My parents hate gaming

Dont think we can do anything about it

I think it'd be best to just try and re negotiate a better play schedule. I used to have issues with this too.

It can be tough to sway stubborn parents though.

Dont hate your parents ever. you want to hate them for games ? wake up.

Besides , try Play sport and enjoy life outside that box .. let me ask you some thing ... which is better ? be a Karate Champion or be a fake Karate player on a game ?

Be a good swimmer or paly sport games which is fake ?

to run outside every day in the nature or fake running and climbing trees and rocks in games ?

do you know that you can become like Tomb raider if you want ? and jump and climb walls and trees and use ropes ?

this is all fake .. try to do it in real life and they will not stop you. they are stopping you from becoming fake actually...

be the hero , yourself ... chose a sport and be good at it. one hour is more than enough for pc games ...

here : Tomb Raider style :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX7QNWEGcNI

This guy is your age

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUKLm5EXUpg


Here Fun :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ako9Y78SRC4

be the hero ... dont be a fake hero ...

This seems like a very unrealistic comparison since exercise and video games are vastly different mediums, and may not necessarily be seen as entertainment in the eyes of the individual.
Although I kind of get where you're coming from, it's good to have a mix of physical exercise and gaming time, but not necessarily exclusively one or the other.
What you said sounds extremely cheesy though....

what do you mean by cheesy ? and remember there is a kid here asking for advice , if you have something productive to say talk with the kid , not with me . it is about him not me. dont change this into a debate when a kid is asking for advice. this is not the right place nor the right time.

There's nothing we can do about that on our end (at least not a lot I should say).

I'd just ask them every now and then if you can play for longer, if they say nope, well, then you'll have to deal with it. Like Wolf said, be glad with what you have already.

Unfortunately we all can't have what we want when we are under our parents roofs. And that can be a good thing. Try to look at it from their perspective, it might help you.

I'm only a few years older than you, and in all honestly, I don't game nearly as much as I used to, simply because I don't want too. When I became 14, my parents took the leash off me and I could technically game as much as I wanted to. But, let me tell ya, it can get depressing. I remember a few times where I gamed quite a lot per week, and I did not feel great. You get a very depressing feeling, just like if you have had too much candy. (And you feel purposeless, I have a hard time if I've had a whole day without doing something productive.)

I did learn from that, got so sick of gaming that I don't nearly get as much fun out of them anymore, and they get boring a lot faster than they used to be. I actually enjoy working in the yard with my dad more than my games sometimes.

However, I'm not saying gaming is bad. It's still a lot of fun, and it's a fun way to kill time. Just make sure you don't overdo it, or rather, don't try to fight for more hours with your parents, just accept what you've got. If you can get a couple more hours without making it a hassle, then great!

1. Count yourself lucky, when I was 15, we were allowed to watch 1 hour of television ( and that was what ever my parents where watching, which was a lot of animal wildlife shows, news and theater/shows) after school work done on kitchen table before/after supper
2. Count yourself lucky, computer gaming was limited to 1 hours after all chores done, all homework done (even on weekends)

millennials, cheese with that wine ?

At 15, I was cutting lawn, delivering new papers, for pocket money, as my parent consider work around house, only normal for a household children pulled their weight.

in hindsight, I think my parents, taught me to be a person and a man, and yours are trying to make you a human being.
of course you probably prefer to be Facebooking on your phone, and play video games, google can answer all the questions your teachers are asking you to learn, and you see no point o it all.. until you have to pay for everything your taking for granted..

young man, if I was your father I would be making plans to ship you to the military for your 18th birthday.

Advice from strangers on the Internet or a mature conversation with your parents. What do you think will make a difference?

Trust me, your parents are doing this for your own good, not a benefit for them. It's so you would not get addicted to gaming, and to have time for studying and other hobbies to benefit your future. Your parents are trying to get you to be more productive instead of becoming a bum who all he does is game (might not even have the luxury for that). Going to bed at 9 is not a bad thing as you need a lot of sleep (about 9 hours for your age) in order to function well the next day. As years go by, your curfew or time to go to bed at will increase or disappear as you will have more assignments or homework to complete and might have to stay up to complete them. As long as you live under your parents' roof/ceiling, you have to follow their rules. This is all part of life.

I was on the same boat as you when I was in elementary and high school except I had 1h/day during weekdays and 2h/day during weekends (double what you have). I had to go to sleep at the same time as well.

During college, I was only allowed to play 2 hours per day during weekends but as weeks came by during those years, I wasn't able to play due to how much assignments were received. Being able to focus on studying and not gaming improved my marks in college and self esteem by a lot. It's like I became a "new" person after going to college.

