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Jan 25, 2023
11:34:11am

paulb Truly Addicted User

I'll be the first contrarian, video games are awesome. All things in moderation,

yes, but there is nothing inherently evil in video games. Just got out the Wii u and was playing with my 12 year old last night. Literally bringing my Xbox, Wii u and ps4 to the church for a young boys activity tonight. One of our best attended activities.

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I feel bad for my 11-yo. Every single boy his age in our neighborhood seemingly

maxpowers

1/25/23 11:26am

This is how I felt growing up. All the kids were into video games, I loved going out and playing sports

-C9-

1/25/23 11:27am

Glad I never got into that growing up.

VACOUGFAN

1/25/23 11:28am

I work with the deacons. We played basketball last night. I can tell you, in my

1/25/23 11:29am

LOL - several years ago we had teachers that really couldn't even run properly

JamieTartt

1/25/23 11:32am

RE: LOL - several years ago we had teachers that really couldn't even run

JAGA97

1/25/23 11:34am

It's not funny at all. Education systems and parents are failing kids.

bluefish

1/25/23 11:45am

Society keeps cutting recess, and PE and eliminating opportunities for kids to

BYUtka

1/25/23 11:52am

Yeah, we’ve had basic biking activities that were a big struggle for some. On

1/25/23 11:36am

On a related note half our teacher's quorum is on my son's rec league basketball

BYUtka

1/25/23 11:49am

My kid was that kid a few years ago. He can't sit still and when his friends

Tricky

1/25/23 11:30am

Similar deal for us when we moved into a new neighborhood and my boy was about

m0resn0w

1/25/23 11:32am

I'll be the first contrarian, video games are awesome. All things in moderation,

paulb

1/25/23 11:34am

it is possible to do both. I played a lot of sports and played a lot of VG

LeonMarek

1/25/23 11:43am

I’m not saying they’re evil. I’m saying every other kid his age is obsessed

maxpowers

1/25/23 11:43am

Mk. "dumb video games" was probably more directed at the kids liking nothing

paulb

1/25/23 11:49am

I guess if you want to extrapolate dumb with evil, go ahead

maxpowers

1/25/23 12:07pm

Yeah, my kids play sports, play video games, are involved in lots of things. You

BYUtka

1/25/23 11:45am

Parents are the biggest source of this problem. Video games themselves are not

LBCougar

1/25/23 11:49am

Once upon a time TV was the babysitter, now it's video games

icecougar

1/25/23 11:50am

Or the other side where they are forbidden so kids never get the opportunity to

BYUtka

1/25/23 11:55am

Games are not inherently evil, but they are "inherently" addictive to YM.

runnincoug

1/25/23 12:18pm

Video game companies hire PhDs to create games in a way that’s addictive

maxpowers

1/25/23 12:32pm

Yep, there's literally an entire profession trying to apply psychology to make

runnincoug

1/25/23 12:42pm

Totally agree. So while I agree that its important for parents to exercise

Tricky

1/25/23 12:57pm

in my current ward, my first EQ activity was a multi-player game of Halo...

icecougar

1/25/23 11:49am

In high school it gets worse, it's a social outlet

braddahmike

1/25/23 11:54am

Video games are for when the weather sucks, any other time kids should be outsid

BYU Grounds

1/25/23 11:58am

Worst part is that they probably aren't even playing cool video games

gaffer

1/25/23 12:03pm

Yep, they play lame crap like Minecraft.

BYUtka

1/25/23 12:08pm

My 15-yr-old just told us he is glad we never bought him a gaming device

Gigo

1/25/23 12:09pm

Back in my day video games were fun, but not so fun you'd choose them over a game of 21 or football.

shimmy

1/25/23 1:04pm

Part of the problem is you need other people to really have fun outside. Video

BYUtka

1/25/23 1:18pm

True, but even so, I used to spend hours shooting hoops alone or throwing

runnincoug

1/25/23 1:50pm

Many parents completely fail to place boundaries on video games. So they have to

BlooCoog

1/25/23 2:04pm

I'm with you man, that's so sad these other parents suck and won't limit that.

Mitty

1/25/23 2:16pm

I was never very good at video games or basketball. Between the two, my social

Great38

1/25/23 2:26pm

Wait until they are 25 and still doing the same thing.

1/25/23 3:06pm

I didn’t have many friends growing up. Some of my favorite memories are playing

1/25/23 4:36pm

I liked having halo or COD nights with a bunch of people.

maxpowers

1/25/23 5:15pm

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