How to handle a kid being obsessed with video games? I would look into setting up a screen management system where they manage it themselves. Let's say it's 10 hours a week (this can vary) for your 10-year-old. You do not micromanage that time. Let them manage it - that’s part of being a leader over an authority. With that being said, you still keep track of it. Let's say they've been on for an hour and five minutes, that 65 minutes, you keep track of that time. If they use up all their time by