After reading and thinking more about this, I’ll add that in many ways I’m still an impressionable child who struggles with setting healthy limits (less so now

After reading and thinking more about this, I’ll add that in many ways I’m still an impressionable child who struggles with setting healthy limits (less so now three years into parenthood in my 40s), and regulations like these seem both draconian and helpful. Thankfully my parents said firmly “no” to me buying a videogame console while I was living at home. They’d seen how easily sucked-in I could be when we had an Atari, C64, 386, and while visiting friends with Nintendo. Better I spend my escape-time reading, and better still that they find a way to help me recognize and process my emotions, but none of us quite knew how at the time. I don’t blame them, mind; that’s a heavy burden to carry around. I’ll do better for my child. While I am responsible for my actions, I am still learning and growing, and it is helpful to have government looking out for our collective health.