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[quote=Anonymous]My stepsons, who are now older, were/are like this. Personally, I think his parents did them a huge disservice by letting them hole up in their rooms and play video games so much. I would not have allowed that, but it was not up to me since I was not their parent. Their parents weren't willing to be the "bad guys" who took away the devices, cut off the wifi, made them do their homework in open places, told them all devices had to be in the kitchen by 9pm - they did not do any of that. And they spent all of high school being anti social, closed up in their rooms, on video games. They did not adjust well to living on campus in college and now have failed to launch and live in their childhood bedrooms and hole up on screens. Neither have jobs this summer (they are in college - sort of - they take part time classes and spend the rest of their time at home).

Don't let your kid wind up like this. Cut off the video game playing. If he's playing with other kids he knows in person online, allow it for an hour or two a day. Other than that, don't allow it.
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