Play First, Homework Later!

UPDATE: We've decided that Spiderman 2 is too violent a game for Abang to play so Daddy explained to him that the game will be removed. Abang then suggested removing Spiderman 3 as well, since it's "for bigger boys". Now he's happily playing Sonic and Kim Possible.

Unbelievable, but true. Daddy said that to Abang one evening when Abang wanted to play Daddy's Nintendo game and even - get this - offered to finish his homework first before playing.

And what did Daddy say to that? "No, no, play the game now. Do your homework tomorrow morning."

Suddenly we looked at each other. Hang on, did we actually ask, nay, tell him to play first and work later? Even Abang looked shocked. But only for a second before he pounced on that too-good-to-be-true offer.

We actually had good reason for that. It was evening and Abang's brain is SO active that if he does his homework just before bedtime, it might affect his sleep. So we prefer for him to do mindless things like watch TV or play these electronic games.

Having said that, I do worry that he takes these games a little too seriously. For example, when he plays Spiderman and asks Mummy to "help him kill the bad guy" and "just throw the bad guy off the building" and Mummy totally messes up by running in the opposite direction and gets Spidey's butt whooped instead. Oh, Abang gets so upset when that happens.

What's more worrying is that I find myself "practising" the game when he's not around ... heheh (I did manage to finish Chapter 1!)