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You can get harmed by a lot of things in excess, including desserts, well before you get physiologically or mentally exhausted by having too much of it. The di
by blueblisters 5y ago
You can get harmed by a lot of things in excess, including desserts, well before you get physiologically or mentally exhausted by having too much of it.
The difference is there is a long tail of activities that a family might be engaged in during non-school hours, especially a weekend evening. This is something a government can't possibly fathom or account for in an overarching policy.
If a person chooses to have a child, they should be deemed to have enough agency to determine what's good for them.
If a State wants to be the nanny, why stop at video games? Why not prescribe precise caloric intake, meal times, study times, sleep times, extracurriculars, and more? Just an illustration of how absurd this policy is.
- pojzon 5y agoThis policy is about predatory industry practices that make use of natural brain functions to make kids addicted to certain games while also spending absurd amounts of money on it. But in my opinion they should have just disabled this business model completely. It seems like they want to limit the inflow of cash but not by a lot.