Those are different things. 8-9 they're exploring the difference between what they can think of/do and what they should do. 13-15 they're rebelling against you specifically. (mine didn't)
I have mentioned these practices before years ago on the video game board. It's been slowly ramping up the past decade. The vast majority of games nowadays are innovative only in these manipulative aspects. If you want to do your kid a solid, ban him from playing all online games. But buy him an old school system in a few months with some of the better old school games where you don't have to connect to the internet. He will probably hate it at first, but I guarantee when it's the only thing he can play he will come to enjoy it. The last thing you want your kid to be doing in his most formative years is blowing 8 hours a day playing shitty games and being manipulated by these sociopaths.
Found out today that my 8yr old somehow figured out how to use her school google account to get around my parental controls. Just to watch a fuckload of dumb ass YouTube videos
you can't ban a kid from playing just online games, you either allow them to play online games with their friends or don't allow your kid to play any games period. online gaming is how kids socialize with their friends.
My 30+ yo would DEFINITELY have done this shit at 9yo if the technology had permitted. He did worse. In HS he used to sneak out of the house at night and take my car. TO MEXICO. Drugs, girls, you name it. The good news: He's a fucking prince now. Just a great son. Give consequences and stick with him.
You absolutely can ban a kid from playing online games. And you should. That is how you protect them from acquiring degenerate behaviors. I do believe Trump is about to do us a solid on that front very soon.
I feel like as long as you aren't actively murdering your children you're already doing a better job than him
got a girl on the third and she loves me more than anybody ever my boys (royce & preston) are assholes
He signed an executive order tha in 45 days bans US dealings with a couple Chinese companies. One of them is Tencent. Tencent is heavily involved in the gaming industry and has ownership stakes in several companies including epic. That wouldn’t ban online gaming by a sight but it could damage some prominent game makers
I can’t help but wonder how many dick pics your 8 year old son saw when handling your phone El Tiburon my son purchased over $400 on the iPad on some stupid robot game in like 4 days once. Thankfully Apple is a lot more forgiving than Microsoft and refunded most of the charges.
He's got an older brother who plays Fortnite. The 4yr old switches it on and mashes the buttons. Or at least he used to - lately he's much more in to Call of Duty.
I looked at the place I use for Real Money Trade, and yeah most of the Fortnite shit posted was being listed for around $100. You're better off sucking Bill Gates dick, OP.
I don't know why, but this post reminded me of one of the last entries to dontevenreply.com. So sad that website no longer gets updated. Spoiler: Rocked http://dontevenreply.com/view.php?post=104 Rocked Posted at: 2011-05-21 08:50:30 Original ad: Clean fill Need clean fill rocks are fine. not much. cannot pick up must deliver. will take off you hands for free. From Me to brad ********: Hello, I have some rocks I need to get rid of. I have several different types of rocks ranging from 1/2" to 6" rocks. Just let me know what kind you want, how much you need, and when I can send my guy to deliver. Thanks, Mike From brad ******** to Me: well i need them to fill a small whole in my backyard so bigger rocks i guess? 6 inch would be good. i only need like 2 wheelbarow loads so not too many. when can you deliver? From Me to brad ********: 6" it is. I can have a truck there to deliver any time between 9-5 Monday through Friday. Where are you located? Mike From brad ******** to Me: do i have to be there for the delivery? i work every day so those times arent gonna work for me. if its cool could you drop them off tomorrow? just tell your guy to put them on the grass at the edge of my driveway next to the shed heres my address: 517 *********** ln coatesville, pa From Me to brad ********: No, you do not have to be there. I will forward this information to my driver and you can expect the rocks tomorrow. From brad ******** to Me: great The rest of this conversation is the following day. I looked up his address in Google street view to figure out what his driveway looked like. From Me to brad ********: Hey Brad, Just wanted to let you know, we actually need to get rid a few more rocks, so my guy is going to deliver them to your house in about 15 minutes. Mike From brad ******** to Me: wait what how many more? i dont want any more i have nowhere to put them From Me to brad ********: We sent a truckload with about 8 tons of 6" rocks. Don't worry, all the rocks are free of charge. From brad ******** to Me: 8 TONS? what the fuck you better tell your guy not to deliver them From brad ******** to Me: you got that? DONT DELIVER THE ROCKS From Me to brad ********: I just got off the phone with my guy, he said he just delivered the rocks. He told me you didn't leave him enough room for all 8 tons by the shed, so he just dumped them in front of your garage. Best, Mike From brad ******** to Me: WHAT THE FUCK!!!! i told you dont delever them you fucking dipshit! the fuck am i gonna do with all those rocks? you better get rid of them by the time i get home man..... how am i suposed to park my fucking car? From Me to brad ********: I am sorry that we had to block your garage, but you should have left more room next to the shed if you wanted them dumped there. Unfortunately we lack the necessary machinery to load the rocks back into the truck so removal is not an option. Also, my driver said he accidentally backed into your shed and broke one of the windows. We apologize for this. Consider the free extra rocks as compensation