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[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]

How does a pothead sound anyway?     Isn’t pothead an outdated word used by old cronies back in the day?

Mark Zuckerberg, a lot smarter than you or me got his start with creating video games.  He wanted to learn programming after that.

The video games got him into computer programming.
And it's why Zuckerberg believes more kids need to be allowed to play video games if they want.

According to Zuckerberg -

"I do think this dynamic around kids growing up, building games, and playing games, is an important one because I think this is how a lot of kids get into programming," Zuckerberg said. "I definitely wouldn't have gotten into programming if I hadn't played games."

And that can go a long way to solving the gender and racial imbalance in tech, Zuckerberg added. A big reason for those gaps is the relatively small supply of female, black, or Hispanic programmers, and Zuckerberg believes having them learn programming themselves, through self-interest channels like video games, could solve the issue.

"It's why questions on gaming is important. Most of the engineers I know, who are some of the best engineers in the world, are self-taught," he said. "We need to work on this to get more exposure out to people."

https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-let-your-kids-play-video-games-2015-5

So, dumb dumb, there are good aspects.   By the way I’m female and last played Mario Bros in the 90s.   
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