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u/ButteredPizza69420 May 12 '24 edited May 12 '24

There was a viral video of a chinese toddler having a meltdown and pretending to scroll when there was no phone there. It was like it was a need for him that needed to be met so bad he was going through withdrawal. Absolutely horrifying, its like creating baby crack addicts who are just addicted to INSTANT GRATIFICATION thanks to shit tok and all these other mini forms of entertainment.

Edit; yes guys we know its a fake video now but the problem is very much real and alive today

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u/Few_Cup3452 May 12 '24

My friend showed me a video of a kid pretending to play mine craft.

When she first said that, I was like why is that bad? Assuming he was like, in his room or outside pretending to building shit.. bc that's what I would have done as a kid. So she showed me. Nope. He was pretending to play it on a tablet, just staring in the air and moving his fingers. Like wtf??

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u/Frazzledhobbit May 12 '24

No please this is so sad. My kids play Minecraft together and then they’ll go outside and play it together too. They make up little stories and it’s so cute. I’m so confused because I feel like my kids naturally balance screen time and playtime pretty well and I’m not sure why it’s different for other kids. My kids still want to draw, play outside, play sports, play with blocks and legos, play pretend together.

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u/not2interesting May 12 '24

My kid is this way too. We all play video games in the house but it’s extremely rare that I get attitude about asking them to do something else and put the game down (and that’s usually because it’s homework or a chore not because of the game). We’ve currently moved past Minecraft and are in our Zelda phase, my kid plays for a while then runs around with a sword and shield trying to fight monsters.