Hi,
I'm looking for some advice about my 11 year old DS as I'm really struggling to lay some boundaries that don't result in a meltdown of anger from him.
He's just started secondary school, seems to be happy, has a good circle of friends, and has settled well.
At home his life seems to revolve around the x-box, and no matter how much we try to limit it or set fair timescales, it dominates our house, any restriction is met with an angry outburst - 'We want to ruin his life,there's nothing else to do, we hate him, we don't want him to have any fun' the list goes on.
Besides taking it away completely, do any of you have any suggestions that have worked in your family? The shouting and anger has really upset me tonight.
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VenusWineTrap · 03/11/2011 22:00
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