Reading books is not all that different from gaming from the point of view of value to a child's development. It's escapism, it's a much more solo activity than

Reading books is not all that different from gaming from the point of view of value to a child's development. It's escapism, it's a much more solo activity than many online games today, and the primary skills it encourages - reading and imagination - is available in most games to one degree or another. To put another way, they could limit reading to 3 hours a week for mostly the same reasons.