Is it wrong for an 11 year old to day after day and night to play video games?

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Day after day and night after night is not good no matter what you're doing. It's too easy being a parent nowadays...from the time they can hold an ipad or phone toddlers are in front of a screen. Instant pacifier/babysitter. Parents need to spend quality time with their children and provide them with rich experiences.

SteelHands · 61-69, M

@alohamom I have many times thought this also. Again, another part of that is to nudge, rather than control his interests. It's worth noting for me and I wonder if he were an artistic painter or a writer of poetry or promising sports player and be just as preoccupied. Would I be so opposed.

alohamom · F

@SteelHands Yes, even artists need to take a break and go out and exercise. Athletes need to stop training and nestle down with a good book. Like I wrote earlier, workaholics are just as bad as video game addicts...it's an addiction.

SteelHands · 61-69, M

@alohamom yeah