I think it's all about the balance and obviously we haven't found that yet, but I don't see the point in throwing in the towel and saying do whatever you want!

I'm happy with the bed time and it works for him even though he doesn't like it, so it's staying. We have 4.5 hours between getting home and bedtime, in that time we need to spend time as a family, eat dinner, do chores, reading, and homework.

I've chatted to him and we're going to trial 1.50 hours m-f and 1.5 hours x 2 on both sat and sun. Still with the timer though.

I think it also comes down to personality and having been around game addicts I can certainly see those traits in him. He would play 24/7 if you said "go for it". Where as DD gets bored after 30 mins and will move onto to something else like drawing/reading or playing outside.