sjones214
09-10-2004, 08:01 PM
Yes, there is a situation between my 19 year old son and my husband that is driving me crazy! My son wishes to get a degree in Computer Art and Game Design. So, needless to say, he is always on a computer that he built and paid for himself. The problem comes into play when my husband, who works shift work wants to go to bed (9:00-10:00 pm.), he thinks everybody else should also. He also keeps trying to put into place a rule that there will be no computers at all on a school night.
My thoughts are, if the grades are good and the homework is done, our son should be allowed to play on nights when he doesn't have to be at school until 11:00 am. He is doing 12-16 hours of classes this semester and works two student worker positions on campus. His problem is that time goes by without any thought when he is on and sometimes will be up until the wee hours of the morning. On those occasions, his keyboard and mouse have been taken away by me.
As you can probably see by now, my life has become utterly miserable, as I am trying to go to school myself for a degree as an Office Technology Specialist, so I am often on the computer quite late myself doing homework.
The three of us just are not mixing well in our house these days and are looking for some kinds of suggestions from anybody as to how to handle this situation.
We were hoping to send our son off to college, where we were hoping he would at some point acquire a sense of responsibility for himself and those around him, but my husband just received word that he may be getting laid off towards the end of January. So, we are not sure if that aspect will work out. Do you see my dilemna? If so, any suggestions?
My thoughts are, if the grades are good and the homework is done, our son should be allowed to play on nights when he doesn't have to be at school until 11:00 am. He is doing 12-16 hours of classes this semester and works two student worker positions on campus. His problem is that time goes by without any thought when he is on and sometimes will be up until the wee hours of the morning. On those occasions, his keyboard and mouse have been taken away by me.
As you can probably see by now, my life has become utterly miserable, as I am trying to go to school myself for a degree as an Office Technology Specialist, so I am often on the computer quite late myself doing homework.
The three of us just are not mixing well in our house these days and are looking for some kinds of suggestions from anybody as to how to handle this situation.
We were hoping to send our son off to college, where we were hoping he would at some point acquire a sense of responsibility for himself and those around him, but my husband just received word that he may be getting laid off towards the end of January. So, we are not sure if that aspect will work out. Do you see my dilemna? If so, any suggestions?