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NEW - Video Game Addiction: The Hours Don't Tell You Everything
Video game addiction in kids might not be what you think you're looking for. Your kid plays 15 hours a week. So does their friend down the street. One sleeps, socializes, keeps up at school. The other is up at 2am, cancelling plans, falling behind in class. Same hours. Same screen. The research says the hours are almost irrelevant.
What does it feel like to discover that the screen you have been fighting about might be the only place your kid feels like they belong? When young people are socially isolated or bullied at school, they are drawn toward gaming. Not because the screen created the…
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