Reply to How concerning is this for a 10 year old boy? Video game addiction and pathological lying

Forum Index » Elementary School-Aged Kids

Reply to "How concerning is this for a 10 year old boy? Video game addiction and pathological lying"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, jumping straight to "pathological lying and video game addiction" is pretty overdramatic, don't you think?

Didn't any of you guys love Ferris Bueller? All kids like to daydream about skipping school. He's 10 and testing boundaries and trying to be cool while he talks to his friends. Lying to your face about being sick is wrong of course, but it's such a bad attempt that it's almost laughable. And it's still within the realm of what 10 year olds do IMO. The more important thing is if this is a phase or if it gets worse with time, and that's for his parents to deal with.

OP, you just worry about what goes on in your house, and all the PPs gave good advice about being "too sick for screens" and having to have crappy chicken soup while everyone else has pizza. Unplug the consoles if you have to. Then just tell his parents everything, and let them deal with it.

I hope some day you'll look back at this with your nephew and laugh together. Don't immediately write him off because he's acting like a sassy 10 year old.

PS - And I won't even touch on the "I only have teenage girls so I never experienced this" crap. I have known PLENTY of teenage girls who lied to their parents to do something they weren't allowed to do.[/quote]

Ferris was an 18 year old high school senior. 10 year old boys are in 4th grade.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics