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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That would be parental failure.[/quote]

Exactly.  Teach them to manage time.  Video game consoles have been around since the early 80s.  Not like it's a new phenomenon.  [/quote]

Like gambling casinos, modern video games are designed with the psychology of addiction baked into the cake.

So yes, not everyone will get addicted, but a vulnerable subgroup will.

I would try, when your kids are younger, so make games one of many entertainment outlets. Including others are are more physical and social.

I too know one child (with extremely educated parents) who failed out of school due to a video game addiction. He was also hospitalized for other mental health issues. Very sad case.

(My hunch is that these parents failed to see the down side of technology early on, and devoted too much of their time and attention to their careers....but I could probably happen to any of us. )[/quote]

NP - my hunch is that they just didn’t think and wanted their kids to be cool/like the other kids. It was maddening when my 8 year old DS had friends, whose parents were teachers no less, who threw Fortnight birthday sleepovers. WTH? We are Gem X parents and think there is a time and a place and an age for different things and Fortnight in 3rd grade was not one of them![/quote]

I mean, you could say similar things about parents who smoke cigarettes (which people still do in their houses, let their kids watch tv for hours a day, or eat crap. [b]Fortnite is safer than all of those.[/b][/quote]

Sorry mum, this sounds like coping and rationalization.[/quote]

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