## Notes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeP6ntRJP78 - Meta-analysis is https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272735823001010?via%3Dihub - This kind of just rekindled something in me, to remember what my ideal audience is and how I am still on the right track with what I'm working towards :) - I think it's hard to pitch purely educational content with this, so I'm glad I'm trying to make the pivot towards edutainment ## Highlights - 17-49% for risk of addiction is CRAZY high - around 1 in 3 are at risk for internet addiction and gaming disorder - this is why i think [[My vtuber specifics]] is on the right track, and HealthyGamerGG has a point - People prefer safe spaces - Safety can be - Medication is most effective for managing and minimizing addiction - People with ADHD are much more highly prone to these problems - So far internet does not amplify ADHD, but rather people with ADHD overuse technology ### Stories > I'll give you my two dollars…I'm a 19yo Male currently failing out of University because of gaming addiction. The immediate and highly instinctual response of a parent to that statement is likely going to be; "we need to get rid of this ASAP". Fact of the matter is that it's incredibly uncharacteristic of me to not follow rules, and yet I've been through at least a decade of having my dad walk into my room (while I was actually having a good time), ripping my playstation (and chords attached) out of the wall, storming out, I'd wait a nerve-racking 20-30sec before he came back to discipline me, force me to sit through a half hour+ one way shouting match, and then tell me I'll get it back when he feels like it (could be days/weeks at a time). Depending on the ban length, this could happen several times a month - hell, even several times a week. Again, 10 years of that, and yet here I am, unable to function because he thought I "just need[ed] discipline". Probably a bigger issue than that if that's what's happened and I'm still here. I haven't actually been diagnosed (though I have very good reason to think I have ADHD/runs heavily in the family), but I will say this: restriction will only work for so long. If your child has the proper age-appropriate executive function, eventually (and given the right real world opportunities), they will outgrow gaming very quickly. My peers certainly outgrew it. Often times I was stunned to see my younger brother (e.g. when he was just 13) taking time away from the few days per year we had a full unrestricted day of play, and eating food! I often faced judgement from my peers even when I was 13 for how I obsessed over games. I was surprised actually, to find out that they weren't spending nearly as much time playing as me. Turns out it wasn't normal - the way I handled my gaming. If you look on reddit, you'll find plenty of ADHDers whose addiction almost vanished after taking meds. I've also found my neurotypical peers to have done the same well before highschool finished. I'd say let them have their fun, but also make sure they have the opportunities to experiment with deferred gratification. Barkley said you should be like a Shepherd. You're powerful, and you take the lead. But you don't get to dictate how your young ones respond to their world. Something my dad never figured out - despite the decade+ of trying so hard to mold me into the ideal image he had of me. > We kinda need apps and ai to be designed around these issues