Tired_Tech
LE
this gaming malarkey is the same as 'affluenza'. Sh*t parenting. You don't even have to be tech savvy, as long as you know your way around a socket. My kids just get told 'you've been on too long' and they get off. Or they KNOW they will lose kindle, internet, Tele or (down to specifics) paw patrol and my little pony privileges. Minimum ban. One week. 'Can I go on sonic' (it's back!) is met with 'have you read/tidied/homeworked/etc'? They haven't asked in ages and answered the above with a 'no' because they know that I will send them to complete that task first. We've discussed the little girl swamping herself play computers. My children understand that should they do that then I'll rub their noses in it, make them tidy up and then remove privileges on electrical items until they are 18.