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Addicted to computer?

my brother is 11 years old and has his own laptop (hes spoiled) he likes to play games on it all day. when he wakes up pat 8am he starts playing on it. the only time hell stop is when he needs to use teh bathroom. hell eat while playing too. He wont do his work until my dad yells at him. my brother wont even answer me if i talk to him while hes playing on it. And when i do get his attention hell just tell me to leave him only :( i want to play soccer or do something outside but he never wants to. I told my parents about a 1 hour a day rule for him, but they say they dont want to make him mad...please help..is my brother addicted to computers?? hes only 11...what can i do? Please answer

Update:

@David, a virus huh? ill have to try that...

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  • 8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Sit down and have a serious talk w/your parents. This may seem harmless, but actually this could negatively impact the rest of his life. He will not "grow" out of it because gaming is addictive (I speak from my own experience). If he plays games all the time he not only risks being obese he will also be a very lonely person in the future because he will not know how to interact in the real world. Gaming a lot does not give you motivation to do other things, you just feel like playing games. This is a horrible habit to develop and he could grow up to have a miserable life. This problem will persist when he starts school again in August and he will not want to study just play games. Your parents need to understand this. Don't listen to the 1st answer, this is serious, when I was playing the game all day I went to sleep mad at myself for playing the game all day, except I would wake up and start playing again.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Haha I'm like your brother, so is all my other siblings, and friends. We live in the age of the internet and technology. Kids are always on the internet playing video games and on social networking sites. You can get a nasty virus on his computer which would prevent him from playing games. It's not recommended but it would get him off[the computer]. But other than that there is really nothing you can do.

  • 8 years ago

    I have a better solution to you, do sukha kriya its a 1 step to do inner wellbeing ...,if u tel me where you from i give some more better solution to u

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