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[quote=Anonymous] You have to know your child's personality and family history in order to manage video games effectively. Predisposition to addiction is mostly a hereditary trait, and linked to disorders such as ADHD, because people self-medicate. If there are alcoholics, gamblers, (prescription) drug abusers in your family, be aware that your video-playing child is at risk for addiction - of any kind. We are an ADHD family, so I carefully monitor the video games and try to teach my son self-awareness and self-control. There are gamers who play 5 hours a day for years and are not addicts, because their brains are not built that way. I suppose those have good surgeon potential :-) [/quote]
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