Having a small safe in dorm room

HImom
Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:24:36 +0000

We were happy that S didn’t have any TV in his dorm room, tho there was one in the lounge but it wasn’t even on his floor. Unfortunately, his room mate & the mom bought roomie a TV that was placed in their room. Fortunately, I don’t believe it was that much of a distraction and his grades didn’t suffer. Am glad he didn’t have any gaming system, tho of course they can all play games on their computers.

I think a gaming system is a bad distraction, especially for young males (tho females are not immune). It tends to sap a lot of attention and energy that one would hope would be better employed doing other things while in college.

Your S may grumble, but stick to your guns that you’re not paying $$$$$$ for him to fritter his time & talent playing video games! It’s much easier to set the rules in the beginning instead of trying to help kids dig themselves out of a hole. The 1st term & 1st year is prime time for kids to meet others & find their niche.