Ladyghosthunter
Gold Member
I'm not a parent (sadly enough) but I wanted to say something about this thread from my own perspective as a child growing up.
Back then, we didn't have Xboxes or we didn't have video games coming out (except Atari and Nintendo, old ancient ones). We had friends, the outdoors, big yards to run in, each other's houses to play in and so on and so forth. Today, to escape what is going on in the household, kids numb themselves with video games to get their minds attuned to what they don't want to see with their family dynamic. Kids are "coddled" (I say that in a loose term) with electronics to disassociate from the troubles and not deal with any issues. If you take away these electronics, kids will become loose cannons as they have to be "forced" to face a situation they aren't ready to talk about but need to.
Just in my opinion, these issues need to be dealt with and the child (if they are old enough to understand) need to be aware of the family dynamic in terms of PTSD and explained (like explaining the birds and the bees) in a way that will help the one affected by not turning on their video games but engaging the parent with understanding and care.
Back then, we didn't have Xboxes or we didn't have video games coming out (except Atari and Nintendo, old ancient ones). We had friends, the outdoors, big yards to run in, each other's houses to play in and so on and so forth. Today, to escape what is going on in the household, kids numb themselves with video games to get their minds attuned to what they don't want to see with their family dynamic. Kids are "coddled" (I say that in a loose term) with electronics to disassociate from the troubles and not deal with any issues. If you take away these electronics, kids will become loose cannons as they have to be "forced" to face a situation they aren't ready to talk about but need to.
Just in my opinion, these issues need to be dealt with and the child (if they are old enough to understand) need to be aware of the family dynamic in terms of PTSD and explained (like explaining the birds and the bees) in a way that will help the one affected by not turning on their video games but engaging the parent with understanding and care.
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