Aibu to be worried about this game son has been sat for days playing this

[Metoodear]

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5826465/Girl-nine-rehab-addicted-Fortnite-video-game-wet-herself.html

Just worried my son is gettting hooked is everyone’s kids playing this game my son is 18btw

So hes going to work then playing in his freetime?

My son is in bed by 9.30. School finishes at 2, clubs by 3.30/4. At the moment there is no homework to speak of, an hour a night at most but more often than not there's nothing. He'd obviously play less if there was other things to do but I'd rather he was in playing fortnite than out roaming the streets

My husband played that but never at the expense of his health, job, or us. He chose to stop playing it after our daughter was born in April. I never asked why but I think he stopped because of its addictive nature.

I knew of a lad that ended up in a mental health unit due to a gaming addiction . I do think it's something that needs to be closing monitored.

*closely

I don't think it's like heroin, more akin to alcohol or gambling: OK in small doses, some people can't stop. If he can't stop he has a problem.

Well is harder for as your sons an adult.

Can you have a conversation with him about it. Perhaps come to a compromise with about how long he plays other things you and he can do instead.

And as for the so called parents in that article if they are so stupid that they allow their 10 year old to have a Computer in her own room with supervision from them, then they have no one to blame then themselves.

My 12 year old and his friends have caught this Fortnite bug, as well...never have we had such a gaming issue before! He was always happy to play for half hour or so, then leave it for something else, but Fortnite is something else. Fortunately, the console is in our lounge, so DS is pretty limited timewise, and we monitor his usage, which is keeping it reasonable. I also work in a secondary school, so I'm hearing lots about problems associated with this game in particular...really can't believe how addictive this one is!

I had a real problem in my teens with the PC game Sims 2 (which i still love now but rarely play it!).

At its worst was the summer holidays when i used to get up around 10, straight on the sims until 12. I would stop for 45 mins (dad would pop back during his lunch break and go on the computer). I would then go back on it until around 4. Once my parents had gone to bed (around 9) i would be on there until at least 12-1am or even later.

That was pretty much every mon-fri. I cant remember ever feeling like it was too much but now i look back in horror at how much time i sat playing it!

I can easily see why people become addicted, especially younger ones.

My dh tried to play this and couldn't, said it's shit and he doesn't understand the hype

@Metoodear If you think it's a problem, have a calm discussion with him. I would argue with what you have said, you are not being unfair, but it's clear your son has a connection to this game and enjoys it a lot. You should approach this carefully and with the goal of improving his behaviour and how he treats the game instead of banning what you perceive to be a problem.