Would you buy your son a console

[nordicfoidslayer23]

there’s obviously benefits to having no console, like more time for useful hobbies, not fucking up dopamine receptors, focusing on school instead but you gotta factor in them possibly becoming a social retard and having a fear of missing out sensation when their friends are online

 

[MTMM]

every future generation will use consoles/pc everday doesnt even make sense

 

[Oueyy]

It'll be impossible for him to not have his dopamine receptors fucked up at some point.

 

[Deleted member 31445]

as someone who rotted playing videogames definitely no, my son will be outside 24/7 playing sport and fucking prime jbs or some shit

 

[Gandy]

A console is no problem. The real hell is smartphone addiction. I don't want him to be one of those kids who are 200 pounds at age 13, stares at a screen 14 hours a day and has no physical hobbies whatsoever.

It will lead to a devastating dating life once he hits 16-18 and overall will just create a spiral of depression.

If he wants to play Playstation 6 or Nintendo for a few hours a day I see no problem in that. I played console games as a kid and I don't think it fries your dopamine receptors as long as it's something you do for fun, not something you make your life revolve around.

The bigger risks are that he becomes a fat smartphone addict or someone addicted to porn who can barely look women in the eyes.
I refuse to install parental controls though because that's just stupid, anyone with over 60 IQ can bypass those. And porn at that age is just fine if it doesn't become an addiction.

 

[nordicfoidslayer23]

every future generation will use consoles/pc everday doesnt even make sense

I lot of upper class teenagers I’ve met didn’t grow up with a console

 

[HitAndRun]

Yes and I would play games like Fifa or COD with him ngl

 

[WeiWei]

every future generation will use consoles/pc everday doesnt even make sense

You mean PCs don't make sense? Consoles suck so much imo.

 

[gribsufer1]

focusing on school instead but you gotta factor in them possibly becoming a social retard and having a fear of missing out sensation when their friends are online

happened to mr

 

[gribsufer1]

200 pounds at age 13

feed him good food ?

 

[MTMM]

You mean PCs don't make sense? Consoles suck so much imo.

i mean not giving ur son a pc/console doesnt make sense

 

[gribsufer1]

anyway bro my kids wont have time to play consoles ill be training them martial arts

 

[MTMM]

I lot of upper class teenagers I’ve met didn’t grow up with a console

wdym by upper class teenagers?

 

[nordicfoidslayer23]

wdym by upper class teenagers?

They’re relatively wealthy kids who go Oxford. From my experience kids who grew up with consoles are a minority there

 

[Deleted member 31445]

i mean not giving ur son a pc/console doesnt make sense

Wouldn't you rather have spent that time learning a skill that would have stayed with you, making you a better man? And it's not like playing a sport/learning an instrument is boring, you can have a lot of fun doing so...

 

[Graham]

I ended up playing a lot of computer games because I was autistic (and subsequently a looser / outcast). I never got into sports etc, despite playing a lot outside when I was a young kid, because of my poor social skills and computer games were a way out for me.

I guess what I'm saying is this: it's not always the case that computer games will ruin your kids social skills, and that the inverse can be true, where the kid has bad social skills / doesn't fit in, so turns to computer games.

 

[Deleted member 31445]

They’re relatively wealthy kids who go Oxford. From my experience kids who grew up with consoles are a minority there

High IQ parents don't buy console for their kids

 

[HerpDerpson]

someone addicted to porn who can barely look women in the eyes

That happens when you're ugly, not because of smartphones or whatever. In general, you're placing way too much faith in bringing your children up in a certain way.
Like physical activity -it's not gonna simulate any development. The body has a genetic blueprint, that it follows as it grows. Chads play sports (not that there's anything good about sports) because they have hormonal profile for it. They don't become Chads from playing them.

 

[MTMM]

High IQ parents don't buy console for their kids

lmao what?

