Where Politics And Video Games Collide

@Rooster

The thing is, do you consider yourself the rule or the exception?

50 years ago, kids spent too much time listening to Rock'N'Roll and not enough time studying, 30 years ago it was 'Raving', now it is 'gaming'. The message itself, I'll agree, is far from new, but then it is the sort of message that never gets old.

'Business before pleasure' is always an important thing to be concerned with, and whilst you may be a straight 'A' student, America, as a whole, has a problem with its education system. I'm not throwing stones, to quote Douglas Adams, "In the UK, 'knowing stuff" is considered some kind of freakish, anti-social behaviour", but a lot of that problem comes from the fact that both our cultures are slowly becoming 'pleasure before business'.

Now, there's nothing wrong with relaxing and enjoying yourself, but you do it as a reward for completing whatever college work you had to do, I suspect, whereas there IS a tendency to use Video Games, TV and other pastimes as a way to subconsciously avoid doing that work. That is why it is a Parents responsibility to step in and be a Parent. It doesn't always make you popular with your child, but Parenting is about raising a good person, not being 'buddies' with your child. I had a moderately strict upbringing, I wasn't beaten, but I was told I could play after I had done my homework, and no excuses. Personally, I think I benefited from that, and my parents and I have an excellent relationship now.

So yes, you are doing things right, but Barack has the truth of the matter, that for a great many people, they're doing it wrong. I'm not a fan of 'all work and no play' by a long short, but parents have to learn to prioritise for and delegate to their child, and to teach them how to do so for themselves.