Is Your Kid a Video-Game Addict?

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Gaming addiction

My son is 26 and plays everyday at the exact same time. He would not miss it for any reason. dinner, dating, working or anything. He only works 4 days a week even though he has a college degree he will only work as a waiter because then he can play his games. I'm concerned but my husband doesn't care one way or another.My son drinks alot while he is playing. Which is another problem. He says he does it because he gets stressed out.I am concerned He does not live with us..Do you have any suggestions?Is there any book or information that we can give him to realize he has a problem?

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Addiction is a loaded term

The discussion about the role of "video games" in anyone's lives, children or adults requires more detail than is commonly discussed. Sometimes it is brought up as if it is somehow more insidious than watching 40 hours of TV a week or twittering or playing with your iphone. So when we talk about it in the context of something that "wastes time" or leads to a sedentary lifestyle then we need to look at all of the associated causes. Too much of any of those things will lead to negative effects on someone's health. Conversely, we also need to look at the specifics of what we are talking about when we conjure the "video game" bugaboo. Are we talking about "twitch games" which make up a significant portion of the content on an xbox 360, playstation, psp, etc? The wii represents a class of its own in that sense because it involves some activity even though most of its content is based on manual dexterity. Or are we talking about online games like WoW where people spend 40-80 hours a week staring at their screen going to guild meetings and grinding for gold. Some games are arguably as intellectually stimulating as reading a book (the gold standard of worthwhile activities even its a romance novel). I would advocate that any discussion about video games require a look at the details of the issue rather than what we usually get, a bunch of generalizations and loaded terms, like addiction.

Addicted

Hi my name is Bob and my son is addicted to video games. It's just awful. I mean sometimes he will just come home with a bunch of friends and just wanna play video games. He even got one of those bluetooth devices to talk to people online. Who ever heard of talking to someone you rarely get to see using a bluetooth? It's insanity. I mean he could be out there getting drunk or high with friends. He could be stealing stuff from stores or vandalizing the streets, but oh no not my kid. Video games have just ruined him, staying at home not getting into any trouble. What happened america?

HAHAHA, come on parents, tkae responsibilty with your kids and really think about this stuff, who bought them the games in the first place??? Yup it was you, BUSTED!!!

Bad statistics = bad results

The flaw in this article is the study is not quite what it is reported as being. First off it is NOT random in the statistical sense of the word--these people were op-inn where they got rewards of some such for responding to the questionnaire. Second this means the sample is bias from the get go making it useless. Third since the sample is not random statistically speaking there is no way to determine the margin of error.

Hypocrisy..

I find it hypocritical that children can't have video games addiction,but adults can.

Which I think this article is trying to point out....