 

[Deleted member 5815]

not allowing your kid to have any knowledge or skill in video games and technology will harm his social life seriously, I wasn't allowed to play cod or gta and when I went over to friends houses and we played it I was really bad and felt left out

 

[Deleted member 31445]

lmao what?

if you wanted your kid to be as successful as possible would you buy him a console? If your answer is yes you are retarded

 

[MTMM]

if you want your kid to be as successful as possible would you buy him a console? If your answer is yes you are retarded

ah yes my 7 year old kid will destroy his feature because he plays on his ps 5

 

[nordicfoidslayer23]

ah yes my 7 year old kid will destroy his feature because he plays on his ps 5

Screen Media Use vs Academic Performance in Children and Adolescents

This systematic review and meta-analysis of 58 cross-sectional studies examines the association between cognitive and academic performance and exposure to sedentary screen-based behavior among children aged 4 to 18 years.

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[SubSigma]

I will have him do some pushups

 

[Nick.Harte]

If he is ugly, then YES.
If he is good-looking, I'll buy him condoms and tell him to get out and stop saying indoors.

 

[thenewhebbe]

If he dosent have it he won't have friends and he needs a pc that he can fuck run on so learns teknology

 

[Foreverbrad]

A console is no problem. The real hell is smartphone addiction. I don't want him to be one of those kids who are 200 pounds at age 13, stares at a screen 14 hours a day and has no physical hobbies whatsoever.

It will lead to a devastating dating life once he hits 16-18 and overall will just create a spiral of depression.

If he wants to play Playstation 6 or Nintendo for a few hours a day I see no problem in that. I played console games as a kid and I don't think it fries your dopamine receptors as long as it's something you do for fun, not something you make your life revolve around.

The bigger risks are that he becomes a fat smartphone addict or someone addicted to porn who can barely look women in the eyes.
I refuse to install parental controls though because that's just stupid, anyone with over 60 IQ can bypass those. And porn at that age is just fine if it doesn't become an addiction.

No smartphone means no JB apps means no preteen sex.

 

[User28823]

No, I wish I never got gifted an iPad as a child, I used to be an extroverted kid always out with friends and that shit ruined my social development, turned me into an introvert and fried my brain. Luckily I didn't turn out too bad. No electronics allowed until he's done developing. Kids these days are fucked

 

[Deleted member 7725]

as someone who rotted playing videogames definitely no, my son will be outside 24/7 playing sport and fucking prime jbs or some shit

but chads play fortnite/cod on the xbox. great for socialization if ur playing with irl friends. every time i play crossplay warzone i get in a squad with sex-havers on console.

just dont buy him a gaming PC.

 

[RODEBLUR]

there’s obviously benefits to having no console, like more time for useful hobbies, not fucking up dopamine receptors, focusing on school instead but you gotta factor in them possibly becoming a social retard and having a fear of missing out sensation when their friends are online

No because we will be living like hermits in the woods. He won't know what that is.

 

[LooksOrDeath]

but chads play fortnite/cod on the xbox. great for socialization if ur playing with irl friends. every time i play crossplay warzone i get in a squad with sex-havers on console.

just dont buy him a gaming PC.

always the most braindead takes

 

[rand anon]

Moderation is key

 

[VladimirtheGreat]

 

[LooksOrDeath]

if you wanted your kid to be as successful as possible would you buy him a console? If your answer is yes you are retarded

Screen Media Use vs Academic Performance in Children and Adolescents

This systematic review and meta-analysis of 58 cross-sectional studies examines the association between cognitive and academic performance and exposure to sedentary screen-based behavior among children aged 4 to 18 years.

jamanetwork.com

ah yes my 7 year old kid will destroy his feature because he plays on his ps 5

The answer is to balance screen time with developing a work ethic and responsibility in your kids. People here rot on their devices16 hours a day and end up hating themselves so they think screens are the devil for kids and want to ban any screen from their kids lives. Biggest self projection ever.

 

[Deleted member 7725]

always the most braindead takes

how? chads rot on xbox when theyre not at parties or sports.

 

[HerpDerpson]

I will have him do some pushups

Why would you try to stun his growth?

