• kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 months ago
    • parents are less involved in their kids lives
    • it’s no longer safe for kids to play outside in many places
    • societal distancing is worse then ever
    • there’s a mental health crisis that has been ignored
    • there’s a lack in healthy role models and an abundance of toxic ones
    • all across the world there’s political turmoil caused by politicians convincing the people to hate eachother rather than those in power
    • addiction has been normalized, kids watch their parents glued to their phones and they learn
    • kids are taught that they can become anything but will need to come to grips with the reality that they simply cannot
    • Muh video games

    Video game addiction is a symptom of multiple societal issues, you cannot simply solve it dealing with the symptom.

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      4 months ago

      Thanks this is far better then the posts blaming parents like they’re the only vector in their child’s life.

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      But it’s so much easier to just blame the one thing, pretend to do something about it, and claim we’ve made progress.

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        4 months ago

        It’s not just that it’s easier to not fix the fundamental societal issues, it’s that the politicians make money from not fixing them.

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      4 months ago

      By “no longer safe to play outside” are you referring to the people operating child murdering trucks?

      • M500@lemmy.ml
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        I live in a city outside of the US, it’s not particularly safe for kids to play outside as there is crazy traffic and nowhere to really go.

        There are just a few small parks in the city and they are not easily accessible.

        When I lived in the states, I played outside with friends in the suburbs, but stopped around high school, as there were very few kids in my neighborhood and previous friends moved away/outgrew playing as they were older than me.