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Computer raging

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laliponio · 19/01/2014 02:25

Does anybody else have a teenage son who screams at the computer for hours on end. He is 18 and plays computer games that make him so frustrated he screams and swears at the computer. I have tried everything to make him stop from hiding the computer keyboard to reasoning with him when he is in a good humour. I just can't seem to get through to him. I have even talked to a psychologist I was so concerned that this is not normal behaviour. She told me kids these days vent their frustrations in this way. When the children were little I would ration computer time to 1 hour a week , now with 16 and 18 year old boys both of 6ft5ins - I feel I have lost all control. I am finding it very difficult to find the humour in these teenage years and am fed up with being cross all the time. I know I should be and am grateful to have two healthy boys but when will they come out of their chrysalis and become two beautiful , kind and generous young men that I know them to be inside. This whole teenage episode has snuck up on me and taken me by surprise - there doesn't seem to be any preparing for it.

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letsgetreadytoramble · 19/01/2014 02:33

My brother did this (we're talking 20 years ago now) at the Amiga 500 Smile between the ages of 13-16. He'd get so angry that he'd break the joystick. He also didn't really speak to any of us during that time. When he started uni he changed completely and is the loveliest, non-ragey person ever now. Not pleasant to live with while it happened though.

letsgetreadytoramble · 19/01/2014 02:34

My brother did this (we're talking 20 years ago now) at the Amiga 500 Smile between the ages of 13-16. He'd get so angry that he'd break the joystick. He also didn't really speak to any of us during that time. When he started uni he changed completely and is the loveliest, non-ragey person ever now. Not pleasant to live with while it happened though.

ThreeBeeOneGee · 19/01/2014 08:32

DS2 only gets angry when we try to get him to stop using the computer.

50ShadesofGreyMatter · 19/01/2014 08:49

My eldest ds was like this as a teenager. They DO get addicted to computer games, it is not good for them at all. I don't have any solutions for you though apart from trying to limit the time, blocking the router etc.

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