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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 9 year old stole over $3k on online gaming purchases. He stole my husband and I’s password in order to make purchases and I’m just exhausted/defeated. He didn’t stop because it was wrong, he stopped because there was no money left/was getting declined. I have a newborn baby less than 6 weeks old that relies on formula and we can’t even get that because this kid who’s not that little (fully understood what he was doing), decided three thousand dollars worth of fortnite skins was more important. This is not the first time either! We changed our password and he stole it and money again. What do you do in this situation?[/quote]

Why does your 9 year old have access to online gaming at all, is the first and most important question. You are exhausted and defeated and made at your 9 year old, but the person you should be mad at is yourself and your husband. If you hadn't engaged in lazy parenting, you wouldn't be in this situation. I also have a 9 year old, and he has no mechanism to "steal" from me to buy things in fortnite, because he doesn't have access to freaking fortnite (which is deeply age inappropriate.) and the fact that he's already done this? no more devices and online games at home, period, end of story.[/quote]

Ding ding ding ding ding!

My 9yo does not have any devices except for her school laptop, which is stored in the dining room. She has to ask to use it, and she may only use it in public areas of the house. Her time on it is limited. She has no access to our accounts or passwords, and obviously we would never give her access to that. She plays Minecraft (the learning version allowed on school laptop) and learning games. She watches TV. She doesn’t have Roblox or any social games.

What the actual F are you doing, OP? [/quote]

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