Messages By: jt_mom

Quote From: cjheartsaj

My husband and I saw this show today and we had no idea what this game could do to people! My husband and I actually play World of Warcraft but our play time is super limited to when our son is asleep, so we usually get in 2-3 hours a week.

Anyways

To the parents out there with children playing wow, I do believe there is a time limit tool you can use on the world of warcraft website. It allows you to go hour by hour to block when they aren't allowed to play and when they are allowed to play, and it's on a weekly schedule.

My husband had a tip to the wives out there :P if you know your husband's password and are fed up with the video game, just install a bot (something that automatically plays the game for you and will get your account cancelled) and within a couple of days your husband's (or even wife's/boyfriend/girlfriend) account could get cancelled. However..that is dishonest. My mom did it to my dad and he was pretty upset. But it works.

Quote From: kayakwoman

I have a 17 year old son who over the past two years has totally lost himself in WoW and another site that writes it's own story lines.  My son has ADHD, Anxiety disorder and OCD.  With much work and support over the years I have been able to keep him on the write path until the past 2 years.  Perhaps puberty has made a drastic change in his thought process as well as his disorders.  I could go on and on and on about living with his disorders but I will not at this time.  I will tell you that like you I have a son who lives for his computer games.  He has dropped out of school and life for the most part.  Nothing and I mean nothing is as important as gaming.  I don't know how many times I have felt that a very large baseball bat aimed at the computer may solve part of the issue.  Currently I am working with many specialists and my son is scheduled to enter a residential/educational treatment center for teen boys next week.  It is going to be very interesting to see how he copes with zero gaming for the school year.  I am sure he will go through with drawls for weeks.  I hope that he will gain his sense of self and see that the "real" world" is very exciting.  Like you yes I wish I had never bought the dang idiot box in the first place.  I do think that certain personalities are more vulnerable than others relative to addiction.  If it was not gaming one may wonder what else may it have been.  I feel your frustration I wish more people would understand it is not as easy to solve this issue as they think.  Unplugging the power cord is not the solution if they have lost their sense of self.