for the damage. Mike From brad ******** to Me: ARE YOU FUCKING KIDING ME MOTHER FUCKER YOUR PAYING FOR THE SHED I LEFT YOU PLENTY FUCKING ROOM FOR THE AMT OF ROCKS I ASKEDFOR. YOU DIDNT SAY YOU WERE DELIVERIG 8 FUCKING TONS OF ROCKS YOU PEICE OF SHIT!!!! USE YOUR HANDS I DONT GIVE A FUCK HOW YOU DO IT BUT IF I FIND 8 TONS OF ROCKS IN MY DRIVE WAY THERE IS GONNA FUCKING HELL TO PAY FUCKING ASSHOLE From Me to brad ********: Brad, If you insist on us removing the rocks then we are going to have to charge you a $500 rock removal fee. Mike From brad ******** to Me: THIS IS SOME FUCKING BULLSHIT From Me to brad ********: I am sorry you feel that way, but without the $500 removal fee, we cannot remove the rocks. I realize you must be upset about your shed, so if you like, we can deliver another 4 tons of rocks as our way of apologizing for the shed. Mike From brad ******** to Me: NO DICKHEAD WHY THE FUCK WOULD I WANT MORE ROCKS??? DUMBASS THIS IS YOUR FUCKING FAULT. I DIDNT ASK FOR 8 TONS OF ROCKS AND IM NOT PAYING SHIT. YOU OWE ME FOR THE SHED AND YOU GET THOSE ROCKS THE FUCK OUT OF THERE YOU FUCKING PRICK From Me to brad ********: If you aren't paying, then you have to keep the rocks. These are really nice rocks, though. I'm sure you will be able to find use for them. I have a pile of rocks in my backyard and it makes for a great conversation piece. If deer are a problem in your backyard, you can use these rocks to throw at them. They also make great paperweights. There are plenty of things to do with these rocks, so enjoy them. Mike From brad ******** to Me: im at my house now. where are the rocks? From brad ******** to Me: oh FUCK YOU
i would be shitting bricks about my child stealing from me, instead of wondering how to get my money back from microsoft for goods and services they provided my household. i would also feel kind of dumb for having a phone that a 9-year old could break into
It’s not an either/or situation. I don’t have to choose between whether to deal with my son for stealing or instead focus on Microsoft. My son is being dealt with, it doesn’t mean I shouldn’t look into doing some damage control at the same time. Also, not sure if you have kids of your own, but I’d bet the majority of dads with young kids on this board let their kids use their phones to entertain themselves and most of those likely know the passwords.
Current status: I'll start off by saying whoever designed Microsoft's customer support/refund request process was also clearly involved in helping Rick Scott design Florida's unemployment benefits website. It is decidedly user unfriendly. But anyway, I submitted all of the disputed charges and overlooked a single $100 charge for Vbucks inadvertently. I received an email acknowledging the dispute, then a couple of days later I look at the site and it says the refund request was denied. When you click the "see details" link, you get a pop-up that tells you to refer to the email they sent. So I go to my emails and the denial only says, "Refund denied. See terms of service." In that process I saw that I missed the single $100 charge in my first submission so I submitted that separately and it was approved within 24 hours. Makes zero fucking sense, but at least that's $100 back. I responded to the email denial basically telling them they're being disingenuous dicks because they didn't really give me a reason. Waiting to hear back now.
People forgive parents for actual child abuse, I think their relationship will survive Dad getting the money back that was stolen from him. The kid needs to go tour your local juvi detention center and see what happens to thieves. There are a lot of teens in there arrested for sucking dick for Fortnight cosmetics and he needs to see it firsthand.
From an unauthorized purchase standpoint, it is. But it's still gaming, and I attribute at least part of the problems here to the fact that we were too lax on his screen time thus leading to basically a gaming addiction.
All jokes aside, you shouldn't be too harsh on yourself. As you said earlier, this is how the kids communicate and socialise these days - and this lockdown has made it impossible for anyone with other responsibilities to keep tabs on their kids 24/7.
I think we all know that the child learned this behavior by watching their derelict, thieving parents. Blark and Glanders would never do this because I've taught them better, and also because they each have their own iPads, and we pay a cybersecurity firm to keep everyone safe. But if something like this happened, I can assure you, the consequences would be DIRE.
The casino mechanics theyve made the centerpiece of every one of these games, full targeted at children, is pretty gross. The worst culprits are in mobile games but its sneaking into every single game that comes out. Loot boxes, soft barriers to play, etc are all slowly being introduced to what would normally be standard games. And to make matters worse, they are basically just aimed at finding people (or kids) who have access to money and get addicted. In mobile gaming, 80% of the revenue comes for 0.5% of the players meaning that there is a relatively small number of people paying thousands of dollars per month for Farmville/Clash of Clans/etc. There is a reason many countries have passed laws to deem this stuff gambling so that game companies have to choose between removing these mechanics or not letting kids play them
"Yes son, you can play basketball, but only dribble a ball by yourself, don't need you mixing with any of those liberals, MAGA"
Late to this thread, but this could backfire with remote learning. Suddenly OP's other kids and wife are addicted to weed drugs.
Really I made the mistake of not having prime password protected and my daughter bought an entire season of some bullshit kids show on accident so we tightened up the ship.
And policing electronics is the WOAT part about being a parent of older kids. Just the worst fucking thing in the world.