Reply #50: Our 17 yr. old son play WoW

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our rule is that as long as it doesn't interfere w/school work/grades or his regular chores we won't give him time limits. So far that's been working out pretty well.

We have a friend who's daughter played WoW all the time her senior year and couldn't get her diploma because she was a couple credits shy for her volunteer work, all due to WoW. She did make it up that summer, however. That kinda freaked me out a bit.

At this age natural consequences are really the best teacher, but the hardest thing for a parent is to stick to your guns and carry things out. I know this age it is very easy to wind up homeless/aimless, etc. I don't expect our kids to like me very much at this age, but one day hopefully they'll understand that we only want them to grow up into great adults. ;)