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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When your kid had the tracphone he was also able to use the browser with WiFi, OP. He could go to Starbucks or the library and game there.

Look into those parental controls a PP mentioned. You can turn the home Wifi off, or control what sites are visited. I don't know that you can delete a browser entirely, so the Jitterbug or similar might be best. You could also get a phone that you hold 99% of the time, and he can ask to see or you hand over when a text comes through. It would look to his friends like he has his own phone, but you'd be the one controlling it. He has to use it in your presence. He could know he would slowly earn access to it as he got over his gaming compulsion.

The way your child is getting around controls must be through accessing a password, right? You need new passwords on all devices, the router, etc. Keep them on your phone in a password protected password keeper on your password protected phone. Look up how to generate a good password if you need to.[/quote]

My DS is beyond passwords. He has figured out how to hack into our computers via back doors. Don't ask me how, I'm not very tech savvy.

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