Reply to 'Gaming Addiction'

I liked the point you made about the clip that we do not understand anything about the child's background. The boy at the beginning who sets up the camera gives a brief explanation as to why his brother is angry and that is it. If you look at the other videos containing the same boy playing WoW you will never see the parents. My question is where are they? You can hear them occasionally telling him off, actually I will change that- you can hear them shouting at him. The parents are not teaching this child any time management. They are allowing him to do what he likes. When this is threatened because they feel he is spending too much time on his games they simply take it away. This doesn't teach him how to play so that there is a healthy balance of doing something he enjoys and doing everything else he needs to do.

Perhaps if children were taught how to approach games, that they are for relaxing and enjoyment and not a distraction and an escape then it might be possible that the children will grow up forming better habits. It really doesn't surprise me how some parents will be surprised that their child will just keep doing something that they really like. But lets be honest if it wasn't gaming it would just be something else. Parents need to stop blaming games and look at why the child is allowed to spend all their time on their computers. If parents set boundaries and stick to them then the child would not display problematic use of games.