 

[SubSigma]

Why would you try to stun his growth?

That only applies to strength training. Ill have him do calisthenics till he is 18, and then bodybuilding. Ill have him do sports all year long to ntmaxx and stay in shape.

 

[HerpDerpson]

That only applies to strength training. Ill have him do calisthenics till he is 18, and then bodybuilding. Ill have him do sports all year long to ntmaxx and stay in shape.

That sounds like those mentally ill mothers who want their kids to play piano because they couldn't.

 

[LooksOrDeath]

how? chads rot on xbox when theyre not at parties or sports.

That you're saying playing on xbox is ok because chads play on it but not on pc

play games cause you want to, not to fit in with others who play them and then trying to fit weird standards as well

 

[SubSigma]

That sounds like those mentally ill mothers who want their kids to play piano because they couldn't.

Me n my brother turned out non nt cause we didn’t play sportball. I regret grinding on cod to master prestige as a teen.

 

[HerpDerpson]

Me n my brother turned out non nt cause we didn’t play sportball. I regret grinding on cod to master prestige as a teen.

Hey, nobody can take those achievements away from you.

 

[SubSigma]

Hey, nobody can take those achievements away from you.

 

[Kristin]

there’s obviously benefits to having no console, like more time for useful hobbies, not fucking up dopamine receptors, focusing on school instead but you gotta factor in them possibly becoming a social retard and having a fear of missing out sensation when their friends are online

yes cuz all his NT friends are gonna play whatever the next generation's fortnite/minecraft is, and I don't want him to miss out because he doesn't have a console to play on

 

[DelonLover1999]

console is for suckas, PC is where its at

 

[Deleted member 31445]

The answer is to balance screen time with developing a work ethic and responsibility in your kids. People here rot on their devices16 hours a day and end up hating themselves so they think screens are the devil for kids and want to ban any screen from their kids lives. Biggest self projection ever.

1 cigarette a month probably isn't going to fuck your lungs, but still, smoking 0 cigarettes is better than smoking 1 cigarette a month.
The less bad habits the better.

 

[autistic_tendencies]

If I wanted him to remain a virgin and friendless

 

[LooksOrDeath]

1 cigarette a month probably isn't going to fuck your lungs, but still, smoking 0 cigarettes is better than smoking 1 cigarette a month.
The less bad habits the better.

Except gaming is only harmful when you do it over other things, it has more benefits when done in moderation. Gaming isn't a bad habit, it's a hobby, a very addictive one, which is why people think they're so bad. Good parenting won't let them be addicted.

If you don't let someone play games they're gonna waste their free time somewhere else, and if you think the answer to that is to remove any free time then that's dumb as hell.

 

[Deleted member 7725]

That you're saying playing on xbox is ok because chads play on it but not on pc

play games cause you want to, not to fit in with others who play them and then trying to fit weird standards as well

no, u play xbox so that way you socialize with the chads and nt normies at ur school. not with weirdos on Steam from hundreds/thousands of miles away.

 

[LooksOrDeath]

no, u play xbox so that way you socialize with the chads and nt normies at ur school. not with weirdos on Steam from hundreds/thousands of miles away.

play on whatever device your friends have, don't try to suck off people you think are genetically superior to you

 

[Deleted member 31445]

Except gaming is only harmful when you do it over other things,

If you are spending time gaming you are doing it over other things that you coudl be doing with that time (go study microeconomy dumbass)

it has more benefits when done in moderation. Gaming isn't a bad habit, it's a hobby, a very addictive one, which is why people think they're so bad. Good parenting won't let them be addicted.

what are the "benefits" of gaming? After an year of gaming 1h/2h a day what do you have? Have you learned something? Have you got a skill helpful IRL?

If you don't let someone play games they're gonna waste their free time somewhere else, and if you think the answer to that is to remove any free time then that's dumb as hell.

Ofc I'm not going to let my son wander around without any guidance; I'll fill his time with productive activities that he'll also enjoy, and gaming isn't one