Ah, the good old wheel of video game discourse keeps on spinning. It seems we?ve landed back on the ?too much screen time/video games/ internet is harmful to children? topic, with the ongoing pandemic leading to increases in screen time/video games/internet for children?and let?s be honest, increases for most people. The latest surge in the discourse comes from a New York Times article singling out one 14-year old boy and his parents as part of a bigger story, complete with quotes from professors and researchers about the whole thing.
Let?s first admit that we live in unusual times, and not just because of a year-long pandemic that?s still going strong. Even before 2020, we?d seen drastic and rapid increases in technological advancement that fundamentally changed how people interacted with the world, with each other. It?s altered methods of parenting and coping, and can be both the cause and solution for much of our stressors. We can?t ignore how problematic it can be, but we also can?t entirely paint it negatively. Yet the discourse continues to color it in black and white.
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