A few weeks back I was lamenting over how much time my son was spending in front of his computer, well guess what? my monitor for my home office computer just went black. It didn't take but a few minutes to get me going again, because I confiscated the monitor from the other room where he plays all his games. I know, I know, this isn't going to last. I'm already surfing for a new big screen for my office. I've sort of gotten used to my sons smaller lower quality picture, but I'm definitely getting a new one. It will likely be about a week at best before I get one, and that's if I order one online today. So in the next week I have to keep him out of my office and come up with a believable reason why he can't just take his monitor back, even for just an hour or so. For starters, it's not his, technically its mine and he just has privileges, but we always refer to it as his computer, check that, technically it belongs to his brother as a hand me down from when his brother built a new system, so I guess it's not mine either, but I own the house so I should have some rights of confiscation. And lets not forget, I need a monitor in my office, and that should trump his game playing time.
He just spent the weekend on a scout camping trip, so he's probably having war game withdrawal symptoms already, except he's still asleep. When he gets up about noon and the pain gets intense, I will pay careful attention, maybe even listen to what he says, I don't want to switch his habit to TV reruns or soap operas, so I will look outside the box. I think I'll take a stab at getting him to ride his bicycle around the neighborhood and then promise lunch at a place he chooses, then after lunch I'll pay him to clean his room and wash the cars. When my new monitor arrives and I give this one back to him he should be just a kid again.
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