Monday Teeny Poll
By Glinda
Last week the question was posed about whether you (or anyone you know, wink, wink) served separate meals for picky child eaters. Only thirty five percent said that they were sticklers for having kids eat whatever was put in front of them, while a combined fifty one percent said either themselves or someone they knew made an exception for picky eaters.
As for myself, I admit that when the Munchkin was a toddler, I would not make him eat what we were eating, but now that he is older and his palate is maturing, I make sure to make meals that everyone can eat. I just felt that certain battles weren’t worth fighting, and he is always willing to taste something, and I feel that is about as much as I can expect. I don’t know any adults that regularly eat food they don’t like, so why would I expect that out of my child?
As for today, I’ve got a question about something that came up in conversation with my sister the other day. The Munchkin has a DSi, and was playing Professor Layton and the Curious Village. He was having trouble with one of the riddles, and when neither of us could figure it out, I went ahead and looked up the solution on the internet. My sister considers that to be tantamount to teaching him that cheating is OK. What do you think?
December 7th, 2009 at 10:07 am
My husband and I have a wii and we play a number of games on there. Our favorites are the Lego series – Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Batman. If we have played through the level three times and still can’t find the secrets we look it up.
If you have put in a good effort on your own and look it up online then in my opinion that is doing research not cheating.
December 7th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
I’ve done it for years. If you’re really stuck, is it better to get annoyed and stop playing the game altogether, or to look up the answer and move on? I think move on. I don’t think anyone should look up all the answers or get all the hints, because then why bother playing the game? Because then you’re not “playing” the game. But to do it once in a while isn’t a big deal.
December 7th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
It’s a game and supposed to be fun. If you’re stuck for long enough that the game has stopped being fun, then go ahead and look it up. If you find that looking stuff up too much robs you of the fun, stop looking it up. It’s not a test.
December 7th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
I’m so far removed from the games that I didn’t even know you could do that!
December 9th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
I am a total walkthrough junkie, so I have no shame in that regard. I don’t approve of cheat codes unless you’ve beaten the game and you’re just messing around, but I played one game literally for YEARS before I finally found a walkthrough for one stupid item combination on the third level. That was so frustrating.
This makes me think of an issue that’s come up with my husband a few times recently — when he or his brother are playing board games, they will get cranky and give up when they see that there is no longer a possibility of them winning. I think that’s poor sportsmanship, but they say they don’t see the point in prolonging the end game when it is clear who the winner is. I think that would be a more important issue to teach your child, as the computer isn’t going to get mad at you for “cheating”.