Fortnite troubles

[Mummydarlz12]

I Absolutely hate fortnite! my ds(12) Threw a glass at me!,i told the cheeky little sod no more fortnite,Well that set him off.it was all effing and jeffing all bloody night long,i swear by the end of it i wanted to start drinking again! in the end i just said nope,and took the the gamestation or whatever.he is now tring to act good to get his games back,AIBU?
thanks in advance

Erm what I can't believe is how many of you are blaming a game for your kids issues. Sounds like you generally have shitty kids!

Erm, nope, funny how never happens on anything else. Lovely all other times, no probs. Soon as that thing on - blah.

MakeAHouse have you played or had experience of Fortnite? It's a highly addictive game and some kids don't handle it very well. So saying we have shitty kids is incredibly rude!

Fortnite turns my boys into monsters. It’s severely limited now.

Erm, how many children do you have and how long have they been playing Fortnite?

Sounds like you’ve got a shitty attitude.

Fortnite is the absolute devil, has cost me a fortune too - xbox currently in my car boot

We don’t allow Fortnite but if my child threw a glass at me because of a game there would be a permanent ban.

No earning it back after a week of sucking up. Permanent.

I battled with the whole “getting the latest video games because all the other parents get them for ages” my ds would love fortnite etc. but an hour here and there was never enough to satisfy. So I said no to the lot of it. Half an hour of terrestrial tv on school nights, films at the weekends and we have Mario cart and wii sports. That’s it. My life is so much simpler since I said this is it, since then my ds has shown interest in reading, LEGO and cooking etc x

amp.theguardian.com/games/2018/mar/07/fortnite-battle-royale-parents-guide-video-game-multiplayer-shooter

This is a parents' guide to Fortnite.

This is such a weird thread.

My kids play fortnite and they're perfectly normal, well behaved kids.

Hilarious how many people seem to think a game can change behaviour to this extent. Lots of the boys of my school play it, they talk about it and they re-enact it in the playground. Guess what? The ones who had behaviour issues before Fortnite came along still have behaviour issues and the ones who know how to behave still know how to behave.

Oh dear, I dread to see how the next generation turns out!

What happened to the mumsnet idea of parents supporting each other?! If you don't have issues re kids and screens, great for you. Some of us are human and it's nice to support each other.

Thank you!

An update to the whole situation,me and my husband decided he is going to get a month off his games.that way he can reconnect to the world! As of now fortnite will be getting deleted and he will be only on his phone,which is smashed to pieces,(you can probably guess why) thanks for all of your comments and keep debating!,loving to hear everyones accounts!

I think a month off is a great idea.

that way he can reconnect to the world

What does that entail then? Because if he's going outside, the kids who tend to hang around out there nowadays pose a bigger threat to his wellbeing than Fortnite

My DS is a horror on fortnite too. It’s because if I give him a 5 minute warning, he always wants to play until the end of the game which seems to never end. Then I get cross and start shouting, then he starts shouting you said I could finish the game. (I know I shouldn’t shout). Gives me a headache. It’s just easier if they play a game which they can turn off without disappointing their friends because they on to win points or something.
Just going to hide the controller now, already hidden the headset.
It really is only this game, DH plays chess with DS and he’s not a horror then.

I think that's the thing with Fortnite, it seems to be never ending - you can never just come off it!
Games last approx an hour,and just when you think it's finishing there's more time added as there's storm eyes or whatever the hell it is that drag you in longer.
Can't just come off for tea or if you're going out or whatever.Always something else they need to be doing. Not to mention the fact that it draws you in all interactive shooting/playing with people.
It's a nightmare game. Which does seem to affect some. As I said, one of mine fine with it, the other isn't at all.

What does that entail then? Because if he's going outside, the kids who tend to hang around out there nowadays pose a bigger threat to his wellbeing than Fortnite

That may be true where you live Busy but it’s not true everywhere.

Besides which there are huge range of activities in between “glued to Fortnite”
and “hanging round the street with dangerous teenagers”.

My child is snappy and cheeky when asked to come off that game, he's not played on it for about a week now as I think he's getting bored and has just got a new car game. He's been lovely and comes off when asked

Threw a glass at you? He wouldn't see the console for a very long time.

I don't know how you handled it and trying not to be judge but how did it get to the point that he felt this was okay.

I tell my kids no and they know I mean no. If the bang on I just add days on to their punishment. I'm a reasonable person but I am the parent and I say what goes.

Throwing a glass is a definite no f'ing way Pedro.

Do not allow this behaviour at all. Burn his console and make him watch

if my kid trew a glass at me he would be getting the swiftest one two