World Health Organization and video games.
By marguicha
@marguicha (230350)
Chile
July 31, 2018 7:42am CST
Good morning, friends. I always read the news first and this one shocked me: WHO described the addiction to videogames as a mental health disorder.
Two new games, one free and one that can be bought (Fortnite Battle Royale and Fortnite Save the World) have turned a whole generation of teens into addicts. In this article, it is explained that in both games some "passes" have to be bought to go on playing. It is the way that the entrepreneurs make their money. And children tell their parents that they will kill themselves if they don´t buy it
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When this happens, of course, the level of addiction is already very high. The teens are playing with their play station, alone and relating to others only in a virtual scenery for hours each day.
Beware, parents. What can we do? What alternatives are there so that the next generation uses these games only as one of the alternatives of having fun?
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When this happens, of course, the level of addiction is already very high. The teens are playing with their play station, alone and relating to others only in a virtual scenery for hours each day.
Beware, parents. What can we do? What alternatives are there so that the next generation uses these games only as one of the alternatives of having fun?8 people like this
9 responses
A nice addiction though.@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
31 Jul 18
@marguicha That's true, I hope.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
31 Jul 18
@marguicha I'd miss everyone too, which is why I can't leave this place. It's the addiction thing in full swing.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54715)
• United States
31 Jul 18
They can be very addictive. A time frame should be used for children playing them.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
31 Jul 18
I suppose that many parents let a PlayStation babysit their kids.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
31 Jul 18
@Tampa_girl7 And they will give their children some money to buy the passes to go on playing.
@Tampa_girl7 (54715)
• United States
31 Jul 18
@marguicha yes, I think too many do.
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@amadeo (111937)
• United States
31 Jul 18
@marguicha who ever in charge there.They are the one.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
31 Jul 18
I can believe and texting/cell phone obsession is also an addiction.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
31 Jul 18
Many conducts resulting from new technologies are addictive. But this one seems to have mounted into a mental disorder.
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@Icydoll (36713)
• India
31 Jul 18
@marguicha it should be done from the young age itself by making kids to play outside games and giving them books that interests them.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
31 Jul 18
Many teens are not mature enough to stop being addicted.
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@Sojourn (13833)
• India
31 Jul 18
@marguicha Yeah I admit it is hard for the teens..... even with those rudimentary games we had in our teenage, it was hard to resist.... I can only imagine how it would be for them now
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
31 Jul 18
It is creepy! And the young parents give in to more games.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
31 Jul 18
@vandana7 We export fruit, among them apples.
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@vandana7 (102698)
• India
31 Jul 18
@marguicha By the way, I ate an apple from your end of the world today. :) Very sweet. :)
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@JESSY3236 (22245)
• United States
31 Jul 18
I heard about this earlier. I used to be addicted to League of Angels. I didn't buy anything. I was a free player. My mother fussed that I need to work more. I miss playing though.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
31 Jul 18
Teens start buying the extra gadgets and it is after a while as the need to buy pot.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
31 Jul 18
I think that this should be stopped a lot earlier, before it becomes dangerous.
