MrMephistoX
Gold Member
This might get a little heated but I'm trying to understand what's happening: first a little background. For some reason my in-laws / daughter's grandparents (Who are mainland Chinese) are like deathly afraid of gaming and got super pissed when I brought out some Disney Infinity figures and the game to play with my 3 year old daughter. They think this is going to inevitably lead her to juvenile delinquency and a future of bad grades if I translated our conversation correctly.
When they watch her, they let my daughter use the iPad to watch Frozen and Big Hero 6 over and over and over again and that's apparently fine but somehow letting my 3 year old watch me play Disney Infinity, and keeping it interactive (ie. what color is Captain America? Is that a ball? Do you want me to make him jump?) is grounds for a complete grand parental freakout, meltdown, walk out of the house situation.
Am I bad parent or is it just a weird cultural quirk I'm not going to be able to get around? Am I restricted to forcing my kid to be a mindless robot who does nothing but watch videos and only play with non digital toys around her grandparents forever? Can anyone relate and if so how did you solve this: they're staying with us for about 2 months.
When they watch her, they let my daughter use the iPad to watch Frozen and Big Hero 6 over and over and over again and that's apparently fine but somehow letting my 3 year old watch me play Disney Infinity, and keeping it interactive (ie. what color is Captain America? Is that a ball? Do you want me to make him jump?) is grounds for a complete grand parental freakout, meltdown, walk out of the house situation.
Am I bad parent or is it just a weird cultural quirk I'm not going to be able to get around? Am I restricted to forcing my kid to be a mindless robot who does nothing but watch videos and only play with non digital toys around her grandparents forever? Can anyone relate and if so how did you solve this: they're staying with us for about 2 months.