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Yeah, and the online gaming sucks.There's a point where it's just too much videogames and that's just as unhealthy, as sitting on your ass binging Netflix.
Especially considering how toxic the online environments are in videogames. I can only see it having a negative affect on kids.
It's fine if the kid wants to connect with friends for a couple hours, and play - but there should be a limit.
The thing is it's also up to the parents to find activities to do together. Go outdoors for a change! Ride bikes, go fishing, go for a walk, or go to the park for a catch.
Electronic toys shouldn't be this kid's "life".
There's a point where it's just too much videogames and that's just as unhealthy, as sitting on your ass binging Netflix.
Especially considering how toxic the online environments are in videogames. I can only see it having a negative affect on kids.
It's fine if the kid wants to connect with friends for a couple hours, and play - but there should be a limit.
The thing is it's also up to the parents to find activities to do together. Go outdoors for a change! Ride bikes, go fishing, go for a walk, or go to the park for a catch.
Electronic toys shouldn't be this kid's "life".
I am certainly not going to meet friends in person or something pontentially dangerous like that
Lots of kids cannot, in fact, go play outside.
Kids play with their friends mostly. They organize in Discord.There's a point where it's just too much videogames and that's just as unhealthy, as sitting on your ass binging Netflix.
Especially considering how toxic the online environments are in videogames. I can only see it having a negative affect on kids.
It's fine if the kid wants to connect with friends for a couple hours, and play - but there should be a limit.
The thing is it's also up to the parents to find activities to do together. Go outdoors for a change! Ride bikes, go fishing, go for a walk, or go to the park for a catch.
Electronic toys shouldn't be this kid's "life".
Kid can keep entertained without abusing phones, computers and TVs. Plenty of creative toys out there.
Play is play, whether it's outside, inside, or involving a screen.Kid can keep entertained without abusing phones, computers and TVs. Plenty of creative toys out there.
I understand comparing sedentary activities (like most video games) and outdoor exercise, but what is the difference between an indoor toy and video games (which are also indoor toys)?Kid can keep entertained without abusing phones, computers and TVs. Plenty of creative toys out there.
And how is this any different than adults watching tv all day? Smh.
TV screens can make you blind, don't you knowI understand comparing sedentary activities (like most video games) and outdoor exercise, but what is the difference between an indoor toy and video games (which are also indoor toys)?
The trails on the Colorado front range and near Boulder are extremely popular and have been packed all year, with most not wearing masks. I live in the area.Article is hyperbolic "kidz these dayssss" stuff, but video games and phone all day every day is bad. Even in a pandemic you need to get away from screens and get outside. Mountain biking is a physically distant sport, so they should encourage him to get back into it.
And video games don't help kids be creative?
So much fucking holier-than-thou being thrown around in this thread.
It doesn't concern me if someone wants to spend 20 hours a day playing games. I doubt they'd have gone out and cured cancer had it not been for video games.
It doesn't concern me if someone wants to spend all day in the kitchen baking bread. I doubt they'd have gone out and planned the first manned mission to Mars had it not been for flour and yeast.
It doesn't concern me if someone wants to spend all day smoking weed and listening to music. I doubt they'd have gone out and solved the Israel/Palestine conflict.
If someone finds something that makes them happy, who gives a fuck if they aren't doing other things?
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.
I feel like maybe 10+ a day is when it starts to become something that needs looking into.
I agree with the balance part, but its not just that parents are lazy. If your a working parent it's very easy to get caught up in thinking everything has to be done around the house/apartment(chores and DIY and whatever) when you have spare moments and quickly lose track of time. It's scary how quickly weekends have passed and I realize I need to stop and make sure I have family time.As a parent it's important to find a good balance. The amount of time some of my son's friends spend gaming is worrying. There are other things to do, a lot of parents are just lazy and now they don't have to feel guilty because they can blame the pandemic instead of engaging with their kids. I play board games with my son but obviously that requires me to stop doing whatever I'm doing which isn't a problem because my priority is always to spend as much time with him as possible, a lot of parents think differently though.
I agree with the balance part, but its not just that parents are lazy. If your a working parent it's very easy to get caught up in thinking everything has to be done around the house/apartment(chores and DIY and whatever) when you have spare moments and quickly lose track of time. It's scary how quickly weekends have passed and I realize I need to stop and make sure I have family time.
One can assume alot but so what. Its not easy being a perfect role model all by yourself as a parent. If a dude has dyslexia and a shit job he can still be saddened if his kid doesnt do aswell as some others coming from academic families.I'd love to know how many hours a week those disappointed parents spend watching television.
I agree. My wife and I have already started limiting some of the amount of time my son and daughter are using technology since they have been told they are going back to school in March, including having at least one or two evenings of no technology.I'm aware of that, I work a highly stressful full-time job as well, but kids take priority over everything else. During a weekend there needs to be time to at least take a short walk, play ball in the garage, a pillow fight, whatever. Not to mention studying.
I see kids playing until 1 or 2 a.m. and early in the morning they're already doing it again. That's not healthy. And now the parents are trying to change that routine but somehow it got to a point where the kids are the ones in charge and the parents just give up. They feel entitled to play 12 hours per day because they were allowed to do it up until now. Some of them are also adicted to a degree that is downright scary.
Dad works at the local sheriffs so you know he's plopping his ass down to watch Hannity every day.I'd love to know how many hours a week those disappointed parents spend watching television.
No, it's not. Stop trying to convince yourself that it is.Play is play, whether it's outside, inside, or involving a screen.