I'm a teacher and have some awareness of various games and what they're like for children. We said no to Roblox but yes to Minecraft. No mobile phone yet and hoping to eek that out. I bloody hate YouTube for various reasons; he's allowed a timed amount occasionally.
He has lots of friends and is very sporty, arty, into stem, also goes to scouts. Plays guitar and enjoys messing about with his guitar on his own. Doing well at school.
11 yr old claims "everyone has Fortnite ." I don't think this is true but apparently a few close friends have now got it. Others got it ages ago. I know it's the sort of thing that lead to them arranging to play and being stuck in a team game. I've read it's really addictive.
Is it terrible to say no? Despite all the activities he does I feel he's on screens too much in the house.
The additional issue is that he's a much younger brother who's looking over his shoulder a lot.