On November 24 2006 07:19 Flaccid wrote: Why does every old geezer assume that if kids aren't playing videogames they'd be out curing cancer or something instead? Newsflash: they wouldn't be. They'd find something else meaningless to do like light things on fire.
Everything is fine in moderation.
I completely agree.
You can demonize any activity when people do it in excess. The fact that videogames exist isn't a problem. If the kid is playing 10 hours a day and is glued to it, the parents are doing a shit job monitoring the kid and his time.
What about TV? Kids grow up infront of the TV all their life, we should ban TV because it's a slippery slope.
What about reading? Kids will get addicted to books and never communicate with a real person. We should ban books.
My point? Moderation and good parenting are what developes a balanced kid. It just do happens that gaming has become a big part of children's lives and old people hate it because it's foreign to them so douche bags like oreilly play to their insecurities.
It's no different than TV or any other activity that isolates the kid. Parents should start to parent rather than going on a witch hunt.
dude, what's up with the bill o reily and jon stewart thing?
is bill orreilys stupidity like staged? i mean, is he joking, like, literally? because, i get the feeling that bill and jon are puting on some little stage show for everyone because they seem like like really close friends or something, it was really weird. i don't konw, it seems like they've coincidentally both took up roles that perfecticly complimented eachother in a way that would be suitable and funny to watch.
i think that jon stewart is pretty witty though, but i'm not sure how much of it is real.
On November 24 2006 11:23 ManaBlue wrote: If the kid is playing 10 hours a day and is glued to it, the parents are doing a shit job monitoring the kid and his time.
It's no different than TV or any other activity that isolates the kid. Parents should start to parent rather than going on a witch hunt.
Completely agree here Take some responsibility Bad parenting is more of a reason for kids doing badly than video games. Exert some control, STOP THEM FROM PLAYING, don't buy them the systems, make them study, make them do SOMETHING else. Or if they're doing badly in school, make them study instead
On November 24 2006 11:23 ManaBlue wrote: If the kid is playing 10 hours a day and is glued to it, the parents are doing a shit job monitoring the kid and his time.
It's no different than TV or any other activity that isolates the kid. Parents should start to parent rather than going on a witch hunt.
Completely agree here Take some responsibility Bad parenting is more of a reason for kids doing badly than video games. Exert some control, STOP THEM FROM PLAYING, don't buy them the systems, make them study, make them do SOMETHING else. Or if they're doing badly in school, make them study instead
easier said than done. My parents always try to steer me but man I always get away w/ alt f4 when they open the door >_<
On November 24 2006 11:23 ManaBlue wrote: If the kid is playing 10 hours a day and is glued to it, the parents are doing a shit job monitoring the kid and his time.
It's no different than TV or any other activity that isolates the kid. Parents should start to parent rather than going on a witch hunt.
Completely agree here Take some responsibility Bad parenting is more of a reason for kids doing badly than video games. Exert some control, STOP THEM FROM PLAYING, don't buy them the systems, make them study, make them do SOMETHING else. Or if they're doing badly in school, make them study instead
easier said than done. My parents always try to steer me but man I always get away w/ alt f4 when they open the door >_<
not really that hard don't give them access to a computer unless they need it to research something for school move the computer to a common room where it can be monitered hell, you're obviously old enough to know that you should do work, take some responsibility for YOURSELF
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