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Welcome to the OG Therapy.

Everybody, welcome to another episode of OG Therapy.

And today's episode comes right off of a real life situation with real people,

real teenagers, and real video games that distract their teenagers every single minute

of every single day throughout the entire summer.

Yes, that's right, you guys.

It's summertime.

And for your kids, well, specifically you, that's right, you guys. It's summertime, and for your kids,

well, specifically you, people that have big time gamers inside your household, the summertime is not about sunshine and pools and lakes and ocean. The summertime is about marathons

on video games. So if you want to prevent that from happening in your household,

well, this one's just for you.

So I've worked with many families that have come across this issue.

In fact, when I say many, many, like 80% of the families,

every time it hits summertime,

they're going to struggle with this issue.

And 80% of the families I'm referring to,

80% of the families have boys. This is more of a boys issue. There are some girls I've worked

with in the past that have this issue, but it's predominantly boys. So here's what happens.

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