Father of 4, teen unplug for weeks to break video gaming obsessions | ABC News 

Phobepotatoegirl Pretty lol me too

Same

Phobepotatoegirl Pretty the only reason I clicked the video😂

click baited

Phobepotatoegirl Pretty lol

Well 12 hours of gameplay, skipping school I wouldn’t go that far

Yeah. It’s most people’s escape from reality

Radiation Toaster Fridge I agree,skipping school is too far

Boomer Zierath so true

haha how old are you?

Arnav Dinesh Kamath I know right? She would be out of a job without TV

You’re right

I know right there like stay out of your phone if I did I would have not seen this 😋

best comment ever

No Name No Name that’s kinda like me man. I’m 15 nearly 16 and have school problems. I’m trying to sort everything out atm.

This is exactly what it is, no mentally healthy person does something continuously for 12+ hours

I agree, this kid went to my school. He always seemed off. I showed this vid to my teacher and he said that the parents always blamed him and other teachers for his addiction.

That’s super true STOP LYING NEWS

You could not be more correct

Cameron O'Connor so fkn true

wigga cant even fucking shoot someone not moving in front of him with and awp

Cameron O'Connor shut up u just the old dumb generation.Ya old generation is dead.

the daily silver life

LMAO

* R e a l s h i t*!

lol not to mention watching tv for hours doesn't stimulate your brain at all like video games

He doesn't have a job and skips school He's useless

LOL You must be really young.... They said the exact same thing about TV, and the exact same thing when "Nintendo" first came out... the only problem is that now it's EVERYWHERE, you can talk to people on it which makes you feel like you're being social.... Also, don't tell me these people weren't EXACTLY like drug addicts lol.... The kid had dreams about playing video games... You know what they call those in NA? "Drug dreams"... Some addicts have dreams where they're trying to score drugs, actually getting drugs, whatever, for YEARS after they stop using. He was having the exact same mental responses as a drug addict or alcoholic. Same with the other guy. And I'm sorry, I just don't believe that anyone ever had THAT bad of a response with TV.

FINALY SOMEONE SPEAKING UP

can cer He's playing csgo, not shitty cod

arab boy wtf

arab boy ?????????

can cer lmao

can cer lmao 😂

FZGames lmao sadly i was thinking the same thing 😂😂

rookie numbers

GXD pffft rookie numbers 😂😂😂

GXD my 3 year old brother and unborn sister can do them with no rest

bro i thought that this was my comment XD

Kyle DANKster 😂

Kyle DANKster probably filmed when the game was fairly new, and it didn't say he's addicted to battlefield. he probably was but just saying My G

Kyle DANKster lmao

shows that its fakeeee

Oh DuDe Ur So EdGy

Most of those people are depressed and having suicidal thoughts because of playing way to much and not leaving the house a lot . This is what causes a lot of modern depression , staying home all day and getting stuck on technology.

Drugs and alcohol can also be an escape. And that's the point. If you are depressed and suicidal that's a problem you'd be better off handling, not escaping from.

xXfencesXx handle by going through with it?

Nipixel Gaming playing video games all day won’t fix depression

iTryhard This news station is over exaggerating with a bit of this, too.

I had a serious foot injury last year.. couldn't work/drive 3months. Never played video games before. Husband brought home Xbox one, it seriously helped me deal with depression.

iTryhard i

iTryhard right

Na boi everyone skips school it’s nothing “too far”

Cloud the wise are you a non gamer or something

Cloud The Wise hey buddy, you just blow in from stupid town?

Brain 🧠 damage (95% of the time)

1OOTH LIKE

@@Damian-me7di hahahaha!!

true

The_Noodle_Thief ikr

I have 2000 hours on TF2

No shit. In my hey day I easily clocked in around 80 at least, No so much now, lol

I'm at least on my Devices for about 9000 hours per summer. ( I'm not making the over 9000 joke because it's old)

If they didn't make a video no one will see it.

News is so hiporcrital

IG0516 🤦🏼‍♀️

IG0516 Oh my God. 🤦‍♀️

How will they promote it? How are they gonna promote it, make a book about it?

lmao i have played csgo for 50 hours and my aim is better

Bruh his sens is too high no wonder he isnt good

oYeti_TV I play with 1 sens in csgo and 800 dpi, I still have good aim

thats a little too slow for me i do 3.21 and 400

oYeti_TV my dpi is 1600 and sensitivty of 5.5 and made it to supreme, sense speed doesnt matter

He's playing with a Razer Naga. He's hoping to one day make it to Silver 2.

hhahaha lmaoo

he got no skins lmao

Foreals, if he were to make some money playing his parents probably wouldn't mind.

