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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Give him a two hour limit and after that he needs to find something else to do.  Yes, you have the "right" to parent the other child in your home and have them follow your rules.[/quote]
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It might help if you and your son come up with some other activity to start the evening, too. If it's warm and still light out, send them out into the yard to play until they're called in (no back-and-forth "We wanna come in now"). Get out water play stuff like sponges and buckets if it's hot. Son can set up Frisbee games (there are a lot of these online and your son might like researching them and setting them up; if the kids aren't good at throwing Frisbees, there are plenty of other outdoor games to find online). And so on. My brother and his friends used to love to cook stuff during sleepovers -- cookies (even from a mix or whatever), top your own pizza, popcorn with stuff to top it,  etc. That keeps kids occupied for a while too.

If they can't go out, yeah, tolerate a little more gaming, but be very firm with your son before the party about how much time will be spent on gaming and then stick to that. If you want to reduce the whining when you say, "Game time is up," then be sure to give advance warnings (game time ends in 15 minutes, in five minutes...etc.) and also have something else for them as soon as the gaming ends, such as serving a snack at that point so they're distracted.

If they grouse that they're bored at YourSon's house and prefer sleepovers at HisFriend's house because they can game until their eyeballs fall out....Well, it's OK for you to be the mean parent who sets limits when they're at your home.
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