12 year old won't put the Switch down, killing our family time
Guys, I'm at my wit's end. My son literally plays Mario Kart or Fortnite for like 5-6 hours straight on weekends if we let him. We tried setting limits but he just sneaks it upstairs and plays in bed. His grades are fine which is weird but his mom and I feel like we barely see him anymore. Anyone else dealing with this? Is it just the age or are we missing something with how we're handling it?
5-6 hours straight is brutal. We had the same problem with our oldest and had to go nuclear - physical limits on the Switch itself through parental controls, plus a hard cutoff time. It sucked at first but family time came back pretty quick.