| Whether to limit the time that a child plays video | | | | fun and enjoyment only. Unfortunately, they can |
| games is a question that almost every parent has | | | | actually become addictive. When someone is addicted |
| battled over at least once and often many times. | | | | to video games, the rest of that persons life suffers. |
| However, just because one parent has a specific | | | | He or she will generally not do well at all with school |
| opinion about it does not mean that another parent | | | | or work, and the relationships that have been built |
| holds the same opinion. In other words, whether a | | | | with others will be ignored, at least to some extent. |
| parent should limit his or her childs time playing video | | | | The person may also lose sleep, not eat well, and |
| games is a largely subjective, opinion question. There | | | | exhibit other behaviors consistent with focusing too |
| are, though, some signs that a parent should look for | | | | much on video games and not enough on reality. This |
| when trying to make a determination as to whether | | | | is, of course, very detrimental, especially for a child |
| the time that his or her kid is spending on video | | | | who is just developing habits. Because this is such a |
| games is too much. | | | | serious issue and can lead to many problems in the |
| If a kid who is playing video games is paying so much | | | | future, any parent who is concerned about how |
| attention to them that his or her schoolwork is | | | | much time his or her kid is spending playing video |
| suffering, a parent might want to limit the video | | | | games or any parent who sees a change in his or her |
| game time that child has. In addition, if relationships | | | | child because of video game playing should limit the |
| are suffering because of video games, this might also | | | | time each day that the child is allowed to play the |
| be another reason to limit the amount of time spent | | | | video game. |
| playing them. Video games are supposed to be for | | | | |