After not playing for a while, I lost some interest in gaming as I got used to not having the urge to play. After losing interest, I was able find other hobbies such as exercising (lost 60 pounds last year during my Spring/Summer break), watching more anime (part of how I weight, elliptical + anime + eating less), and more sports (swimming). I could go back to playing Drums but I have lost interest of that as well after a year of hiatus from going to college.

That's all the advice I can give. I suggest you follow them.

Yep, you're 15. We've all been there. THAT'S NOT FAIR! Be strategic. Never be manipulative. You have a goal. Your grades. Since you know they can be better you know where they should be. Not a little bump. A marked improvement. You have your incentive. More game time. How can those two combine to benefit you and your parents? Break this vicious cycle and bring down his blood pressure.

You need your sleep.

Get off the games and get on the schoolwork. Anyone who doesn't know the difference between "there" and "they're" at 15 certainly has LOTS of room for improvement in school. Spend more time studying and take the initiative to help with chores around the house without being asked and they may give you more leniency with the games. And it will only be a few more years before you're on your own and can play whenever you want. Just get good grades now so you can get a good job and afford the free time then.

Lol. I love your name. It goes very well with what you're saying.

Gaming can very quickly turn into an addiction, especially for younger people. It could be that your parents are trying to avoid that or it could be that they want to make sure you don't think life is all about fun and doing whatever you want all the time.

Going to bed at 9 seems a bit early to me, depending on when you need to get up, but that's their decision. Perhaps if you can reason with them rather than "pushing the boundaries" as you put it (I'm not sure if that means whining or not listening). Tell them that if you get to stay up until 10 it won't affect your grades, your ability to do work around the house and that if it does you'll go back to 9. But, be prepared to go back to 9 if it does have an effect.

The most important thing people do throughout their lives is learning and games frankly teach you nothing but escapism, how to leave reality behind for a while (or for a long time if you get addicted to it). I game and I know first hand that it can affect your life because it's always a choice to game over doing something more productive, or even over maintaining real relationships. Now we all need to have some fun from time to time but your parents wanting to protect you from the trap that can be gaming.

I have a 15 year old Nephew that lives with us (since February); he says he's going to be an NBA player but all he wants to do after school is play video games. He will never be an NBA player. To be fair he would probably never be one even if he put in the work but the point is that at 15 if you have dreams of being something great, it is already time to be pursuing those dreams. You have to work for what you want and professional gamer is not a real dream; the gamers who've made the most money in the world are done before 30 and outside of the top 10 have all made less money in their careers than an engineer would have at the same age. Youtuber; your chances are better but think about what game you would play and I can show you thirty youtubers that do it already. It's saturated, your chances are very low. Ditto Streaming.

Your parents want to prepare you for reality so they don't have to support you into your 30s. Reality is not all fun and games.

hey!!your parents are doing the right thing. do not hate them. you know i never played video games in my life till the age of 25 because my parents sacrificed so much for my studies. now i am a doctor and i can do whatever i want. i upgraded my PC 5 times in last 3 years even my wife supports me. even she buys top of the line components for me. so just have patience, put primary focus on studies and secondary on games and excel in life. good luck

What kind of a doctor are you? How do you even have time for gaming? I thought doctors have to be extremely dedicated do their jobs.

we all have something called "week end" ... I know two doctors (internists) they both play games as well , but only on week ends ... ofc not married yet ... had they been married the wife would steal their week end for sure.

Ah, the reason why I thought doctors don't have time for gaming is because the doctors I know of (my family doctor, and my cousins) don't play games at all and only focus on their jobs, only on occasions like a Christmas party would they play.

ha ha ha !!now discussion have taken a different path. okay i am a consultant anaesthesiologist. i never played games while doing my medical training. i have even done super specialization in pain medicine. i never played games in my residency because i did not get enough time not even for sleep. but now i am relatively free. now i can game on weekends and that too in night after my family sleeps. some times i have played even for whole night. i am a level 100 colonel in BF3...lol. Even my professional colleagues do not know about my gamer avatar. so cheers!! and happy gaming

Oh, cool. I guess it's a good way to deal with mental stress after working really hard.

Whole night? How can you play for a few hours straight, especially at night?

I don't think your professional colleagues would care, to be honest. Lol.

i have done this whole night thing many times particularly while playing BF3.......and then slept whole day while my wife and kid screaming at me...lol but now i dont do it because now i have to concentrate on my kid's studies. thats why i am saying to the OP to understand his/her parents.

Please note that the OP has not come back since his first and only post. Might be a good time to end this thread. If he comes back, I'll reopen the thread. This kind of thread can become troll-bait rather quickly.