Originally Posted by Rodney

My point is that videogames become a crutch used to keep together bad family situations. And videogames just make the problems worse -- like a drug. Like a drug that was once given to children to keep them quiet because there was no child care, back 100 years ago.

And there are parents who could do a better job but don't choose to, and let their kiddies veg on videogames instead of developing any skills at all, much less social skills. I'd argue that poverty's an issue there, too -- 10 or 20 years down the road, and especially when they start dropping kids of their own.