Could My Little Brother Be Addicted to the Xbox 360?

I have a 10 year old brother and I think he may be addicted to the Xbox. He wakes up early in the morning to get to it before our older brother or I can. Sometimes he gets up as early as 5:30 to play for a while before everyone else gets up. He usually plays all night or all day, unless our older brother says he wants to play for a little bit. I play for at least 2- 2 1/2 hours at maximum a day before I get bored and stop playing. When he's not on the Xbox playing COD he's on Youtube watching tons of different videos about all of the COD games or other games he plays. If any of us leaves the Xbox off for as little as 5 minutes the moment we return he has already taken it and is plugging it up in a different room to play. This is how he spends all of his time at our mom's house. If he is acting up though and not willing to share (because it's everyone Xbox, not just his) I'll threaten to take away my headset or adapter, and then he'll start breaking down into tears. When he does that he'll rush at my and try to hit me and yell at me for my headset back. Very rarely does my mom have him help clean up around the house, but when she does that requires for him to stop playing the Xbox he becomes stubborn about getting off and will throw a tantrum until my mom just gives up and cleans whatever it is herself or has someone else do it. He wont go outside or take a shower or brush his teeth for days at a time. As of today it's been about a week. I told my grandpa about his behavior when it comes to the Xbox and he agrees with me when he says it's an addiction. Though, my mom does not and says he's just being a kid. I agree with both my grandpa and my mom about this. When my little brother has to share the Xbox, by taking turns with me he always tries to shorten down my time by lying and saying it's time for me to get off. Or, giving himself more time. I noticed that if I'm playing COD he'll come and sit next to me and always ask if he can "show me something real quick" and is always bursting out with random facts about the game. When my brother is playing he'll have it for a little bit at night and he'll set it in th living room for one of us to grab around 10:30 or so. But, if he is off work he'll have it till about 12:30 or 1. Many times I have gotten up to go to the bathroom and have seen my little brother playing the Xbox with bags under his eyes at 3 and 5 in the morning. His games are very precious to him, he cleans them everyday and neatly has them organized at the top of his closet. I think he's addicted to the Xbox as there are very many other things to do at my moms house. But since I feel this way I also feel that maybe I'm being a bit harsh about it and bitchy. Does anyone else think he's addicted?

Yes! He needs to find another outlet. Also, he needs to get outside and interact with others his own age. If he truly is playing this game around the clock then there is a real problem. Your mother needs to see this. All addictions are tough to break but if he could get interested in something else he might gradually lose interest. Your grandparents are right. Is there a father involved?

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