If they let him keep playing he might actually be able to go pro, maybe 1-2 more years and BAM C9

Zerp M 😂😂😂

Ikr

Fr 😂😂😂😂

xd

What a scub

DazikenHD video games >>> drugs

Aaron Amaral ouch. ☹️

facts

DazikenHD True, haha!

Trur

Yes it is bad parenting

These so called “Experts” are dumb asses

I watched it through my camp fire

Taylor Straughan I'm not picking any sides, but a projector is not a screen.

Osafu i realized that

Taylor Straughan Lmao you deleted your comment. 😂

Osafu ik

Drayonis Kids kill their parents nowadays for the least stupid things. This is a real problem. You ever heard of the Menendez Brothers? Look em up!

Drayonis I'll be 50 in a few yrs. lol. Anyway, I have 8 children that I have gone through this with. Half of them outgrew it. The other half I'm still working with. I get them out of the house away from the computers. Its a difficult matter especially if they suffer from anger issues. These kids nowadays are not like our generation assuming you are near my age.

I'm close to your age yes and that never happened in my house because I'm not discussing anything with kids. Parents are too soft on their kids and allowing them to get away with anything. Treating kids like adults. The fact that he even OWNS that computer is a problem. I tell mine everyday you don't have a room, I'm just letting you stay here.

Drayonis I know that's right!!! You sound like my momma!! Lol

Demonic possession causes people to punch holes in the wall.

Poison you a horrible mother

whats wrong with you

Neither is healthy tbh. It's like picking your own poison, in the end it doesn't matter which one you rather let your child pick; it will end up damaging him in the end.

미셜비 you’d seriously rather have your kid do drugs?

@@coluurs5660 I'd have my kids do NEITHER too much video gaming nor drugs. Both are mutually exclusive and are negative addictions. Too much videogaming isn't simply the alternate answer to doing drugs.

@Youkon Dukon for some, video games are used for a distraction from outside influence because they don't get social interaction normally so it really doesn't matter

WOOF ikr

During my school years I played video games for 5+ hours a day and I still do my school work (Go to school) and I got good grades. And even after I finished my education, I still go to work and then played video games after I finished my job for the day

Logan Creagh hahaha I'm dying right now😂

Nope I'm watching this on a tree. Bitch

Fuck that. Videos on phones are for chicks. 24 inch monitor.

Chris Thompson guess I’m a chick then fuck

Logan Creagh yeah no shit. What do I watch this on? A fucking tree?

R O O K I E N U M B E R S

Lmaoo I play 120 hrs in 2 weeks, my ma is weak. Also he sucks ass in csgo

Bturcotte1101 w h o n e e d s s l e e p a n y w a y s

Ruby Infernum, I AGREE!

112 Hours for me.

Austin Awesome Yep.

Oh boy, it's the end of the world.

Fuck digital heroin ,get him that real shit and a bunch of hookers so he stops using that extremely harmful digital stuff and on to the natural safe heroin

🤣

Yes your absolutely right. Parents afraid to say No

They seem like they really dont give af about there kid

@@LapisGoBlue You're right

I agree!

YENIX oooh ark pfp

Cameron Riley probably not even ranked only playing deathmatch

Cameron Riley he has a headset but wasn't wearing one

he's not even good lol

breathless n6u5r6x2 he was only playing deathmatch to show off for the news probably. it's not like he's gonna play a ranked match when there are people filming him and he can't focus or leave etc.

only casual player play deathmatch, good players plays on FFA headshot only severs. if i was on tv i would try as hard as i can to flex my skills. but he is probably silver. and he is sitting so far away from the screen....

Goblin Z lmao it’s a hobby just like everyone else has. Also where else would I Iive dumbass?

Goblin Z its a hobby that is nothing like drug addiction. Its fun and enjoyable. Yes, people need breaks, but do you really think everybody has an addiction?

Revulsion i used to clock in 80 + hours on my xbox 360 the longest i been on till 12 am. They almost unpluged me for good till I took up sewing. Now I spend 80+ hours sewing and they are fine with it. I play only one game only thats minecraft it stimulates my creativity.

Goblin Z im actually 19 not 30.

Revulsion I really love how people will meet a gamer and automatically think he’s a lazy bastard. I have a 4.0 GPA and I’m in NHS. But the second I pick up the controller I’m classified with lazy whores that stay in their moms basement

TheBookWorm1718 16

TheBookWorm1718 it was a joke... dont think too hard next time

TheBookWorm1718 video games weren't around in the stone age.

MischievousMoo thanks i didnt know that i better go re write my obviously sarcastic comment

miku is god BREAKING NEWS: Local healer doesn't know what to do with a kid struggling through rock addition This kid from Indus Valley has been banging a rock since dusk yesterday. We are trying to help him stop.

XDXDXDXDXD

Aryel T.V lol

Aryel T.V that’s what I saiddddd😂😂

Lmfao

Omg I was just about to type that

Relatable

Imao

You havent seen pow camps have you?

That wasn’t mw2 that was csgo lmaoooo

lol

True but it's also possible being addicted. I used to be a gamer too playing 17 hours per day during my day off and 6 hours on working days until I quit my job just so I can game all day, wasn't worth it. It's hard to accept the fact that gaming addiction can cause a lot of problems too physically and mentally. Curing gaming addiction takes a lot of time really, and it's not easy.

Not developing healthy coping mechanisms is

Definitely need to do something else tho

@@quchi7232 17 hours? psh rookie number

@@quchi7232 I don’t blame videos games in your Situation. I blame you

Me too lol

same lol

Same lol

Ikr lol

Aha same

Only 195 IQ's Are Allowed in Roblox

Missing em shots lol

He was playing against bots and didnt use headphoned too what a silver lmao

roblox oder

60 hours a week and he misses a shot with the awp while the enemy is standing stil thats what i call iq 70

Tyler Paulik lol I know

Tyler Paulik he definitely makes more than that per week. He’s making anywhere between 2-6 million a month

Jsalcedo23 no he's not u R actually dumb

Jsalcedo23 he makes around 560k per month

Abdullah Zeb yea but 2 mill a week is 8 mill a month which is 96 mill a yea which is more than LeBron james or any sports player no one makes that much money per week from youtube

92G Gaming it's not that simple, you also have to edit

Trainer Red he better learn

92G Gaming I think u forgot about the time taken to get a big following before u get paired with ytube and actually get paid, the editing time and the render time...

92G Gaming you don't become big on RU-vid over night. And the pay is trash for a long time. 1$ every 1k view or so

Because people gonna freak out and be like no you can't get paid that easy simply just say work on it and hope to make money

Dizzy Sparks true

BRUUUUUH

Dizzy Sparks omg 100th like, and yeah 😂😂

Very few get this Lil Uzi reference

Dizzy Sparks yup

Or a black mom , or Mexican, or Italian

they'll give you the silent death stare and then you start collapsing

Nurul Aniza Zainudin He would get the ass slapping of a century...

Nurul Aniza Zainudin True... My mom *WILL* kill me!

Nurul Aniza Zainudin ANY other race other than white wouldn't allow it honestly

Yeah taking drugs and alcohol as a form of escapism is way worse.

Envy yeah the story is bullshit the reporters are like what shall we do a report on oh let's do it on video games so grown-ups never give the children games

Envy i think sitting on your ass all day is way worse than going out with freinds and drinking and smoking weed

Cian_ 2224 lol if u think that then I feel sorry sitting around inside all day isn't good but its better than being outside up to no good

Yeah then maybe one day if the drugs take over they can be homeless sat on their ass all day outside begging for change. Perfect.

It's csgo get it right ogfjjfjrhfshjfeokcWc||^'xskkcdyl

LOL, as in haha or LOL as in League of Legends

I'm guessing you play COD? LMAO

Michael Da Scrub Tarling faxxssss

Michael Da Scrub Tarling I always take like 3 hours breaks

Kiko it is joke this kid needs a life or a girlfriend

It’s not my brother has this exact thing

“Expert”

Mail Dude games are the problem, in an “addiction” it is hard to respond nicely when someone is trying to get you out of something your mind is already corrupted in.

@@bshsshvshdshensndheh6110 Corrupted is the wrong word. This boy has some issues but his parents are passive and ultimately it is their faults he turned out this way. I play games and get great grades and I'm also not this aggressive and idiotic.

they are the problem , its like saying alcohol isnt the problem for alcoholism

@Daddy Max true

@edgarjx1 Please take an IQ test first.

GET IT TO 96

I play atleast 48 hours a day

Puny gamers. Try 200 hours a day

We gotta pump them numbers up those are rookie numbers

1 year a day

50000 hours a month xD

Even with those numbers you are a Filthy Casual.

Nice Booty nice copying someone's comment haha

+Chloe 7485 He stole nobody's comments. I could say the same about yours.

So a pros is 9999999999999999999999999999 hours a day ? Or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00,000 hours?

such a wholesome comment :)

日本人ではない lmao same

😂😂😂

YOUR AN ADDICT, STOP PLAYING NOW SAVE YOURSELF

you should disown ur da

Playing video games for 10 hours a day isn't necessarily bad so long as you're paying attention to your studies, working on developing some other skill, and especially being social... but that's extremely unlikely. Being social is extremely important because it's the skill that will provide you with the most advantages in life. When you're playing outside with friends for ten hours, you're at least honing those social skills. Though, "playing" outside can be just as bad as gaming, depending on who you are socializing with, since you can develop social habits that only hinder you as you get older. The important thing to note is the type of distinction you are making between the activities. What you are doing is making a *moral* comparison. Sure, it isn't "right" that someone gets to enjoy doing something else for 10 hours a day and somehow that activity be more socially acceptable. But the fact is, it's not that the activity is more socially acceptable that makes it more worthwhile, it's that the activity is simply more beneficial. Being outside and participating in physical activities makes you more sexually and socially attractive as well for example. As a rule of thumb, any activity that enhances skills that will be useful in adulthood is good, and any activity that reinforces behavior that will need to be changed later in life is bad. The reason being is that it's more difficult to change as an adult due to a decrease in neuroplasticity. If such habits persist into adulthood, you'll probably have to resort to cognitive behavioral therapy to get your life on track (time and money). The role of parents, similar to other members of the animal kingdom, is to provide *guidance* so that their offspring develop the skills necessary to survive in the surrounding environment. When you encourage your children to develop skills that are counterproductive to that goal (which parents often unknowingly do) you are developing behavioral problems that can produce a life-long struggle (in other words, ruining their lives). Unfortunately, you cannot fight the current with it comes to survival as an adult. You need a form of income, and you need to be social. If you can find a way to secure an income that's plentiful enough to put food on the table, a roof over your head, and to support your gaming habits... go for it. Just be sure that the life of a gaming addict is what you truly wish to have, because essentially the entirety of your actions will be central to that one activity. And you might just find later in life how regretful you are for pursuing such a fruitless ambition.

お化け This would be great for an argument essay on the topic

お化け I read the whole thing cuz I have no life

お化け lol

Pink AK *right in write lol guess I’m not the idiot here You’ve got to remember people get into fights get convinced to smoke and to do other bad things , my Mum lets me play as she knows I’m safe at home and I have friends online

XandarLP deadass or even their phone

XandarLP they are not making the point that video games are not fun, they are saying that too much video game or electronic activity is not good for your health.

+Kaultier the only point we here are saying is that tv and video games are essentially the same, if not tv worse

XandarLP lol fr

Optimal Shot tv is way worse you are actually thinking and having alot of brain activity instead of sitting there and staring

Salacity ツ lol ikr

WTF THAT SOUNDS FAKER THAN PORNHUB TELLING ME There's A GIRL WILLING TO FUCK ME 2 MILES AWAY.

Salacity ツ I think its team fortress

Suicide Boys it’s csgo

OMG LOL

everything cost money.. games/ electricity/ drugs.. this world is revolved around money/ technology etc

Shadey No no he's addicted to video game heroin tho 😑😂😂

It does the same damage to your brain that drugs do. When looking at a brain scan of someone on heroine and someone with gaming addiction it looks almost identical. They explained some of it on this video. +Shadey

SRO3 Video game play may provide learning, health, social benefits, review finds. Playing video games, including violent shooter games, may boost children's learning, health and social skills, according to a review of research in American Psychologist quick Google search

Maukie Paukie In February, the Italian researchers presented evidence that playing fast-paced video games can improve the reading skills of children with dyslexia. ... The authors of the study hypothesized that the action gameshelps kids increase their attention spans, a skill considered crucial to reading. how can you die from video games explain to me with me scientific studies

Roman James my family just took away my electronics and I broke my addiction

braxton lombardi but how are you talking to us now????

Theredstar2478 it was awhile ago

braxton lombardi k

Roman James lol casual

what

i dont get it

Shit parents. Unplug the router. Sell his computer. Anything actually productive lol.

leonthesleepy "get off at 1"

I think that's his real issue ;)

Video games tend to actually improve decision making a reaction time as well

Icybubba the reashercher said those areas were more red, witch means more brain activity

You can’t prove the changes in brain activity was due to games

@@Icybubba Yeah I learned english a lot from these games but you feel sleepy and annoyed everytime you put the controller down games are boring actually

Icybubba Yeah they also tend to decrease movement, increase weight and agrresive behavior, have a brother who plays 24/7 on Fortnite, if we take the console he punches, screams fights.

true i can sit for fucking 19 hours playing pubg

ja

G1MPBOY wow your mom jokes my favorite

Im on tablet

Nope computer

No

Nope screen

Derek Corder ikr

Prolly like s2

unranked because it looks like he only plays DM lol

S2

That nigga don't even got on headphones

are u dumb? 1:29

exactly. I mean I love video games and RU-vid and music and shit but I still spend time with my family I mean c’mon.

Andrew Husar Martin I totally agree im a gamer too but I play video games at night but not until 4 unless it’s a new game but if I had a wife a kid I would spend the most time of them as possible I’m starting to rap maybe in my songs I would talk about video game addiction

Andrew Husar Martin yes that is very true

Same

Andrew Husar Martin I agree

My word

Carter He has a monitor.

Carter he has a pc bruh

@@corexium801 bruh I don't even remember the context of this comment it was a year ago

Carter I’m dead asf💀

FlakeyJakey there is a lot you can do if you don’t get along with people or you are having trouble with different subjects and staring at a screen for hours will only cause more problems.

Stealing cars and doing drugs? Bro, get the fuck out of here Go to jail or something

Radiation Toaster Fridge that was years ago bro

MrOak22 Don’t feel bad for him when Josh is playing 60 hours in a week and has terrible aim at CSGO xD.

MrOak22 your life sounds awesome

Aaron 15 I don’t do that no more but that was my equivalent of gaming then I was usually peer pressured into most of those things but yea

Kids

I think he needs to see an anger therapist. I'm just wondering if he goes to school. There are plenty of people I know who just sit at home staring at a screen all day.

playing videogames made me 5 times smarter xd

Humble Man you are tight

Right lol

Grandmama Spif lol same

Grandmama Spif I'm 14 and I don't need no friends. I'd died without my iPhone 7 Plus and my 4k tv. Those are my best friends. Although my best friend will be replaced in September with the iPhone 8. I will always love my 7 Plus and every iPhone I had before that

legofreak You sound sad, go make some friends from online or your school 😂

Grandmama Spif an addiction is something caused by an underlying issue for example you go to Duncan donuts everyday for a coffee donut it's a habit not an addiction although sometimes coffee can be addictive

legofreak Wow...that is the saddest shit I've ever heard...get friends

One should never put their games before family, unless your family is *actually* shit

Shane Simon facts

Shane Simon just play sports

Lil Dick That's what someone whos addicted to video games and can't admit that he doesn't have a life would say

Lil Dick I think I found a video game addict

Me too

Wait til you get a partner if you don't already. They nor a kid or kids wont put up with it.

You got a Girlfriend?

@@cr1sspyy Not yet

The video is from before fortnite.

I’m just saying.

Filip GDR U WUT?

I said I'm glad he's not playing fortnite. Read the comment more carefully.

Filip GDR he probably plays It now

RedXPlayz 296 a 10 minute video vs hours of video games. Hmmmmm....

Goldenhawk521 Agreed a ten minute video would develop so many symptoms of "digital heroine". I think ABC has a plan here and it needs to be stopped.

** ( You're ) **

10 minute video verses over 12 hrs of video games.

don't be pedantic. you know what they meant.

Harley Norwood My parents said I was addicted so I literally stopped playing for 2 months and was fine. Could a person on heroin just quit for a couple months like that? NO!

@@aidanleonard1710 you'll know the feeling when you are so hooked that you cant get off without rehab

UnrealGalaxy k

Hah fuxkin nerd.

John Zhou science shows that excessive video game use and screen time in general hinders cognitive function and literally stunts mental development in children. The science is there and factual. You may not like this, but maybe your extreme anger with this video is attributed with your addiction.

Thelonious Vic I died 🤣😂😂

VGWOLF trash

lmao

Dime 10 hours a day

yung hokage Nope even I hit those numbers 😅

Dime That's inhuman!

yung hokage Funny. You dont have a girlfriend.

Dime ikr

2 hours a day isn't bad wtf

WHAT 14 H WTF SAAAAAAD

You should show him this video to prove that you don't have a problem.

Kim Jong -Trill i agree

I play 7 hours a week and I am not allowed to play on the weekdays, my parents say I have an addiction...

VortexZeRo _ yeah it’d be cool if they got that through their thick skull

Not to mention the fact that the average age of a gamer is literally 35, yet they try to play the kid card.

I know

Eye C. Weiner he didn't even have a skin

XD tryhard trying to one deag

only playing deathmatch, you ain't learning shit. if he tried mm, he wouldn't stand a chance against hackers in silver lol

Xd

Eye C. Weiner dude probably is silver 4

_Sir CoSmoZ_ I’m excited for Battlefield V.

but red dead redemption 2 is way better trust me buy it its a fucking long and fun game and online is coming soon

Csgo is best

Wft is with this chat the video talks about video games are drugs while the chat talks about red dead redemtion or batlefeild

Lol

Joker gang weed

Joker ayyye joker as in joker in the drip server??

Sooooo you're addicted

Ivan Castaneda He literally just said he's not addicted, did you not read the first half of his sentence?

Alex Vjuz just because someone's in denial, doesn't mean they're not addicted.

Timmons Gaming Gaming is one hell of a drug

Gaming 12 hours a day, skipping class, gaming till 4am and wake up at 11am, and punching the wall when their computer is taken away is NOT being a teenage boy

When I was a teenager I was drinking beer and eating pussy. Times must've changed...kid probably eats tide pods too.

CJ alicea Nope it's definitely called being a teenage boy.

Alo`haitz`Kerra it's called being a failure at life.

"gaming addiction" Who could guess that people enjoy doing fun things? Man I think I got a food addiction, I eat at least 3 times a day.

They do this because they know that TV has way bigger problems with addiction but if they focus on video games people forget their TV addiction and instead of playing video games they are watching Abc.

ikr im 17 and my doctor said its normal for me to play video games up to 12 hours a day and play games

porn gets boring

+chillinhyphy hell yeah same shit everytime

Just Sayin / If you aren't cut then it feels great nonstop

Just Sayin Not everyone is a sexual deviant. That's why.

Ya it game parenting dont blame gameing companys for your life promblems.

right 😂😂

Nacer Hi hahahaha

THANK YOU! I bet his parents just took the computer away and left him bored with no one. I met great friends gaming. Including my husband! We hike and swim in natural springs. But we play together most hours. XD This kid just needed bonding and other activities not to mention better games! hehe

Ive been playing video games since i was little, its a hobby, not an addiction. one reason i do play is because I'm not the best in social situations, and talking to people online helps with not feeling so lonely. any day id pick hanging out with a friend irl over a game, but sometimes i just dont have that option.

Yeah but he was trash so

ha troll

Shawn Thompson yeah... Its fucking redicoulous

The Gaming Chicken It is looked as a problem because its bad for a persons health as they become addicted to it, not being active and causing problems in brain activity said in the vid. But when a person is addicted to sports it will be seen as okay because it is healthy for the body as they are active.

Do you know what logic is? Logic is a tool used to determine whether or not an argument can demonstrate the claim it attempts to make. It's really simple. An illogical argument can not demonstrate its claim. A logical argument always demonstrates it's claim. Your argument is fallacious. In order words, it relies on logical fallacies, thus being illogical. For example, your claim that you can be addicted to anything is incorrect. Your claim that too much reading or playing too many sports has never been a concern is also incorrect. Lastly, it sometimes IS what you are doing. And "choosing" to attach or not attach yourself to an addiction is nonsensical. That's the meaning and definition of an addiction. If you had the ability to simply "choose" to avoid addiction, addiction wouldn't be a problem. There are a few more problems with you argument. Like saying it's no one else's problem. Sorry, but we don't live in a vacuum. This is the real world. Which means the things you do (or don't do) will affect other people.

@@jadejewell7716 I have not seen news stories about people addicted to reading and sports, I may have contact with others but they do not get control me anymore them I get to control them

are you serious? Im guessing alot of the comments are from teens or something. too much video games is an issue. this kid was obviously not socializing and probably didn't have any friends. when he couldn't play them he got violent. seriously? he was dependent on it. I think alot of people are forgetting we are living in a time where parents don't let their kids out often, high tech gadgets and social media is making society more antisocial, thus making it harder for people to communicate in person. you're missing the bigger picture.

I didn't see/hear anywhere in the video that he was skipping school my guess is that he is homeschooled so he doesn't skip school and my guess assuming again is that he doesn't have a job and he didn't buy the computer so I don't think any of this is a big problem if they want to look into and interview someone why not the parents who bought him the computer or allowed him to get it