Video game addiction ; The guardian of a gaming machine

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˗ˏˋ If we don't learn our lesson, we will become one ´ˎ˗


Ye Olde Student Life: Games are just as addictive today as they were in the  1980s - The Student Life

The 'Fading into madness' effect ;


Although as the heading suggests, ''beating'' video games isn't such an easy task. In fact it's much like any other drug, once you're hooked its hard going back. People can't do this on their own either, people try looking for escape-points - those escape points being family members and friends that help get anyone they know out of a video game addiction.

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Most people definitely know of a younger brother, sister, friend or really anyone who may be into video games. Where we draw the line of ''enjoyment'' and ''addiction'' in video games is really blurred, though. However as parents the most commonly given advice is to take your child's phone away, and that is simply wrong ; taking your child's phone away or laptop away will not help at all. Instead, try positive reinforcement and try to communicate. 
It's pretty commonly known that children play video games often to make new friends too, taking their at times only form of social development and making new friends would cause more harm than good.

They don't say ''Communication is key'' for nothing, sometimes its even easier to apply this in school on students. Teachers often communicate through their lectures, if they could incorporate a fun learning method or watch documentaries mid-session students would be hooked from the get-go. How this reduces an obsession with video games is when students watch a video in school they'd be tempted to often watch it again at home instead of reading a book. It's harder to tell a child off or to tell them to turn off their phones, so why not utilise it?

Parental control is essential in so many aspects, however, parents monitoring their child's devices often tend to be incredibly strict on which apps to allow. An easier reinforcement would be to allow a child to learn from their mistake first, rather than stop them from making one. Children often learn from their mistakes when it's not under circumstances where they know they are being monitored.

~ made by Zuhayr *:・゚ೃ⁀➷ 

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