Dad reports:
I am really torn on the issue of video games. Tommy would play them non-stop, but then again, so did I. The difference is I also got out and rode my bike, climbed trees and hiked. Tommy does nothing physical.
Now, the Playstation was offered to him as a motivator to get up in the morning which wasn’t necessary because he was getting up. It was more of a "being nice to Tommy" since he received a couple of new games for his birthday and hasn’t been able to play them much in the afternoons and evenings. The real problem is that the toddler has been sleeping in and yesterday the boys got so noisy with the game that they woke her. I really don’t want her picking up the waking at the same time as the school aged kids routine; at least, not yet.
I found a compromise. I moved the Playstation to the front of the house which has the added benefit of me being able to watch the interaction between the boys.