Help my Boy is addicted to Minecraft Videos

Hi My Name is Pants I am 8 and I am addicted to Stampy longnose viseos.

My poor mother is going crazy!

I spend far to long on these videos and have no interest in anything else 

please can you help me?  

Oh my days who has taken my child and replaced him with a robot? Seriously all he wants to do is watch youtube videos!! It takes alot for him to do anything else, even faced with unbuilt lego he shunned it (broke my heart a little bit). It makes me really upset I hate these videos and try to restrict time spent but has taken to hiding with my ipad or tablet and watching these videos. 

Really what is the point, he doesn't even play much minecraft so what is the point of watching the videos/ They are dull and making him rather lazy, he gets a hour on school days to spend on screen time and yet he aways pushes it and cries. He has never cried over something so small. Its so easy to let him sit and watch he is quiet but its not a fun childhood at all, and not something I want to encourage. He is happy to do stuff when pushed very hard its sad to see. He also is crazy hyper when off it as it isn't burning much electricity making him like a spring, shouting and running around.

I fear for the toddlers already a lover of the ipad, already so advanced with technology and it is a bit scary. I want my children to find their fun outside, or playing with toys/ We turned tvs and tablets off all after noon yesterday and they played so nicely. It was lovely to see, the house was quiet with the occasional argument but better than a stroppy 8 year old because his youtube video has buffered or one of the babies have stolen his tablet. 

So if you have any advice please help, I am sick of stampy Longnose and all the others. They give me a head ache with all there boring chat!

minecraft mum! the joys of modern motherhood

I’ve become a minecraft mum! not only do i have to endure hours of listening to boring minecraft videos I’ve sometimes found myself actually playing it on pants iPod when he’s in bed! I don’t get the game you build houses, although i hear a lot about full armour oh dear…. Even sheep and also there’s tons YouTube videos of songs people have made up about minecraft even a Harlem shake one!

It’s sad because pants who is six is better at computer stuff than me! And I’ve got my European computer driving licence... (Ok i failed it 4 times but i got there in the end) this was a mandatory course for any student nurse to take (yes because Ram is important to patient care)! It was all about ram whatever that is! I must keep up to date with it! In order to watch and help and make sure he is safe playing these games!

another thing when he goes on my laptop now he’s older he can read whereas before i could leave it on cebeebies and he would stay on that site but now he wonders to sites like Tesco, asda and even eBay where he bided £250 for an arsenal kit! Oh dear! But the funny thing is i never taught him how to use a laptop i assume he had learnt it at school! Will have to put parent safety on not sure how too lol!

What are your thoughts about modern technology and children?