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    #92
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    OneOfThem Stumbled wrote: »
    Oh ffs. I bet I can find a 1980s article about the dangers of tetris.

    All those bricks and fitting them in - what were we thinking!

    "Those newer ps4 etc games where kids are playing against each other are a bit of a minefield as I am sure they can be communicating with each other as well"

    News for you - they most certainly are. They are using Discord to talk and other apps like snapchat and instagram to text. And that's not a bad thing. They are communicating. And learning to communicate in the modern fashion - online. I'm 48 - I've made some good friends online - both on this site and on twitter, and other sites. I work for a multinational - I've never met any of my team as we're in different countries - but urmagurd we chat through IM (rf: snapshat/instagram) and conference calls (rf: Discord). Kids these days are learning these remote team skills without our help. That's the 21st century kids.


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    #93
    ANDREWMUFC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 484 ✭✭ANDREWMUFC


    A horrible addiction that destroys families


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    #94
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    ANDREWMUFC wrote: »
    A horrible addiction that destroys families

    What is? Computers? Gaming? Something else? I think you need to be more specific and provide some actual evidence of your claim. I'd consider gambling much more of a problem than any of them - you know like the forums where you have made over 40% of your previous posts on boards.


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    #95
    shesty
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,903 Mod ✭✭✭✭shesty


    True on the communications but I think it has been shown that the brain needs human to human interaction, face to face.Sitting alone and on a screen is not the same thing.I would imagine that for developing brains, they need it even more.
    Like everything I suppose-in moderation it's ok.But kids and teens are known for poor impulse control, so parents have to step in and impose the moderation.
    What a lucky bunch us parents are......


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    #96
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    shesty wrote: »
    True on the communications but I think it has been shown that the brain needs human to human interaction, face to face.Sitting alone and on a screen is not the same thing.I would imagine that for developing brains, they need it even more.
    Like everything I suppose-in moderation it's ok.But kids and teens are known for poor impulse control, so parents have to step in and impose the moderation.
    What a lucky bunch us parents are......

    Agreed. Point is that there is nothing inherently bad about communicating online. It's what we're doing right now after all :)


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    #97
    Bandana boy
    Registered Users Posts: 4,326 ✭✭✭Bandana boy


    The reality is that young teenagers are far more IT literate than their parents , if you police this with force alone ,taking devices , switching of the modem etc , the kid will work around you and you will never be able to stay ahead of them .

    You are going to need self enforcement of the rules , and that comes from talking to your kid and coming to an agreement .


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    #98
    uluwatu
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭uluwatu


    Maybe he is playing with different people so you can not notice that his real friends are offline. I think you really need to watch out because Gaming addiction is a serious problem


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    #99
    B-D-P--
    Registered Users Posts: 1,167 ✭✭✭B-D-P--


    What a thread revival


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    #100
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Mod

    Please don't bump old threads, when there's nothing being added to them.


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