My son wants Splatoon

[HoloDust]

manuel said:

HoloDust said:
I kinda think I know what you're going through, my son has PDD and he was like that for a long time - no rules, hated loosing, even when we played Mario Party, if he lost during mini-game, even though his team was in overall lead, he had emotional outbursts.

Now he's 9 and more capable of dealing with defeat, so I let him play with other kids online - unfortunately, I don't have WiiU yet, so can't say anything about Splatoon.

Nice to hear your kid got better.

We didn't get any real diagnosis for our son. The doctors said he was in some gray zone. But I also noticed that he has steadily become better in the last 3-4 years. (Maybe it's really just the country. Japan values conformity over everything else. Naturally kids who don't want to conform will be beat down...)

Yeah, it really gets better as time goes on, especially if they are daily in enviroment that is supportive for them (kids in regular schools can sometimes be really mean to them). Mine really got better in last 3 years with social interactions and understanding defeat, having younger brother also helped a lot, since they play a lot of games together.

I find that board games are also great way for them to socialize and learn rules.