We are not getting one of this gaming devices in our home ever!!

My line of thinking is the parents must take some of the blame for this. They kept him become addicted. Just unplug the thing

If Logan’s Mum sent or took him to school he would probably just walk out again. He may even be smart to get his name marked off on the roll then leave. i know a girl who simply hated school. After leaving school at the end of the year she bragged about what she had done.

But how did it get to that point? I understand he may be a willful teen, but seriously set boundaries early and stick to them. I hope he gets the help he needs

A wonderful response Ellen and bless you for being a foster parent.

Reading this story I don’t think parents take a lot of responsibility, where I think they should have acted and get help far earlier. Now they look to the government to try and recognise that they need support, and to be subsided for the help for our children. But they should take action & responsibility themselves.
I’ve a foster child with a disorder due to the neglect she endured, we pay a lot of money to get psychological help. Subsidy for that would be good, but it is what it is. We took this child into our family, our choice, so we have to pay as well (eventhough the neglect was not our choice and not our doing and we didn’t have any influence on that).

But why not take it away altogether?

I can’t believe that this addition has got so far … or that there is no help available for him … something needs to be done or he won’t have a healthy or worthwhile future ….

The boy definitely needs help to get back to a normal life.

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  Let’s hope he gets that help – there is so much that education and school can offer when kids are engaged with it.

I just do not understand how this boy was allowed so much gaming time as to become uncontrollabley addicted to gaming. Time limits are the only way. Personally, I would have encouraged sporting activities to help him get over his parents marriage break down, a much healthier option

Really don’t believe she can blame game manufacturer’s – there are plenty of kids who game who still socialise and go to school, I have two kids that game regularly (ages 11 and 7)

I would hope that she seriously looks into family counselling so they can work together to resolve his addiction and anxiety. There are bigger issues here I think then just video games.

I hope they can receive some positive help to move forward

Support is needed to manage the addiction and to get back to school. It would be worth exploring options through community health and education.

Reading this story i think it’s more then time to get this boy admitted ! Addiction is such a serious problem and then at this age and with underlying problems…

Sad to read this. Perhaps there were more issues beyond this

An addiction is bad enough, but when there are other underlying factors like a marriage breakdown and possibly blaming himself [all kids tend to do this in a breakdown] then it will be exceptionally hard to break the addiction.

Sounds like kid had some underlying issues from his parents marriage break down and it’s manifesting in his gaming addiction

Sad that this happens. But it shows how powerful video-games can be. 🙁