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Extremely Bad Advice: How to curb your kid's game addiction

January 26, 2010 in Other comments 5

The latest edition of Extremely Bad Advice concerns video game addiction. For the parents out there who've got a child that just won't give it a rest, or maybe friends of friends, caring loved ones...this one's for you.

STEP FOUR In the end you just need to be a vigilant, hard-ass parent. Threaten to smash their controllers! If they laugh it off and sleep in the next day, calmly walk in with a hammer and bring it down on one (of the controllers, NOT YOUR CHILD). They will cherish the one controller that they have left and learn to follow your relatively easygoing rules. Or, put thumbless mittens on them every night that are attached to unchained handcuffs! Or, threaten to make love loudly every morning, five minutes after the kids' alarms go off! No kid wants to hear that and will do anything to escape it! I sure didn't want to hear it. Mom and dad kept punishing me anyway, even though they never told me what I was doing wrong. What did I do wrong, mommy? Daddy? What did I do wrong? ...
... What was I talking about?
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    Dark Arcanine Jan 27, 10
    I dunno, I had a really hot English teacher who gave nothing but encouragement. They seemed to stay away from telling me off in general though, used my iPod during every single class that I didn't skip. Step Two is quite interesting, though Step Four would backfire since they paid for my stuff.
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    Hideo1 Jan 27, 10
    Step 1: Raise your children properly.

    Step 2: There is no need for step 2.
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    ruledbysecrecy Jan 27, 10
    Yeah, don't act like a *bleep*ing psycho. Encouraging the thought that destruction of property is the proper way to teach someone a lesson is just a display of poor parenting.
    Can something like that be effect? Certainly. Are there much better ways to teach people things rather than going to extremes? Absolutely.
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    legendary one Jan 27, 10
    It is not an addiction! I can stop anytime I want to.......
    Starting Tomorrow!
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    HisServant77 Jan 27, 10
    Instead of smashing it, just sell it. They live under your roof, and will help pay some bills by getting rid of their precious addiction. . . .? That is especially wise if the parent is the one who bought it.

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