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teenagers, computers and violence

mrstiggywinkle

I am a mum to a 14 year old son with Asperger Syndrome. He is now bigger than me and makes no attempt to contorol his anger. He is a very bright boy and a wonderfully gifted musician but all he does day and night is play on his computer. He is happy to stay up all night and gets in a rage when we try and make him go to bed. If we try and get him to do anything other than play on the computer then he just errupts into fury and starts hitting us and damaging property.

He is on fluoxetin and manages well at school with a high level of support. I don't want to give up on him but I'm at my wit's end.

I am a special teacher and can give sound, sensible advice to other parents but it just doesn't seem to work for me.

HELP!

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  • Hi my 21 year old daughter spent too much time on her laptop.  This caused lots of problems including her been storked by someone she met at college - long story!

    She has repeatedly needed her laptop repaired and when recently it required another £80 for a replacement motherboard her dad said that was the last time it would be repair (meaning that we would have to replace it as we had spent so much on it).  A week or so later the connection to the plug was broken and would cost £50 to repair!!

    We suggested she wait til xmas for a new laptop.  We have a family computer in the lounge.  She agreed.  To start with it was a stressful time with her crunching away on the keys, talking to herself, singing to the music just when we thought we would sit down for a peaceful moment!  But in the last few weeks she has been on the computer less and less. She now says she does not want one for christmas as she is "happier not obsessed with the computer!"

    It worries me that sometimes this kind of obsessive behavior causes more stress that it relieves and it is important to find things to do that encourage social interaction of some kind. 

     

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  • Hi my 21 year old daughter spent too much time on her laptop.  This caused lots of problems including her been storked by someone she met at college - long story!

    She has repeatedly needed her laptop repaired and when recently it required another £80 for a replacement motherboard her dad said that was the last time it would be repair (meaning that we would have to replace it as we had spent so much on it).  A week or so later the connection to the plug was broken and would cost £50 to repair!!

    We suggested she wait til xmas for a new laptop.  We have a family computer in the lounge.  She agreed.  To start with it was a stressful time with her crunching away on the keys, talking to herself, singing to the music just when we thought we would sit down for a peaceful moment!  But in the last few weeks she has been on the computer less and less. She now says she does not want one for christmas as she is "happier not obsessed with the computer!"

    It worries me that sometimes this kind of obsessive behavior causes more stress that it relieves and it is important to find things to do that encourage social interaction of some kind. 

     

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