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[quote=Anonymous]Honestly, I'd say give it time.  I also have a DS 17 and was quite worried about how much he was playing, especially over the last 18 months, but with school starting again and other social activitites it's started to even out, and he's realizing he's got to focus on future planning.  At 17 I'm not policing his activities - he'll be out of the house soon and if you're still doing that at 17 there's a good chance you'll still be doing it at 25 while he's living in your basement!  Instead of punishing him or taking things away, maybe try engaging him in other activities.  Don't just 'sign him up' (again, he should have autonomy at this point) but ask him to do things with you (Top Golf, go for a run, whatever you're into), point out interesting things he might be interested in (I saw that the investment club at your school is meeting next week...) get him engagemed with research on his future (researching college applications, gap year options, summer internshipgs).  Or, encourage him to get a job.  Unless you've totally failed (and I don't think you have) he'll figure it out - gaming is just an easy fall back to spend time and pretty soon other activities will take over.[/quote]

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