3. As others have suggested, you have to stop it. There is relatively strong evidence that too much TV time at a young age causes real neurological damage. I think you should treat this like an addiction and get him off gradually, rather than cold-turkey. Cold-turkey is likely to lead to confrontation and possible trauma. Never beat him just to correct a habit you were complicit in his forming. Despite your good intentions, this can result in psychological scarring. A trick I used with some success in the past is to get the kid to commit to the idea *long before* you implement it. Hence, "junior, from next week, should we switch off the TV at 9 pm ?" asked while he is enjoying his favorite food could get him to start preparing for the "evil" day. Repeat the suggestion (sometimes as a question, sometimes as an announcement) multiple times (always while he's happy). This won't stop him from crying when you implement the curb, but in my experience, he'll spend a shorter time crying if he has had the chance to prepare his mind. Introduce the curbs in stages, so that over, say, one month, you take him down to approx 1 hour TV time per day. While you're doing this, introduce a new set of enjoyable activities to replace the TV. My strong recommendation is that you introduce him to very good kiddies books with colorful illustrations. Get the "analogue" print copies rather than tablets, else, you will realize that addiction to tablets could be just as bad... 1 Like |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by emecheboy2(m): 4:04pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
Don't subscribe for two months if you can bear it, then when DStv call your line tell them they are spoiling your child with over cartoon. Give the child a study time schedule towards evening time say around 7-8pm and at the same time his dinner. He will learn to sleep fast. Chisaedhor: |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by mariahAngel(f): 4:07pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
Chisaedhor: He's just 3years old, so everything is up to you. |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by farady(m): 4:07pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
CalliDora1: One of the very few persons that made reasonable and practical comments. Kudos. 1 Like |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by dapotemi: 4:08pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
This is very similar to what is happening to me, my daughter is 4 and shes been addicted to PJ MASK since when she was like 2+. Sometimes she will starting mentioning those character in it, and i will just be stunned. I understand your pain honestly. At 3 yrs, my daughter will be watching her carton alone, and be smiling and laughing alone, while myself and her mum go dey room, na serious things o. What i did was to send her to grandma, who is just about 20km away from us, she cant watch carton there. By the time she came back, the addiction kinda reduce. She's 4 now, and will humbly ask her mum if she can watch carton on sunday? We still allow carton for 2 hours on sunday only. You are not a bad mum, you're not alone in this struggle to raise a well-rounded son. Just be patience and firm. As for those mumu comment up there, when u see some of those commenting my dear, you wont be bothered. 1 Like |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by Chisaedhor: 4:08pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
emecheboy2: Cool thanks |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by Nobody: 4:08pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
deltateam:you start discipline from a young age. |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by peterinah: 4:09pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
watch him carefully he might just be the next walt disney |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by Nobody: 4:12pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by omoyankee3(m): 4:14pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
I think cartoons adds to a child's intelligence and knowledge. I spent almost all of my childhood watching cartoons and because of that, I knew more stuff than my mates. You can use your son's love for cartoon to educate him. Look for educational cartoons that teaches various subject like English reading and listening, science and technology etc, and let him watch those. Also add fun cartoons to the mix to keep him interested. Note: Old school cartoons are better than the rubbish they put out nowadays imo 1 Like |
Re: HELP: My 3 Year Old Son Can't Do Without Cartoons, Stays Awake Till Morning by Tmlivesport(m): 4:15pm On Jan 13, 2021 |
Chisaedhor: lol i am even praying for my son to watch cartoon stations, as my 3 years old son would only watch football station |
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