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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our teen son claims every one of his friends is getting one. Are we the only parents who don't allow these addiction machines in our house? I don't understand how parents not only welcome this addiction into their homes, they pay $500+ for the privilege – it's a freaking drug.[b] Boys are far more likely to drop out of college and twice as likely to live at home as adults. [/b]These video games are sapping their ambition and attention span, and often end up controling their life.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-creativity-cure/201603/the-silent-epidemic-young-men-dropping-out-college[/quote]

My husband purchased a $600 ping pong table for our twin teens.  The video gaming got boring over the summer.  It was a great investment.  Adults and teens can play.  OP, you could not pry my son away from his game station from the age of 10 - 15.  He's 17 now and plays occasionally with friends.  The correlation between gaming and dropping out of college is a bit overblown.[/quote]

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