How do I keep my son occupied?

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I need to know if my plan to tackle my 8 yr old sons Roblox addiction is reasonable or not and how best to deal with it.

He's totally taken in by the game and watching Dan TDM and other YouTubers is just feeding it even more. Even voices of these youtubers gets to me, my son has started to talk like them when playing the games.

A few months ago I asked my son what he wanted to be when he grows up and he said a YouTuber - so I explained that this is not an actual job and certainly not financial stable.

Since then I regularly explain that he needs to have a good balance of playing on iPad, Roblox etc as he will be going back to school and his studies are very important. To be honest he's so one track minded it just goes over his head and my DH and I feel like we need to act now to help him.

We have decided together that we need to put away the electrical devices both my DC have once they start back school at least till the new year. This will then give us enough time to get into a good routine around school and get my DS into other activities.

Being 8 he is also into Lego but not sporty at all. So trying to think of ways to keep DS occupied. My DD who is younger is not like this and happily plays with her toys, bike etc.

MIL is very involved I have a good relationship with her and has offered to stay with us every few weeks to help get him into other things- she is very outdoorsy and loves long walks etc so a bike ride etc with bet would be good during weekends.

So do you think taking away all devises for a while is best? I have told him our I intentions and explained going into yr 4 he needs to focus on studies etc.

What else could I get him into? He is already part of cubs, goes swimming and has guitar lessons at school. We think maybe a martial art class would be good and he's shown an interest in basket ball, but not sure what activities other children do?

I don't want to busy up every day as he does need down time etc and I will be doing reading, maths etc at home after school/weekends with them.

Sorry for the long post, I needed to let this out as really need to do something and not loose my little boy to this game I don't even understand.

I think you are organising enough for him to do, to be honest, what with cubs, swimming and guitar and possibly martial arts + basketball. Set time limits on the ipad itself (will put an easy to follow tutorial below), so that it blocks off roblox/youtube after a certain amount of time has been spent on the apps, and he has to go and do something else (such as reading or playing with lego). You could also implement a system where he has to do a certain amount of steps and one of his chores (such as dusting his room for example) before he can play on roblox.

all the best

Camping, canoeing, kayaking, archery.

Basically anything outside away from a screen.

Martial arts or boxing is a brilliant idea though it teaches skills that will pay off now and as he grows up.

so I explained that this is not an actual job and certainly not financial stable.
It is an actual job and it really can be financially stable and lucrative.

I’m not saying it will be either of those things when he is an adult though and I’m not saying he’ll 100% be able to make it a success. But, why piss on his chips?

If a child said they want to be an actor or a marine biologist or a dinosaur I certainly wouldn’t be telling them no and starting them down the route of becoming an accountant at eight.