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Can't get my child off the computer
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 703667" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>The computer would not be there when he came home from school the next time. Period. If he had a fit or got violent, he would end up in handcuffs because I would not tolerate that nonsense. He is too old for that. </p><p></p><p>If he wants computer time, he can earn it with good grades, good behavior and good performance on chores. He can also earn it with compliance with limits as to types of games and time limits for amount of time playing. If he wants to set the rules, he can get his degrees and pay ALL his own bills and then set all his own rules. That is how it works.</p><p></p><p>I strongly urge you to read Parenting Your Teen With Love & Logic by Faye and Cline. It has strategies that truly are effective. </p><p></p><p>One thing we found was that when my son became fixated on the computer it would take a couple of weeks with zero computer time to sort of break the cycle before it could be even tentatively introduced again with rules. Before that, he was UNABLE to follow any rules, but after a few weeks break, he was able to follow the rules at least for a while. But he needed that TOTAL break to be able to follow the rules.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 703667, member: 1233"] The computer would not be there when he came home from school the next time. Period. If he had a fit or got violent, he would end up in handcuffs because I would not tolerate that nonsense. He is too old for that. If he wants computer time, he can earn it with good grades, good behavior and good performance on chores. He can also earn it with compliance with limits as to types of games and time limits for amount of time playing. If he wants to set the rules, he can get his degrees and pay ALL his own bills and then set all his own rules. That is how it works. I strongly urge you to read Parenting Your Teen With Love & Logic by Faye and Cline. It has strategies that truly are effective. One thing we found was that when my son became fixated on the computer it would take a couple of weeks with zero computer time to sort of break the cycle before it could be even tentatively introduced again with rules. Before that, he was UNABLE to follow any rules, but after a few weeks break, he was able to follow the rules at least for a while. But he needed that TOTAL break to be able to follow the rules. [/QUOTE]
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