monitoring and control over game playing and time, people shouldn't lay everything at the feet of parents as if they are the only real problem. Yes, parents who just let their kids play as much as they want or use it as a way to babysit their kids aren't doing their kids any favors, but these games can be very addictive to young men, and some young men more than others.

Our son never played video games for years but finally got an XBOX a couple of years ago. From the start we moderated his time and had requirements for when he can play and what the preconditions are for playing (homework done, chores done, etc.). But once he found Fortnite he absolutely will play as much as we will let him. We have a struggle nearly every day when its time for him to finish and get off. Fortunately he loves sports, loves to be outside and once we get him to turn off the game he quickly finds things to do that he loves, but we are definitely feeling the pull that the games have on him.

I didn't grow up playing a lot of video games but picked up Halo after college. I would play for long stretches in campaign mode, sometimes late into the night — or would play with buddies for hours. But at that age I could ultimately make decisions on when I needed to turn it off. I'm guessing I would have had a much harder time with that in my early teens.