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ADHD and screen time for teens

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bbqjunkie · 15/10/2024 15:06

Please someone tell me you're going through it too. DS is 13, has ADHD and is very immature. He's just started boarding school and I checked his laptop screentime, having just been added to the family group. He spent 6 hours on Fortnite on Saturday and 9 hours on Sunday. For the love of god what do I do? Is it ADHD or just who he is? I can try and restrict the account but they find VPNs and way around the blocks.
I'm concerned that if it's not screens it will be something worse in the future.

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afreshbouquetofpencils · 15/10/2024 15:37

Why have you sent your 13 year old SEN child to boarding school? Is it a school specifically for children with SEN?

AdultChildQuestion · 15/10/2024 16:11

I think I'd be questioning why he was basically unsupervised for all that time at what I assume is a very expensive school?! Could they not find some kind of activity for the kids at the weekend?

mindutopia · 15/10/2024 16:45

I would be speaking with the school. I don’t think this has anything to do with ADHD. Any 13 year old left for the weekend without being properly parented will spend all day on a screen. You presumably are paying a lot of money for the school to act as de facto parent and I would expect him not to be leaving him to rot in his room unsupervised all weekend.

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