The author's daughters aren't old enough to be playing video games (under 5) and shouldn't be. People under 18 can have real money transactions turned off by an

The author's daughters aren't old enough to be playing video games (under 5) and shouldn't be. People under 18 can have real money transactions turned off by an adult, so that's not the problem either. This story also says that 90% of the gamers studied over 6 years had no negative impact from video games. Aren't those numbers in line with other dopamine-releasing products that lead some people to become addicted? The South Park episode about this ("Freemium Isn't Free") is a great commentary. Yes, some people (even kids) become addicted to fun things that adults like. This is an unfortunate risk of being a person, and not all such risks can be eliminated or even mitigated. The kinds of fun that become addicting may change as technology and culture changes, but the psychology and biology that drive these behaviors probably cannot be changed, nor can its prevalence in society as a fraction of the whole.