My Son is Addicted to Video Games

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🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Cari and her ex don't agree on the best way to curb their son's addiction to video games. Email questions or comments: drlaura@drlaura.com - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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0:13.0	Harry, welcome to the program.
0:16.4	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:18.1	Hi.
0:19.8	I have a 16 year old son who, in my opinion,
0:24.4	in doing some research on my own,
0:26.8	I think he's addicted to video games.
0:29.9	You don't need to do research.
0:31.8	How much time does he spend on video games a day?
0:35.1	Oh, it varies from weekend to weekday,
0:38.9	but more than an hour.
0:41.9	I would say five hours on the weekends
0:45.2	and two hours on the weekdays.
0:48.2	That's insanely irresponsible for you guys as parents
0:51.5	to permit five hours of video games.
0:53.7	I mean, what the hell are you thinking?
0:56.0	All right, here's what you're going to do.
0:58.3	I'm going to tell you what I was going to do
1:00.0	and a little bit of pushback and getting from father
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