Oh how I now hate my life....

In an ever increasingly digital-reliant world it shocks me how tight parents can be with computer access, I went through very much the same with mine too, so I know how you feel. I believe some kids do take it to the extreme yes, particularly with video games, but if they're doing something productive or socializing, I don't see the issue. People half way across the world are no less real just because you've never seen them face-to-face. My mother still hates the fact that I hang out with the guys at meets, despite them having traversed the internet friends to physical friends (I've met them in person, several times) - It just boils down to needless hate against computers and anything related to them (despite her using them almost as much as me (and knowing about a tenth as much about them... Go figure)). I don't understand it. AND DAMN, Why the hoof has your bro got away with it?!

/end rant of agreement

My parents are kind of similar (they don't really understand the importance of the internet nowadays). However, they haven't gone as far as setting a time limit. I also have a little sister who can get away with murder.

I also understand your annoyance when the forums are dead for most of the day. By the time the forums really get active, it's past midnight.

Basically, although I cannot truly understand what you're going through, I do hope that you can work things out.

Wwwoooooooow. Dude...I can completely understand how you feel. You read my first few blogs, right? Exactly the same situation. In fact, exactly the same limits, really. I still have a maximum of two hours on my computer (but now I has iPad and it doesn't matter; oh, how my parents hate that.)

I can honestly say that I don't understand why so many parents hate it when their kids spend time on the computer. I mean, sure, if it's every second of every day, with breaks only to eat and sleep, then there's a problem. If it's only video games, it's a problem. But honestly, going online to do things like (here are some things I do) learn programming, write stories, upload drawings, talk with you guys, and generally contribute to society in some form or another...those are things that should be ENCOURAGED.

I mean, not saying I am, but what if I were to be a budding writer? How would I be expected to get criticism, praise, reviews or anything else on my writing to help improve myself? The internet is the only feasible option, besides an expensive private tutor or a very dedicated Language Arts teacher. This kind of behaviour by parents is quite irrational, unless there's something big that I've missed...

And finally. The siblings. Or singular sibling. My sisters are SO favored by my father. Here is an example.

My sister got an iPod touch. I had an iPad from school. I was "using the internet and the iPad irresponsibly", and my dad turned off the wi-fi. Then, summer came. I returned the iPad to school. The wi-fi got turned back on. My sister sits there and plays games on her iPod touch and IMed her friend ALL DAY, and never once got yelled at. And then, when she let me borrow it, my dad would tell me to "stop sitting and obsessing over screens" after half an hour.

I sympathize, Darkshine. Hopefully, things will be rectified soon. Best of luck.

Are they restricting the use of the computer, or the internet? Because if you could hide the internety stuff from them then that might work (The kids at my school use this problem called double desktop in order to hide their playing games in class, so you could probably use that to hide if you're going on the internet)...unless the computer needs to be in a fixed, easy to monitor place.

As far as the annoying sibling that gets all the privelages, I'm in the same boat. (Just out of curiosity, are they younger than you? From most people it's the youngest siblng that gets the privilages.) I've got two younger brother's, and it irritates me to end how I'm always getting the short end of the stick. The middle brother dosen't get any particularly 'special' privilages, but he does end up wasting all of his time going on games and never doing anything productive (I swear that I have never once seen him doing homework, and his grades are terrible cause of that).

It's the youngest one that's a complete pain in the flank. As you probably know from all my ranting, we're rather poor, we go to a good school (That is, an expensive one i managed to get a scholarship to), have a decent house, and are fairly well off, but because of that it means that we've only just got enough for the bare essential's (Case in point, I actually had to give my parents all of my money ($100) in order to pay for one of their night's out (They had forgotten to bring their wallet.) I still haven't gotten it back and it's been six months). When it comes to my brother though, there's no expenses spared (I have a feeling he's where my $100 ended up going).

Granted, we both have a fair number of gaming consoles since I am a gamer, i do youtube video's on games, it's how i earn my money, but he just gets given a new console pretty much as soon as it comes out, with the reasoning of "I want it". The way i have all of my consoles is by waiting for a special, (and i mean a really good special, he actually complains because I end up getting more games than him, the main reason for that because I make sure I'm always getting a good deal for them. Eg. He forks out $80 for MW3 as soon as it comes out, I pay $30 for a combination of Super Meat Boy, Desu Ex: Human Revolution, plus Assasins creed 1&2). He currently has: A game boy advance SP, A nintendo DS (Which he can't find), a Nintedo DS XL, a Nintendo DSI XL, and is soon to have a 3DS too.

I've got a Nintendo DSI (For half price because i waited for a special, and was only gotten because my youngest brother broke my old Nintendo DS (which he NEVER had to pay for or anything)).

Okay, this is becoming a massive rant about my brother now, but in the past year he has managed to break the following: My headphones, my middle brothers headphones, our Nintend Wii (Was still on special, but my parents made me pay for almost all of i, with the middle brother putting in about 1/3 of what i put in, and my youngest brother putting in...you guessed it, nothing!!!), Oh yeah, and my Nintendo DS (But i already mentioned that). Did he have to pay for any of them, NO? why, because he COMPLAINED ABOUT HAVING TO PAY UNFAIRLY!!! RAAAAARGH!!!

Clearing some stuff up:
@B-dogg, Grey, Sojounrer: Thanks
@Legion: Yes I have in fact read all your blog posts.
@Caberea: They are restricting it because I get stressed quite alot. It hasn't really crossed their mind it may be the insults and my brother doing that and not my world without as I like and prefer to call the internet.
Lucky enough I had a talk with my mum and she is only restricting them on school days as I am still stressed, and I have my GCSE's and on one case, AS-level.