Absolutely, as is playing games for 40 hours a week, but parents who demonize playing games a lot, but not bat an eye at watching hours and hours of tv every week are hypocritical.
And how is this any different than adults watching tv all day? Smh.
I think they are just having a reaction to a common attitude some older generations have towards gaming that they've experienced and are just assuming these parents feel the same.What are you on about? The article also clearly mentions the kid's phone addiction. What's being discussed is excessive screen time, not just gaming
"These are the tools of their lives," he said. "Everything they will do, they will do through one of these electronic devices, socialization included."
Except during that 50 hours he's keeping his community safe, socializing with friends virtually, at least simulating his mind and probably building teamwork skills, it's more than just watching TV.Watching TV all day is also unhealthy.
Edit: Wow this thread is in support of the kid for home his phone and video games are "his whole life"? I'm with the dad. I would be heartbroken if my son stared into an empty box for 50 hours per week like a zombie.
This article is incredibly shitty and should have never been published. Posting a photo of this kid and having his parent embarrass him to the whole world while he struggles with depression and many other impacts from covid is disgusting.
Oh my god shut up.
Every age group is suffering, many have already fucking died and lots are being impacted mentally and physically on top of financial burdens.
Younger people have died because of having health risks and are more susceptible to the virus but fuck them because some kids cant have everything for one year? It's crazy how entitled people like you are.
Excusing a problem by describing another problem isn't really a great argument. I rarely find people with the opinion that the majority of the population has become addicted to their phones is a good thing.
Problem is, today most things are done in screens. For years I'm only buying e-books, for example.
People on phones can be doing anything: socializing, working, playing, listening to music/podcasts... I think addiction to social media is unhealthy, but that's not on phones.
He inherited and stole all the wealth he has. He didn't earn it by working hard. I don't know the details of his leisure time, but I can guarantee you that like all wealthy people, it is significant.
Very disappointed at most of your reactions Era.
While I strongly disagree on the notion of 'hur dur if you're playing video games you're a loser' like this father seems to have, I think we can have a hearty conversations on how much should we allow game time and screen time for our kids. There is a merit in that.
I absolutely don't think playing game 40+ hrs a week is healthy, and every once in a long while I would fantasize reallocating all those times I spent playing games to doing other things; like learning french, sitting for CFA lvl 2 and 3, preparing better for that one job interview, learning more on cryptos so I can be the go to person in my office etc.
Like, seriously, unless you want to work in the industry as pro gamer or whatev it really is a net negative experience playing too much video games. Do you think elon musk play video games all day? as much as he think JC denton is cool that dude probably only had one playthrough of deus ex and called it a day..
Also, no need to make comparison to watch TV if the father himself didn't make it, you're just projecting at this point. Doing both for too long are bad for you, end of story.
Uh...as a middle aged dude, yes I do turn to PC gaming when I'm stressed with the wife and kids. lol.
Depends what you are refeering by "treat", but more often than not, it is better to treat them like adults than kids.A lot of parents don't know how to treat children like children, so they treat them like adults, which isn't fair to the kid.
What kind of argument is that?!?!
Or they could be, you know, concerned parents and want the best for their child? This is far more likely than your assumption.Pathetic of these parents to turn their child into a pariah just to make themselves feel better and get 5 minutes of fame on the news.
Concerned parents who want what's best for their child don't put their kid on blast for the entire country to see, while also self-admitting they hadn't tried anything at all to help their kid.Or they could be, you know, concerned parents and want the best for their child? This is far more likely than your assumption.
Parents that want the best for their child probably aren't going to air their family grievances in the newspaper.Or they could be, you know, concerned parents and want the best for their child? This is far more likely than your assumption.
By forcing them into a faux mugshot for a news headline to make fun of them and turn them into a laughing stock around the world for the rest of their lives? Get out of here with that garbage.Or they could be, you know, concerned parents and want the best for their child? This is far more likely than your assumption.
Is that a lot? I'm almost certain I played that amount when I was younger and I've definitely been clocking in those kinds of hours during the pandemic.40 hours a week is definitely an unhealthy amount of gaming time.
That's almost 6 hours day.
Most addictions to things like pain pills usually start out of legitimate use don't they?If all your social life is on social media cause of lockdown, is this still like a normal phone addiction?
HA!"Are you finally winning, Son"
"Yes, Dad"
"We need to cut down on your screen time, Son"
"I hate you, Dad!"
Also loooooool :D
"Are you finally winning, Son"
"Yes, Dad"
"We need to cut down on your screen time, Son"
"I hate you, Dad!"
This is stupid. There's a clear difference between going to a bar and going to a large park where there's no one, and jogging the path or going outside and using the jump rope. Bars are small enclosed spaces. Being outdoors in a park where you are definitely more than six feet a part is different. It only requires the sense to say "park is busy, ride home" which still gets the kid some needed active time. Besides that the parent is taking responsibility for letting it get to this point, which they should.
People in this thread just, really don't have a grasp on time management. On just how many hours there are in a day, how much time you have to fill, how to make the most of it.Tell me what the kid should do 16 hours a day at the park? Hell, even with 40 hours a week gaming, he still needs to fill 10, TEN! hours a day, or 72 hours a week with other activities.
Absolutely, as is playing games for 40 hours a week, but parents who demonize playing games a lot, but not bat an eye at watching hours and hours of tv every week are hypocritical.
Very disappointed at most of your reactions Era.
While I strongly disagree on the notion of 'hur dur if you're playing video games you're a loser' like this father seems to have, I think we can have a hearty conversations on how much should we allow game time and screen time for our kids. There is a merit in that.
As a new semester started, the parents put new rules into effect: no Xbox or phone during the weekdays for at least a few weeks, and their use will have to be earned for the weekends, through chores. Ms. Reichert feels wrenched by the whole thing.
Before the pandemic, James had so many options, she said, adding: Now, "it makes me feel badly when I try to restrict him. It's his only socialization."
god, people are complaining about this. But all honestly, games have ruined kids, who have too much freedom and can play all day. Need physical activity as well.
Yeah, from experience, the end of that article literally says he's not getting his phone at all during the week. Without even having school to talk to his friends during, his social life is basically going to become non-existant. I know a lot of people on this site skew older, but as someone who went to highschool when smartphones finally started getting big and everyone had one, tons of social interaction is intrinsically linked to kids having phones.It's because the article itself framed the problem as the old and tiring "excessive vidya gaems will rot your kids' brain!!!1" spiel instead of, you know... centering it around a hearty conversation about how it's a stressful time for everyone, how kids have a difficulty to adapt to this new school-less environment, and how parents often don't have the resources or motivation to give alternate activities for their kids.
But no, the author explicitly titled his article "Children Screen Time Has Soared..." and framed the whole thing around that. So everybody then see the problem is 'increased screen time' and the solution is 'less screen time', while problem is deeper than that and the solution is more complex than that. Like, these are the last two paragraphs of the article, and nobody offers a solution: