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Why Video Games Are DANGEROUS | Parenting Uncovered | #parenting #videogames #parentingadvice

Name: Why Video Games Are DANGEROUS | Parenting Uncovered | #parenting #videogames #parentingadvice
Uploaded: 2024-01-02T17:00:05+00:00
Duration: 58 s
Channel: Dave Willis
Description: A short transcript excerpt of Dave Willis arguing that video games can become harmful—particularly for young men—when they displace engagement with real…

2 Jan 2024 · 1 min

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A short transcript excerpt of Dave Willis arguing that video games can become harmful—particularly for young men—when they displace engagement with real life. He claims excessive gaming may be used to hide from reality, reduce real-world social skills, and trade actual relationships for a virtual world where the player feels successful.

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Anything that gets out of balance can quickly just make things fall apart. Video games is one of those areas, especially for men. It seems like especially for young men, it's easy to just lose ourselves in that game. And I think some of it is hiding from actual reality. It goes from just being a hobby or a diversion or something that you enjoy to like. No, I get this world, I get this digital world, and I want to spend as much time here as possible, because here I feel like I'm thriving, I'm winning. And out in the regular world, I feel like I'm not. I don't understand the rules. In the regular world, it's harder. I don't like it. So I'm going to just hide in this digital world. And that, for me, is one of the biggest dangers of it. And you're trading a virtual reality for an actual reality. It cuts you off from relationships. It makes it harder for you to engage with real human beings in real settings. And we're losing out. I think kids are losing out on some very basic life skills because their head is in a screen so much that they don't know how to interact without a screen.