Studies have shown a correlation between the ability to delay gratification as a young child and future success in life (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_m

Studies have shown a correlation between the ability to delay gratification as a young child and future success in life (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_marshmallow_experiment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_marshmallow_experiment). Social media and video games are one of the most ingenius/insidious dopamine releasers ever invented. It's not surprising kids prefer the dopamine hit _now_ to hard work. (Don't we all?) Well off children surely have problems with this too, but they have more of a cushion to fall back on if they fail, and their parents are probably more aware of the problem since they are more familiar with computers.