(Kathi) My 14-year-old son Nico
is absolutely addicted to his video games.
Let me get the shuka 69.
Let me get the sh ...
No!
He'll be on this device for 17 hours a day sometimes.
I try to get Nico off video games,
tell him that he's limited,
he can only have five hours a day,
and his answer is, "Oh (beep) no.
That's not gonna happen."
And it's a fight.
I asked you hours ago to clean up that mess.
Did you ask Noah?
Leave me alone!
Get the (beep) out now!
Nico is the most spoiled child.
Nico!
Get out!
Stop it!
Get out right the (beep) now!
Nico can get so angry he will destroy
everything in the house,
anything in his path.
Anything that Nico can get his hands on
will get destroyed.
(banging)
What is wr ...
my computer?
He gets what he wants by bullying us
and terrorizing this house.
He'll pull his hair.
(smacking)
Stop it, Nico.
He'll start screaming if he's not on his devices.
Nico, your mouth.
(Nico laughing)
I take him off the internet
and he immediately starts throwing things
and breaking things
and it's cost us thousands of dollars
replacing everything that he's broken.
(Nico screaming)
He'll bang his controller
if I don't give him what he wants.
"I'm gonna break this (beep) phone."
Nico is not in school right now.
He wants to be a YouTuber when he gets older
and he doesn't need school.
I couldn't force Nico to get up and go.
It was impossible.
He's a very large child.
I think Nico takes advantage of me more now
because he knows that I'm disabled.
I'm in a wheelchair and there's not much I can do.
He'll strike out and he'll hit me.
Physically I'm no match for him.
He's a big kid and I have one leg.
There's not much I can do.
I feel our family is falling apart.
We desperately need help to get everything back on track.
It's absolutely out of control
and I see it only getting worse.
I am about to break you (beep) nose like I did.
How did it get this way where we have a child
running the house?
What do I do to stop it?
I've taken
things away.
I've had my nose broken three times.
I've taken him to
doctors.
I've tried everything.
Dad, what are you doing about this?
When he starts getting into a rage
and getting violent
I go upstairs in my studio. My music room.
To avoid it because he winds up getting physical with me.
A son's video game addiction ...
Leave me alone!
Crosses the line.
Who do you think you're talking to?
Out! Now!
Nico has threatened to kill us.
Taking back control.
You're not going to school
so you're basically just sleeping, eating,
playing video games.
Yeah.
I've tried everything.
You're negotiating with your child to take a shower.
Well I was kind of bargaining.
You're enabling the behavior.
New Dr. Phil.
(intense music)
