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[quote=Anonymous]We struggle with this too. One of my boys in particular is way more susceptible to Fortnite than the others. It's just how he is. I actually went to a child psychologist and asked for advice. We have implemented the advice and I have to say it has helped.

Don't ban the games (Fortnite is our big problem). We had done off and on banning in the past. She said banning doesn't teach restraint and, in the end, doesn't help.
Make them earn the xbox time and then they can figure out how to "spend" the time. We assigned an "xbuck" to certain activities. If they complete these activities during the week, they can apply the xbucks to the xbox over the weekend. We don't include Minecraft in this plan because they still do four-player Minecraft with their friends and we think that's good.

They don't get xbucks for performing their regular responsibilities, like chores, homework, etc. But, they do get xbucks for extra piano practice, extra reading, and sometimes even randomly if I ask them to do something and they get up and do it without complaining.

I didn't think the system would help because of my youngest appears to have an addictive personality. It seems, however, to help him regulate his time.[/quote]

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