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njullpointer
TAKE YOUR KID'S XBOX AWAY YOU SHODDY FUCKING USELESS SACK OF SHIT.
theslybanananana
MEDIOCRE!!!!
Treblaine
With 7 hours to sleep, that's 6 hours remaining per day, he could still have a part time job.
Treblaine
Actually, working 4.5 hours per day (7 days a week) is considered a "full time" job now, who's to say how he should spend his leisure time?
IBuiltAFreakingArk
I mean 11 hours daily are some pretty high numbers
Josestorm05
Sleep?the he'll is that?*after someone explains it* I can't sleep.if I sleep than who will kill the dragons
Aimlockbelch
There's this thing called a breaker box. Flip some of those breakers and the XBox won't power on. Very simple. Also - try parenting!
f4ble
An 14 year old should spend a time investigating other areas of life as part of growing up and spending 11 hours a day on x-box is a bad 1/2
f4ble
2/2 Idea. However - the gaming is a symptom, not a cause. Find out why life is less interesting/rewarding than his games...
43rdpresident
At 14 I was exploring other areas of my life, which were mostly done in the bathroom on my own.
f4ble
Weren't we all. :P
iTzAwesomesauce
Slow fucking news day if this is on the front page.
Ulthirm
25 hour a day addiction
TerraNovus
Oh.. is 11 hours too much? Shit...
AllDubaiEscorts
Super
yougloriousbastardyou
Gotta step up your game to 15 hours, man
30Jonseredi
11 hours? I bought Life is Feudal and hit 100h in about one week
ThenTheWingedHussarsArrived
These types of parents make me angry.
Treblaine
The dumb thing is they then spend 11 hours a day on the internet or watching TV.
davesrandomstuff
OK so unless he's truanting from school the "11hrs" is on weekends, his free days. And she's taken that away from him. Sad.
davesrandomstuff
Sure 11hrs sounds excessive, but this kid could have no friends, live in a rough neighbourhood etc. where staying in is his only option.
regretthisalready
Diablo 3 launch week, 80 hours in 7 days.
FatForYou
If it's not 30+ hours is it even newsworthy?
ibeandrew
codesubversive
That's right, it's the consoles fault, not hers.
SavetheDinosaursDrinkOil
I got the preview program & you can set timer & lock that also can be unlocked frm your phone.I wonder her reaction when he starts playin PC
Hadashi
I'd agree, but reading the article makes it sound like he has a serious mental illness.
Cheesecakecrush
Well considering he's still in school (or should be) 11 hours a day is pretty excessive and do you know any 14 year olds that follow their
Cheesecakecrush
parent's rules to the letter all the time? I don't.
Hadashi
Yeah, but mood swings, violence, swearing. He sounds like a hard kid to deal with generally.
Cheesecakecrush
I only read the headlines, the rest of that shit is too blurry. Sounds like a handful anyway
Risqie
Lets talk when he pops a shitload of amphetamines and goes on a 30 hour mmo bender
Dreadric
Jmard
I had a discord with my friend, playing space engineers for twelve hours straight, and right before that I had played for five hours.
Inauspiciovs
What is this? casual gaming? Freaking amateur.
DidntGetTheReference
All console gaming is casual gaming
Sithrak
As an omnigamer, this made me snigger. Or chortle perhaps.
DankS0uls
Soulwindow
Idk, man. I've played both, trying to aim on console is a lot harder.
snewsh
#pcmasterrace
killernerd
And before games it was TV causing it. It's almost as if shitty parents are looking for shitty excuses for their child's shitty behavior
Treblaine
Those kids grew up and are now parents, still watch TV 11 hours per day, but mad at their kids doing the same as them but with games not TV.
CondescendingCunt
shitty child's*
AfroSamuraiRM
But it's totally not the parents fault. It's 200% the gaming industry's fault and their evil sinning ways!
litro
Maybe parents should look into why their children are playing so many videogames, instead of assuming it is a videogames/discipline problem.
AfroSamuraiRM
That's logical! Shut your voice creator!
Fl0zilla
14yo- let's see, go outside with people that don't understand me or chastise me for my interests, or get cathartic release in gta...
Repli
So he is a casual gamer?
Islandace
I can't wait to grow up and not be a parent
Natojenkins
Dream achieved +1
drickanderson
As a parent, I get irrationally angry when I hear other parents say stuff like "I can't get my child to stop playing video games"
catsandcoke
My teacher friend had a 4th grader falling asleep in class bc they put the old PlayStation in his bedroom and he stayed up playing.
photog
As a straight white male with no kids i'd say, Bitch, yes you can "head and hand movement"
EwGrooss
To be fair, I can't get myself to stop playing video games
Threeleggedcow
Its called a power cord. Pull the fucking thing out. It aint that hard. My mum used to do that when i was being a turd.
DerSteve
My mom used to pull the fuse and cut the electricity to my room so I had to sit in the dark reconsidering my life choices
TheDaharMaster
Then when they throw tantrum you can threaten to whip them with the power cord!
MikeStinse
id just completely ignore them as i walked away in hopes that theyd start playing again, rinse repeat.
Xenodia
Or to delete their save files while they're watching.
