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Share your advice on dealing with the videogame addicts in your family with Lynn Coady, author of the Group Therapy column.
This week's question
I'm convinced that my husband has an iPad gaming addiction. Last night he came to bed at 5:30 a.m. He said he was preparing for a meeting. Actually it was a half hour of meeting prep and five hours of gaming. While on vacation, after he skirted his household and parental duties in favour of Angry Birds, I hid his iPad (perhaps a questionable idea). He literally tore the house apart, like a crack addict searching for his stash.
He doesn't think he has a problem but it's affecting our marriage and his work and most importantly I feel he's setting a poor example for our school-aged children. What should I do?
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