Oh! I am going through this whole dilemma right now, too! We home school and I am a techno idiot so this is becoming a very big problem for me. My ds8, the severely ADHD one, plays minecraft, watches minecraft on youtube, or does some kind of paint thing (probably drawing minecraft images) every chance he gets. I can't look away, go do the dishes, make lunch, etc.... without finding him doing this. I have some kind of Norton safety minder parental thing through Comcast, but I'm too much of a computer idiot to know how to use it. Last week I tried to block minecraft and ended up blocking my email site instead. I don't know how I did it, and now, since about two days ago my email site is no longer blocked. We home school, and I swear, it seems like a lot of ds12's friends must skype and play mine craft a good portion of the day. They couldn't possibly, but it sure seems like it. I don't allow either during school, but what did I see last week when my ds12 was in an online class? He had a little window open playing mine craft. My ds8 has been telling me the 12 year old does it, now I caught him. What is the worst is his continued denial. I think he admitted it for a minute or two but has gone back to denying it or being shadily evasive. Aaargh! I've been at my wits end with this whole issue, particularly for the last week - I guess because we have ds23 here and everyone must be getting antsy with the holidays and not feeling like working so much. MrsMelton, that is a good idea about giving them some time part way through the day. By the time the school day is over, we always have to rush out to some sort of activity so there never seems to be any time for them to play (online with school friends). I'm going to have to show my ds23 some of the ideas in this thread since dh and I seem to have no clue about what to do. I want to make use of his young techno savvy mind while he is here.