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You make a good point-- it does still feel like you want your kids to be bored though. :-P I think that if the games are structured correctly they can be pro-s

You make a good point-- it does still feel like you want your kids to be bored though. :-P I think that if the games are structured correctly they can be pro-social. I've been playing PUBG and I've made a handful of friends by joining a squad where I only know one person, and meeting the other people, and then next time I see them on Discord saying hello. I suppose the other parenting fear is that kids who are addicted to amazing games/VR/youtube won't have the drive to accomplish things in life? I think that games can, to some extent, teach and reward goal-setting. I bait-and-switched Youtube for Games in my previous comment, and I am concerned with kids who watch TV for multiple hours a day, so... the youtube/toddler criticism from kodt may be pretty on-point.

frenchy 9y ago
> it does still feel like you want your kids to be bored though Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if at least a little boredom in a kid's life is important for character development :-/
- bg4 9y ago
  I'm starting to seriously think that moving out to the middle of nowhere and letting my kids run around and play in the woods all day would be the absolute best thing I could for them. Along with a shed to build stuff. I have a six-year-old who is obsessed with YouTube Baby Alive videos and gets very, very upset as we limit her time watching them. It's upsetting for everyone involved as what started out as a cool, fun thing for her as evolved into a daily problem.
  - remarkEon 9y ago
    I had a borderline unhealthy obsession with legos when I was a kid. It would be all I thought about at school before I got home. Fast forward a few decades and I've found a nice niche in hardware supply chain. I think play that becomes an obsession can indeed have healthy effects that aren't immediately apparent at the time, but I share your skepticism about YouTube.

frenchy 9y ago

> it does still feel like you want your kids to be bored though Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if at least a little boredom in a kid's life is important for character development :-/

bg4 9y ago
I'm starting to seriously think that moving out to the middle of nowhere and letting my kids run around and play in the woods all day would be the absolute best thing I could for them. Along with a shed to build stuff. I have a six-year-old who is obsessed with YouTube Baby Alive videos and gets very, very upset as we limit her time watching them. It's upsetting for everyone involved as what started out as a cool, fun thing for her as evolved into a daily problem.
- remarkEon 9y ago
  I had a borderline unhealthy obsession with legos when I was a kid. It would be all I thought about at school before I got home. Fast forward a few decades and I've found a nice niche in hardware supply chain. I think play that becomes an obsession can indeed have healthy effects that aren't immediately apparent at the time, but I share your skepticism about YouTube.