Tell me if this sounds familiar…

Your child is completely OBSESSED with a video game.

It’s all they think about.

It’s all they talk about.

And whatever plans are being made, they must revolve around this game.

The real problem is that they will do just about anything to be able to play this game.

They will break the rules and not listen to what you say.

When they are supposed to be doing something else, they are playing this game.

When you tell them to stop playing, they find a way to keep playing.

They will wake up early in the morning…

They will stay up late at night…

They might even wake up in the middle of the night while you are sleeping to play this game.

They’re completely OBSESSED with this game!

So, you get sick of it and can take no more!

You say, “That’s it!  I’m done!  No more breaking the rules!  That Game Is Going Away!”

And Then…

They Beg

They Plead

They Get Angry

They Cry

They say, “Please, Please, PLEASE give me one more chance, I PROMISE I won’t break the rules!”

Maybe you do take the game away for a while, or you give them one more chance. Either way, when they start playing that game again, they quickly fall back into the same obsessive, rule breaking behavior.

I have parents ask me, "Why don’t they change their behavior, when they know they can lose their game?"

Well, let’s break this down.

When you get angry, make threats, give them multiple chances, and take things away, is your child really learning anything?

I am going to suggest that they are not learning much.

Consequences are very important! However, consequences alone are not that effective.

When parent’s follow the formula of “Maturity First --- Freedom Second,” they create a true learning experience that has a lasting effect.

In this video, I teach how to use “Maturity First ---Freedom Second” to teach your child to make good choices with video games.