Hello everyone, I'm relatively new here, but after reading some of the troubles people are having, I wanted to share my experiences as well...
I am very happily married, and I am a stay at home mom with my 16 year old son, who is a sophomore at his public high school.
We noticed he is increasingly irritable, reserved, and secretive since we bought him a new desktop computer, and allowed him to keep it in his room (we have nowhere else to keep it). I made the mistake of giving him my credit card information for an online video game he got for his birthday called Warcraft Online, and have regretted it ever since.
He is still doing well in school, but he misses family meals almost every night. He cannot be bothered to come eat with us., and does not want to be active in our church activities (he was in the orchestra for the past two years!) on Wednesdays and Sundays. He used to be excited about getting his drivers license, but that seems to be something he doesn't even think of.
Every time i try to get him to leave his room, or tell him that his computer priveledges are almost taken, he will straighten up for a day or two, and go back to the cycle......
I think he is addicted. I haven't worked up the courage to talk to our pastor, because this all seemed pretty small until lately. My husband leaves for work around 5 a.m. and does not get home until after 7 p.m. - he barely has time to eat and sleep on weekdays, let alone police the internet for our son.
What should I do?
I am very happily married, and I am a stay at home mom with my 16 year old son, who is a sophomore at his public high school.
We noticed he is increasingly irritable, reserved, and secretive since we bought him a new desktop computer, and allowed him to keep it in his room (we have nowhere else to keep it). I made the mistake of giving him my credit card information for an online video game he got for his birthday called Warcraft Online, and have regretted it ever since.
He is still doing well in school, but he misses family meals almost every night. He cannot be bothered to come eat with us., and does not want to be active in our church activities (he was in the orchestra for the past two years!) on Wednesdays and Sundays. He used to be excited about getting his drivers license, but that seems to be something he doesn't even think of.
Every time i try to get him to leave his room, or tell him that his computer priveledges are almost taken, he will straighten up for a day or two, and go back to the cycle......
I think he is addicted. I haven't worked up the courage to talk to our pastor, because this all seemed pretty small until lately. My husband leaves for work around 5 a.m. and does not get home until after 7 p.m. - he barely has time to eat and sleep on weekdays, let alone police the internet for our son.
What should I do?