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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 491497" data-attributes="member: 151">All true.  However, I really don't think we know enough to fairly critique Stein's parenting based on a report on 48 hours (or whichever inflammatory "news" magazine this was), let alone from an excerpt on ET about it.  I noticed that the interviewer kept trying to lead Stein down a path, and he kept correcting her, even from the brief excerpt I read.  As Apok points out, we just don't know.  Stein may have realized he was out of his depth.  We certainly don't know much about his son or Stein's family life.  Every family is different.  Boys are very much different from girls, and handle situations very differently.  Where my daughter may scowl, my son starts by swinging fists.  Not to mention that the teen years are not exactly easy, regardless.As for the Cardigan Mountain School...it's hardly some sort of prison.  A year there almost equalled three years of college, for me.  They certainly look like a fairly nice place, judging from their website.  I don't think they selected the school because of distance, but instead because of the reputation and quality of the school.  Nowhere on the website does it emphasize a video-game free policy, although it's clear they emphasize sports and physical activities.While I don't hold Everquest responsible, I do get stunned at the lengths some will go to when playing it.  Getting 'baby beepers' so you can track when a particular ultra-rare spawn is open, for example.  Some folks are just swept into it, and can't get out.I suppose I just don't like seeing a mob form and start to throw rocks with limited information.  I am glad to see so many parents here who are concerned and involved with their own children's lives.  That is what makes the difference.</blockquote>

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