[quote name='soonersfan60']Io, you didn't break them in early enough. My son is 12 now, but has been uber-careful with all of my stuff since he was at least 6. Now his friends are another story ! Ugh ! Don't get me started on how poorly they treat things--even common household items...[/QUOTE]
But I HAVE been breaking them in! That's why I think it is some genetic abnormality (clearly a dominant trait as they got it from my wife and not me). No matter how many times I tell them/show them how to handle discs they just don't get it. They also tend to pile them up loose on top of the DVD player (this is more so for DVD's, they are a bit more careful with games). Too lazy to open the cases and put them back in .
But I'm absolutely dreading when they start having friends over and switching discs/messing with systems on their own. They are all a bit small for that now, though the neighbor kid wants to come over and play the Wii all the time because they can't find one anywhere. But for now most of the game switching/etc is done by me or my wife (though the kids do somehow get up there and change games when I'm not around - thus the smudges). I'm *really* looking forward to random teenagers tramping thtough my house. I may just take ALL the games and lock them up in my office at that point :lol:. (But who am I kidding, if they are anything like I was, they'll figure that out in short order).
Anyway, enough of my OT rantings...
But I HAVE been breaking them in! That's why I think it is some genetic abnormality (clearly a dominant trait as they got it from my wife and not me). No matter how many times I tell them/show them how to handle discs they just don't get it. They also tend to pile them up loose on top of the DVD player (this is more so for DVD's, they are a bit more careful with games). Too lazy to open the cases and put them back in .
But I'm absolutely dreading when they start having friends over and switching discs/messing with systems on their own. They are all a bit small for that now, though the neighbor kid wants to come over and play the Wii all the time because they can't find one anywhere. But for now most of the game switching/etc is done by me or my wife (though the kids do somehow get up there and change games when I'm not around - thus the smudges). I'm *really* looking forward to random teenagers tramping thtough my house. I may just take ALL the games and lock them up in my office at that point :lol:. (But who am I kidding, if they are anything like I was, they'll figure that out in short order).
Anyway, enough of my OT rantings...