Many parents complain their children use most or all free time for gaming, regularly play late into the night. All this results in poor sleep habits which leads to significant interference with school, work, or relationships. These all are signs and behaviors that are almost always included in definitions of computer/video game addiction.
Kids who are easily bored, have poor relationships with family members, feel like outcasts at school, or tend toward sensation-seeking are more easily drawn into video game addiction because it satisfies needs that aren’t met elsewhere. Shy or socially awkward kids are at greater risk of video game addiction than children who compete in sports or participate in group activities like afterschool clubs.
Take away their computer or their game console and how will they spend their time?
One of the ways of weaning kids from video games addiction is to engage them in active indoor/outdoor activities (most of the times with taking away their computer or their game console). Helping them change will require some outside help. They need to build confidence in order to feel comfortable in the “real world.”
We believe introducing kids to sports like Boxing, Kickboxing or Martial Arts is what helps quitting computer addiction, or any other addictions, and it definitely helps them to build confidence.
In MK Boxing teens and youth are very welcomed. You can choose classes in Boxing, Kickboxing, Brasilian Jiu Jitsu, Mixed Martial Arts or Muay Thai.
Kids may practice in groups or have personal training with an instructor.
That is what one of the moms Donna C. did. Just read her story, maybe it will help you.
“I never write reviews but I wanted to write this one to help parents who have teenagers addicted to Xbox or PlayStation. I happily dusted off my son’s Xbox today because he hasn’t played in weeks and one of the main reasons is because he joined MK boxing in June.
He is 15 and in June during a heat wave, he refused to wear shorts or a short sleeve shirt because he said he was too skinny. He also was addicted to Xbox. I knew I had to do something so I looked around at gyms and boxing. The competitor was cheaper but the private lessons were much more expensive and I knew my son would be to intimated starting a class right away. Mike has a promotion of 3 lessons for 150.00. FAR below the competitors 79.00 a lesson. I called Mike and signed my son up. He started working out with Denis.
My son not only wears shorts but today was out without a shirt. He never gives me a hard time about going to boxing and works out in our cellar every day. We got him a boxing bag on craigslist and he is constantly using it.
I think because Denis has teenagers of his own and has worked for so many years with kids, that he has a way about him that doesn’t intimidate kids. He also isn’t a 25 year old, muscle man and so my son didn’t feel intimated. He is honest about what needs to be done but doesn’t make my son think that he has to work out 24/7 to be able to get in the ring. My son still isn’t in the ring yet because they stress safety and know that if my son gets in the ring and isn’t ready, that will be the end of his interest in boxing.
The gym itself is incredible. It is clean and welcoming. It is also very diverse. There are teenagers, middle aged woman, the usual jacked boxers, and just your average Joe. It is not intimidating at all. My 19 year old daughter has also taken lessons. They have classes all the time and my son goes to them.
I know I sound like I have some type of financial gain in writing this, but honestly, I don’t. I just know what it is like to have teenagers who just want to play Xbox and he joining has made a really positive change.”
(Review on MK boxing Gym published on Yelp.com on 8/20/2015).
Please, contact us mikeknox@mkboxing.com if you have a similar matter. We can come with a special plan on how to answer your needs.