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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I manage this by refusing to buy video games. We don’t have them and don’t play them. My kids hate me, but that’s okay. It’s called parenting.[/quote]

Their friends will have them.   [/quote]

Yes, all the kids in school have them. My kids complain, and especially around birthdays and Christmas, that they are the only ones without a Nintendo or an x-box. I do that annoying mom thing of asking them if all their friends jumped off a bridge, would they jump, too. They get annoyed and exasperated and tell me I’m so, so mean, yadda, yadda.

I can’t control my kid from having a play date at someone’s house and playing Mario Bros., but I can stop it from entering my home.

I’m not a high powered businesswoman, but I can negotiate better than a ten year old. No video games in my house. PERIOD.[/quote]

Why are you a killjoy?[/quote]

Because video games are completely optional and starts dopamine seeking behaviors at a very young age. The meaning of life isn’t to chase dopamine rushes at every opportunity. [/quote]

So does running, sports, shopping, anything that feels good to you.   [/quote]

Son's longtime friend has already paid for grad school with their gaming winnings. They attend college, have a social life, are physically active, etc. Yes, I am being intinially vague. And yes, he is an outlier. But the ZERO GAMES UNDER MY ROOF parents are nuts.[/quote]

He’s an outlier re the money but the rest describes most gamers.

Some gamers are lonely isolated and depressed and their games are a respite from pain. Some let it get to be a problem but video games didn’t Create the problems.  The vast majority are kids and adults , mostly male who enjoy playing for many reasons.  Good luck to the middle schoolers who have never even seen a game.[/quote]

Oh please. You have a bad, socially isolating, time wasting habit and are trying justify it.  There is literally NOTHING to be gained from playing video games. Go ahead, do it if you please, but stop trying to act like it’s somehow beneficial, especially to a developing mind. You sound like a pothead yabbering about the benefits of medical marijuana. [/quote]

100%. There’s no benefit to video games for able-bodied young people.  It’s basically a vice to be tolerated not something celebrated as beneficial in any way. [/quote]

I have to agree and disagree. Video games aren't the devil, they can be fun and when played with siblings, cousins and friends can be extremely social. As a disabled person, from birth I agree that kids/teens do spend way too much time in front of screens. Healthy, able bodied kids/teens don't realize how fortunate they are to be able to, from a physical standpoint, do whatever they want [/quote]

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