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gotta a pond "glorified ditch" in that back yard i fish in. he wont.

how do you get them off the freaking phones?
i took his phone from him last night because my wife emptied the kitchen trash because he had not done it. i was not going to give the phone back until today but she gave it to him last night, not sure why not worth the discussion. so he was in his room, lights off and i think playing games. pissed me off to no end but i said nothing. (i know, teenage in a dark roon at night, i might not want to go in there).
thats my latest thing. if anyone does any of his chores, he loses the electronics or life support as i call it.

if he gets interested in something, what do we do about hibernating to the room every night and just playing games til bedtime? dont get me wrong. i dont mind games but not when it controls his life.

also, he is adopted. we got him several years ago. i also have an older daughter. when she was growing up, we never had video games inthe house until she was in her teens. we did not want her growing up addicted to VD games. she is not. she is outside doing more than i am. she is really into horses and is almost always doing something with them. so it is not like i am not asking something of our adopted son that we did not expect out of our daughter.