Parental controls I actually want
What a I really wants from parental controls is to be able to lock the settings and editing of save data. Seriously, giving me the ability to lock my kids from creating new saves or altering old ones, from selecting profiles of other people, or going in and playing with data management and other options is what we need. I can easily make sure they aren’t playing Doom on my own.
Also where the hell is it possible to give feedback to Nintendo? I see so many companies desperate for people opinions but you cant seem to get ahold of Nintendo anywhere besides bothering tech support
I think parental controls or anything similar is asking for an argument, and will just lead to a very strained couple of years. I’d firmly encourage him to find other hobbies, take him rock climbing, something unusual and cool. If you have a local game store take him there and see if they have game nights for board games or some other social event. You absolutely can limit his time yourself by being active and involved. Move the computer into the main room of the house, etc- give him ground rules and establish appropriate punishments for disobeying the rules in advance. Treat him like an adult with boundaries. He is only fifteen, so he has to follow your boundaries, but let him discuss what amount he finds fair and appropriate, etc. Require that he gets a part time job and in return he can play video games when he isn’t at work. You never know, he might make friends and have things to do outside of the house. Still one of my friend told me recently that he is very glad to use mspy to run on his teen’s phones to track all activities including call history. So it is up to you to decide what way to choose
