Re:YouTube top earners: A seven-year-old making $22M
by keiferski on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @06:25AM
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The idea that children "decide" to escape reality is completely ludicrous. The purpose of parents and society is to make good decisions for the future of their children, not pretend like they're opting-in to media manipulation.
Re:YouTube top earners: A seven-year-old making $22M
by belorn on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @07:05AM
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The term escaping carries a rather strong implied meaning that its not a opt-in choice in the absence of that which to escape from. It is simply the result when there is no social support from parents and society (ie adults), and the environment that exist in schools that results in bullying and other anti-social behavior.
Re:YouTube top earners: A seven-year-old making $22M
by bantunes on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @05:58AM
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Maybe Minecraft and others succeed because they're just easier than actual real-life connections? If so, Minecraft might be a problem, a shortcut too many kids are taking.
Re:YouTube top earners: A seven-year-old making $22M
by maury91 on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @11:10AM
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maybe is because I'm not from US, but I remember elementary school as a very inclusive place, we used to play with every single person in the classroom and also nearby classroom during recess. We used to meet outside school, play in parks and go to each other birthday, I still remember the single day of birth of every single classmate I had, and we are still in contact even if we all took different roads once starting university 10 years ago
If children has a higher need to escape reality than in the past then maybe we should ask why that is rather than in vain hope try to make the problem go away by removing the escape method. Like you I find it troublesome that parents use computers to babysit, but I would say the same thing about any form of babysitting mechanism that result in the child not get any social support.