How many hours does your 10th graders play computer games every day?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Alcohol and drugs are psychologically and physically addictive too - designed by nature…. But not everyone is addicted. Preaching everyone is addicted and should quit is obnoxious. Why should a kid who gets good grades, sports, etc stop playing video games, not be on social media, etc and live like a Luddite?

Many reasons… For example: WSJ: Teen Girls Are Still Getting TikTok-Related Tics—and Other Disorders

You’re not a Luddite if you don’t spend copious amount of time playing video games, social media, etc. We should be encouraging in person interaction, not isolation. If getting everyone together is being a Luddite, so be it.

Gets plenty of interaction at school and after school sports: Likes video games in his down time. Not every kid who plays video games is addicted.

Learning to self moderate/time management is a skill that’s learned so that by the time they go away to college, they do not need someone looking over their shoulder and can manage well on their own. Video games and screens are here to stay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Alcohol and drugs are psychologically and physically addictive too - designed by nature…. But not everyone is addicted. Preaching everyone is addicted and should quit is obnoxious. Why should a kid who gets good grades, sports, etc stop playing video games, not be on social media, etc and live like a Luddite?

Many reasons… For example: WSJ: Teen Girls Are Still Getting TikTok-Related Tics—and Other Disorders

You’re not a Luddite if you don’t spend copious amount of time playing video games, social media, etc. We should be encouraging in person interaction, not isolation. If getting everyone together is being a Luddite, so be it.

Gets plenty of interaction at school and after school sports: Likes video games in his down time. Not every kid who plays video games is addicted.

Learning to self moderate/time management is a skill that’s learned so that by the time they go away to college, they do not need someone looking over their shoulder and can manage well on their own. Video games and screens are here to stay.

Actually, they should be doing this by 10th grade. If not, yeah, they are addicted and you should put them in therapy.