Fortnite addiction

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13 year old banned for 2 days for not turning off when we asked. Controllers have been removed We give countdowns etc but still he says go away and ignores us. He has been wanting to be on it constantly and it disrupts family life.
No other game is a problem, just this one.
When he is allowed back on he just does it again! All his friends are on it for hours yet they don't display the poor behaviour that our son does with this game.
Should we persist ? Fed up of the tantrums

Stop him playing it all together seeing as it's having such a detrimental effect on family life. He's a child, treat him like one and take control. When he behaves with some maturity and responsibility then he can have the game back.

Rinse and repeat as required. And remember, gaming isn't a necessity, it's a nice pass time that his parents ALLOW him to do. You're in charge.

It’s completely addictive, I’ve never seen anything like it. His friends very probably do display the same bad behaviour, you just don’t live with them so don’t see it.

Just get rid of it. Fgs.

I'm assuming it's just Fortnite and not all PS4 games...

Delete the game and stick parental controls on so that he can't play games that are rated the same as Fortnite 😈 and can't make new accounts so that he can't reinstall it.

You can restrict how long he's on it with Zola Time. Shorten this time if he kicks off when PS4 time is over. Lengthen it if there's no tantrum,

At that age I’d just leave it TBH. The whole limiting of it makes it like forbidden fruit and even more exciting and enticing. If you stop making something of it he’ll get bored of it and move onto something else much faster.

Teens get obsessed with all sorts of stuff and should be allowed to just work through it without sustained badgering and limiting.

Bored of it? You’re joking. I teach at a house where the little boy has been on it day and night for 15 months. When did parents give up?

I had a tricky 7/8 months, it’s just now dwindled off, thankgod!! It’s so expensive and addictive. I didn’t put any extra controls on that game, just normal Xbox rules. But I did put a limit on the money and thankfully my ds just got bored

Pikachu what is Zola time?