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Jan 25, 2023
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BYU Grounds
Intervention Needed
Video games are for when the weather sucks, any other time kids should be outsid
At least that was our attitude in raising our kids
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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
Super Chicken
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
Super Chicken
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.
cougarmeister
1/25/23 3:06pm
I didn’t have many friends growing up. Some of my favorite memories are playing
ColonelMustard
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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