> “18-year-old child” ?? Legally an adult. Which leads to the obvious question of adult responsibilities. Do they have a job? Other then that, what are this y

> “18-year-old child” ?? Legally an adult. Which leads to the obvious question of adult responsibilities. Do they have a job? Other then that, what are this young adult’s alternatives? Outside activity may have costs they can not afford. Activities may be located far from home. Do they have adequate transportation choices? What are their friends doing? Are their friends online also? Or do they only have online friends? In which case they need community. Being online is a low-cost, easy option that’s hard to beat for a broke kid without a car. Finally, if you want someone to make better choices for how they spend their time, you might need to spend time with them. Find things to do together. Invest your time in learning what interests them, and feed their curiosity. (Just don’t make it about guns, please.) Yes. It’s possible, but short of kicking them out of the house, what can you do? Besides, as I recall there are not many things 18 yros do which aren’t to excess and prolly not good for them—-which beggars the question, is this behavior so bad?