DerSteve
My mom used to pull the fuse and cut the electricity to my room so I had to sit in the dark reconsidering my life choices
Varzoth
You don't even need to do that, I think all current consoles have parental controls built into them now.
harleenVT
Easy. Take away the power cable. Manage when they get to have it. Bam.
EmporerDragon
That's what I convinced my coworkers to do. Kid's misbehaving? The controllers go to work with mom.
GrundleFondler
My mother did that with the cable of the TV- my sister and I just bought a new one...
malloryjean8
Lol my dad sold my brothers gaming consoles when we were kids. I still laugh about it we got home my brother went to his room and it was
Nykidemus
My mom ran mine over with the car. :(
malloryjean8
Gone and he let out a blood curdling scream bahaha. But he quit his shit after that so I mean it works lol
Nykidemus
That didnt work for shit when I was a kid. You just get a spare cord for when mom's away. Try interacting with your kids.
PresidentBolbi
Video games have been a huge coping mechanism with depression for me, makes me feel like I accomplish things
SpecialContainmentProcedures
You speaking as a child who played too many games, i did so because early on my parents stopped playing with me. By 14 its too late
DrunkGermanGuy
right? just get out your jumper cables and teach him a lesson.
joethebro
For everyone saying she didn't discipline him, it says right there on the article that she took the Xbox away and hid it out of the house.
Adallina
After it became an issue. It could have been managed long before it became a problem
pingvinicecream
Not sure if these replies are sarcastic or not. The right kind of video games are one of the best things you can spend your time on.
Alpha2749
if it's a mobile phone or Ipad, don't take the device away, take the charger and hide it. And watch the horror in their eyes when
Alpha2749
they start using it less and less to conserve battery
SorkyMorky
It's called, "adults that shouldn't have children."
dherik
My step-son mouthed off to his mom once in front of me, I calmed walked to the circuit breaker panel, and turned off the power to his room.
ShouTuckersGhost
Seriously. Just... discipline your child
MLGsamantha
lespritdelescargot
That's like saying "Just get a job" to unemployed people. A lot of people don't know what to do or how to go about it correctly.
MakerOfBadJokes
On that note... Waiting for Andromeda to install.
diabLoDesignz
Europeans get to play the game in 2 days :( waiting for a key from g2a, they wont send them out early. *Shakes fist*
CondescendingCunt
G2A? Go fuck yourself.
diabLoDesignz
EA deserves the least money the can get. Yeah fuck G2A, no offence on that :) were it on Steam i would have paid the Steam price.
CondescendingCunt
The easiest way to avoid giving EA money is to simply abstain from buying their rubbish though. Just saying.
LizardEnterprises
I'm in the middle of a break from an 8 hour marathon. On a related note, EA thinks I moved to South Korea today.
SteamPunkDevil
I've been playing the trial it's good can't wait for it to drop
CondescendingCunt
My condolences. Enjoy your knockoff Mass Effect.
YellaBelliedSonofa
I'm enjoying it! It's like the book Coyote in game form. Keep yo expectations in check and you'll probably have a great time.
telepickup
I feel so bad for you. Not only did you buy it, but now you are going to play it too
MakerOfBadJokes
4 Hours in, it is fun.
reaperhugs
I've put a few hours into it. It's alright. Next to the other big games that have come out in the last few weeks though... meh.
Swe3tJe3bus
Yeah I am really enjoying it.
aceebro
Was fun when Xbox live decided that I wasn't online two hours in.
ARandomAlien
only got till 2 when i go home
personwhotakesfleetfootwork
lol i only needed to wait 1 hour
TheOnlyPtylerdactyl
Watching the clock at my late shift job
Threeleggedcow
Vpn my gaming bros connect to india server, run origin, profit
AWESOMEBOT
So the kid is at home, not on the streets, not doing drugs or getting wasted.... maybe spend time with him?
frickfracksnicketysnack
Most 14 year olds want as little time as possible spent with their parents, at least in my experience.
Quipman
Is this a white people thing as Lavar Ball eloquently put it(I would say middle class+ myself) https://youtu.be/jITmG8w4TJ4?t=7m28s
Quipman
If the youtube link doesnt take you to -> 7:28, jump to there.
snomang
That's why you drive around offering them candy
daementia
This comment officer, this one.
iwanttomountndewya
If my kid ever did this to me I would TACKLE AND HUG THEM UNTIL THEY SAY SORRY. I WILL LOVE AND YOU CANNOT STOP ME.
GuardsmanMiku
how to: edgy 'i hate you mom' teenager
IntergalacticCinematic
Ohhhhhhhhh my sweet summer child, just you wait. Source: owner of a 14 and 12 year old.
thatguywhodoesthething
Lol @ "owner". Love it. Source: owner of a 14, 4 and 2 year old.
LitteralyHitler
As a 16yr old, I love my parents, but WILL have my alone time.
IntergalacticCinematic
Exactly. I can barely pry my daughter from her room.
iwanttomountndewya
of course, i will give my kids their alone time. I won't do anything I wouldn't want MY parents to do. HOWEVER, we should still hang out.
Scottchr
As the father of a 15yr old, can you at least clean your damn room while you're in there?