nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agoWhy are so many young people addicted to video games?www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up167
arrow-up167external-linkWhy are so many young people addicted to video games?www.theguardian.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squarekittenzrulz123linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up135·edit-22 months ago parents are less involved in their kids lives it’s no longer safe for kids to play outside in many places societal distancing is worse then ever there’s a mental health crisis that has been ignored there’s a lack in healthy role models and an abundance of toxic ones all across the world there’s political turmoil caused by politicians convincing the people to hate eachother rather than those in power addiction has been normalized, kids watch their parents glued to their phones and they learn kids are taught that they can become anything but will need to come to grips with the reality that they simply cannot Muh video games Video game addiction is a symptom of multiple societal issues, you cannot simply solve it dealing with the symptom.
minus-squareblindbunny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·2 months agoThanks this is far better then the posts blaming parents like they’re the only vector in their child’s life.
minus-squarekittenzrulz123linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·2 months agoWhile parents certainly have a part to play societal issues are the underlying cause.
minus-squareblindbunny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 months agoAnd making their parents lives better would address most of those societal issues.
minus-squarekittenzrulz123linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 months agoOf course but that would require threatening the capitalist class and the politicians cannot allow that for obvious reasons
minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoBut it’s so much easier to just blame the one thing, pretend to do something about it, and claim we’ve made progress.
minus-squarekittenzrulz123linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoIt’s not just that it’s easier to not fix the fundamental societal issues, it’s that the politicians make money from not fixing them.
parents are less involved in their kids livesit’s no longer safe for kids to play outside in many placessocietal distancing is worse then everthere’s a mental health crisis that has been ignoredthere’s a lack in healthy role models and an abundance of toxic onesall across the world there’s political turmoil caused by politicians convincing the people to hate eachother rather than those in poweraddiction has been normalized, kids watch their parents glued to their phones and they learnkids are taught that they can become anything but will need to come to grips with the reality that they simply cannotVideo game addiction is a symptom of multiple societal issues, you cannot simply solve it dealing with the symptom.
Thanks this is far better then the posts blaming parents like they’re the only vector in their child’s life.
While parents certainly have a part to play societal issues are the underlying cause.
And making their parents lives better would address most of those societal issues.
Of course but that would require threatening the capitalist class and the politicians cannot allow that for obvious reasons
But it’s so much easier to just blame the one thing, pretend to do something about it, and claim we’ve made progress.
It’s not just that it’s easier to not fix the fundamental societal issues, it’s that the politicians make money from not fixing them.