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Posted on 3/5/18 at 12:18 am to Bison
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Fortnite is a very ‘addicting’ game
how about that crossbow though, eh?
Posted on 3/5/18 at 12:18 am to weadjust
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My mom would send us out to play and lock the doors so we couldn't get back in
Yes, but that was before kids could take their parents to court. These days im sure thats a form of abandonment lol
Posted on 3/5/18 at 12:20 am to ApexTiger
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Gaming addiction
If youre not doing anything with him to pull his interest elsewhere, whats the big deal?? Hey son, lets go fishing, throw the ball around ect.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 12:20 am to ApexTiger
It sounds like he makes good grades, has other hobbies, and half his friends play online too. I'm not sure what the problem is. Maybe you just need to accept that the world has changed since you were a kid?
Posted on 3/5/18 at 12:21 am to ApexTiger
I play fortnite with my son. You should give it a try.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 12:31 am to ApexTiger
Makes good grades but you’re thinking about destroying his Xbox??? I think many would agree that would elicit a bad response maybe grade wise in spite.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 12:38 am to ApexTiger
The freemium thing and MMROP has changed everything.
In my day we may binge a weekend on a game then it ended. Now one game lasts forever.
I was playing Skyrim then saw I had $100 hours on it. I packed the 360 up and haven't touched a console since.
In my day we may binge a weekend on a game then it ended. Now one game lasts forever.
I was playing Skyrim then saw I had $100 hours on it. I packed the 360 up and haven't touched a console since.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 12:42 am to ApexTiger
Go shoot some hoops WITH your son instead of telling him to go do something else.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 12:46 am to ApexTiger
I agree it is addictive. Transfer that addiction into something beneficial. Get him into programming or something. “Hey, learn these 10 problems and you can play 20 minutes.”’
Worse comes to worse, my dad knew how to pick locks and he’d just lock all electronics and fun stuff and the key in the computer room and My sister and I would be screwed
Worse comes to worse, my dad knew how to pick locks and he’d just lock all electronics and fun stuff and the key in the computer room and My sister and I would be screwed
Posted on 3/5/18 at 12:46 am to ApexTiger
Honestly, this doesn't sound like it's all that bad. Once he's 16 and he has more freedom he will go out more. The danger is if has done nothing to deserve any punishment, it can strain your relationship.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 12:47 am to ApexTiger
quote:This is your fault. You let it become 30 minutes.
His "5 more minutes" is really 30.
quote:Good lord, be a parent, not a doormat. Simply tell him you do not want him playing it as much as he does. Follow through with the limits you set.
He makes good grades, I have to have a good reason to break it...or just take it away.
I can't believe you're this weak.
This post was edited on 3/5/18 at 12:53 am
Posted on 3/5/18 at 12:55 am to ApexTiger
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How many years ago was this?
The games today I think are more addictive?
False. I was in high school during peak Call of Duty popularity and spent literally 100+ hours/wk playing it at times when I was in the offseason for sports. It was just as “addicting” as any game out right now.
Fast forward 10 years and I don’t even play video games any more while a lot of my friends play for 5 hours a day. I’m well adjusted, have a good relationship, have a good job, exercise a lot and have a lot of diverse hobbies, and have good friends. Oh yea, and I don’t fricking hate my dad because he broke my Xbox during the one phase of my life that I was able to be a kid and waste a frick ton of time playing video games.
Let your kid do what makes him happy in his free time, and like others said, put him in sports and other extracurriculars to limit that free time to a healthy amount. If your kid has 18 hours a day to waste on video games, then that’s a parenting problem at this point in his life, not him.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 12:55 am to ApexTiger
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He would play this fortnite game all the time if we didn't limit.
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Kids don't ride bikes and play outside these days, it's all different than when we grew up...phones and video games are taking our children down a dark path...particularly the boys.
Yes they do. They can do both. Your kid is just asocial. That's not technology's fault. You should've raised your kid to be more social around friends.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 3:03 am to ApexTiger
He's 15, you and mom have a control addiction.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 3:35 am to ApexTiger
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His "5 more minutes" is really 30.
thats just how the game works, as long as he isnt starting a new game after he says 5 more minutes and is just finishing the one he already started thats pretty much all u can ask.
kids are gonna do what their friends do. if his friends arent out riding bikes or playing wiffleball and instead are all on fortnite, thats probably what he's gonna be doing
most of the game is more about voice chatting with ur buddies than the actual game
Posted on 3/5/18 at 3:59 am to ApexTiger
Title should read, Poor parenting....it’s an epidemic.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 4:03 am to ApexTiger
I grew up in the birth of home game systems with my first Nintendo in the late 80's around 88'.
We then had every system that updated from Super NES to Game Boy color, Sega, Nintendo 64, etc.. But, we also played a lot of fricking sports. I had two other brothers and we loved to play outdoors, organized sports, ride bikes, etc... but we also played a shite ton of games.
What is different today that wasnt the same back then? Find that answer. I dont know why personally. It is strange to see summers come and not see kids in my old stomping grounds out playing basketball, baseball, football and riding bikes etc. We use to have 20 fricking baws out riding back during my childhood arouns the neighborhood doing all sorts of shite. This was an affluent middle class neighborhood also.
shite has changed dramatically.
We then had every system that updated from Super NES to Game Boy color, Sega, Nintendo 64, etc.. But, we also played a lot of fricking sports. I had two other brothers and we loved to play outdoors, organized sports, ride bikes, etc... but we also played a shite ton of games.
What is different today that wasnt the same back then? Find that answer. I dont know why personally. It is strange to see summers come and not see kids in my old stomping grounds out playing basketball, baseball, football and riding bikes etc. We use to have 20 fricking baws out riding back during my childhood arouns the neighborhood doing all sorts of shite. This was an affluent middle class neighborhood also.
shite has changed dramatically.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 4:14 am to LSUgrad08112
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I was in high school during peak Call of Duty popularity and spent literally 100+ hours/wk playing it at times when I was in the offseason for sports.
Little bastards like you are the reason I can't get my K/D ratio over 2.0 in any FPS I play.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 4:21 am to ApexTiger
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taking our children down a dark path
Be a little more specific than that. What exactly do you mean by this and why do you believe it to be so?
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