> Over and over.. like a crack addict..he simply can't control his desires for the eye-cocaine. Dude, he's 5. He's not some addict. Relatively few 5-year-old

> Over and over.. like a crack addict..he simply can't control his desires for the eye-cocaine. Dude, he's 5. He's not some addict. Relatively few 5-year-olds can control their desires in a consistent way. I mean "kid with his hand in the cookie jar" is a saying for a reason. Be a parent, limit his use (or remove it altogether), and do other stuff with him. Take him to the zoo, maybe karate lessons or something, to the park, etc. I'm sure he'll be fine, as long as you don't continue to do stuff like denigrating him in public as some kind of "internet addict" in the throes of his addiction to "vicious" content (a kid's show, I presume) when he's only 5. Maybe talk to him about how doctors say kids should limit their TV/YouTube usage to keep healthy. When my kids weren't getting enough veggies and fruits at that age, it deeply impressed them when I took them to the doctor and he talked about how important that was, and they then competed to see which sibling could reach 5 fruits and veggies a day first. The APA (American Pediatric Association) has released guidelines on this stuff (media consumption), if I'm not mistaken.