| Limiting screen time for younger users has become harder than ever. And even if China's top-down efforts to limit gaming may be doomed to fail, it doesn't mean the problem is going away. "The pandemic has not only increased the problem of compulsive gaming, in my experience, but it also has produced more problems among a younger demographic," writes digital addiction psychologist Edward Spector. "Where a majority were once college students, more of my patients now are in their teens and still in high school or middle school — a worrisome trend." Spector's patients tend to play for six hours of more a day — seriously affecting their social skills and development at school. But crackdowns don't work. "For the families that I work with, if they successfully block the game, the patient can watch others play it on YouTube. If they block the Internet, their children find games that they can play offline." The solution is not simple, Spector writes. "It involves continuing dialogue between parents and children, some moderate degree of monitoring and limit-setting, and support and guidance from the institutions and organizations that make up our community."  (Alex Plavevski/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) Digital addiction is growing during the pandemic, and affecting younger video gamers. By Edward Spector ● Read more » | | | | The Supreme Court has told Biden he can't yet revoke the "remain in Mexico" policy for those seeking asylum at the border. But the president should ensure migrants aren't living in squalor. By Sister Norma Pimentel ● Read more » | | | | Those calling for Powell's ouster fail to recognize that having this specific Republican as chair is actually helpful to progressive causes. By Catherine Rampell ● Read more » | | | Hey, Major League Baseball, find more ways to level the playing field! By Margaret Moorman ● Read more » | | | | Much of the time, the president gets no little or no credit even for doing popular things. By Paul Waldman ● Read more » | | | | Imagining that Republicans will come to their senses is delusional. By Jennifer Rubin ● Read more » | | | | His desire to indefinitely postpone consideration of the primary legislative vehicle for advancing President Biden's domestic agenda could spell doom for Democrats. By James Hohmann ● Read more » | | | | Twenty years after 9/11, we cannot return to dated strategies and tactics. By Jason M. Blazakis ● Read more » | | | The debate over abortion has always belonged in the political realm. The court should send it back there. By O. Carter Snead ● Read more » | | | | Republicans inflame women — again. By Jennifer Rubin ● Read more » | | | |
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