Is Fortnite ruining anyone else's family?

[fortnitenightmare]

And devices in general?

We have 1 Xbox, 4 kids.

The older 2 bicker and argue about it constantly. They're like ogres when they can't go on it and ogres when they've been in it. And how very dare I interrupt a game with 'time's up!' Or 'dinner'. They're limited to 45 mins each, they have to take turns. They're addicted to it. Just one more...

It's ruining our family.

We:
Limit time spent on it
They have to earn time on it
Make them share
Warn them before stopping games

I have unpleasant children and it's really getting me down. They live for it. They're not allowed any other form of social media, and I get they they want to play/interact with their peers so I'd rather not ban it completely BUT we're running out of ideas of how to stop it ruining our family. I also hate the fact people can 'listen in' to our family life.

Have you got similar problems? How do you manage this addiction?

Sad 😞

Tangisha why did you feel the need to type the letters of 'Fuck off' in individual posts. One of the great things about being a grown-up you'll find is that you can swear - big proper swear words and your mum won't tell you off!

Until then, get on with your homework. At least you're awake before 2pm though - well done!

Only four days left of the school holidays! Someone's Mum must have banned them from good old Fortnite

@WhyDontYouComeOnOver 😂😂😂

FORTNITE very bad GRRRR

i have lost my kids to fortnite. one of them tried to sky dive of the roof. the other in in a jovial detention center for selling fortnite hacks. DO NOT let your kids play this horrible game

Good for you Lamdalipa. We're not there yet as our children are still young enought to control absolutely but I aspire to be a parent, not a friend.

DS has a PS4 and therefore Fortnite/Fifa, however we have an agreement... if he has an attitude whatsoever or refuses to engage in 'real life' a ban is given. Working a treat at the moment.

Allowed up to 1 hour per day to play online, not every day due to other hobbies/sports which take up his evenings.

Now and again he can choose to have a morning/afternoon online if we have no plans.

If he has an option of playing out whilst weather is good then that comes first as I refuse to let him waste his days inside/online when we/he could be doing things and interacting with friends.

Must add everyone he plays with online he knows in 'real life'

It's a consolation to know I'm not the only parent with this problem...

Totally ruining our family. I have a 15 and a half year old in year 11. I don’t know what to do as he is addicted to fortnight. He is horrible when I’ve removed the PlayStation. Have done it for 6 weeks before. He goes to school and does the basics of what is asked of him. He goes on and on when we remove it to the point my husband can’t cope and looses his temper with him (doesn’t hit him or anything) but doesn’t deal with it in the right way. It’s got to the point we are arguing all the time and my husband thinks about leaving. I’m at my wits end. We live with my 80 yr old dad too so can’t have the uproar all the time as he’s not used to it. Please any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

@Woogywoo1 this is a really old thread, so it might be a good idea to start a new one of your own

Destroy the xbox.

It can harbour EVIL games.

These 'video games' destroy our christian values!!!!!

Destroy his xbox right in front of him, and get him to a preist stat!!!

I like the idea of turning the WiFi off and saying its broken.

fortnitenightmare My 2DS’s are only allowed on it at the weekend and holidays. They’re allowed on for 1hr30min at a time twice a day. I give them a 5 minute warning just before they are about to come off, so that they can finish the game/battle they have started and it usually works for me and the DS’s. Whereas my DH gives no warning and expects them to come off as soon as time is up, which always ends up in tantrums.

@Emmet51Karren

These 'video games' destroy our christian values!!!!!

Destroy his xbox right in front of him, and get him to a preist stat!!!

Not sure if your serious, joking or just a troll.

I am being absolutely serious.
I don't know why you would doubt me.....

SHUT UP!!!!! Fortnite is extremely cool, does orange justice

OMG!!! I have the same problem and it tore my family apart but then I found a brilliant rehabilitation camp they came back with a positive attitude towards me and my rules and it also gave me a chance to have some wine with my husband matt