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Re:U.S. kids no longer reading for pleasure by originalvichy on Friday June 12, 2026 @10:06AM (#48504266)
This sort of analysis can help find a healthy level of gaming or computer use. I spent hours reading Microsoft’s offline encyclopedia on the family PC, and playing games like Age of Empires which taught me history on the side.

Take control of what your kids play, and you can help them find more beneficial uses of electronics which is not an endless loop of bite sized low quality entertainment! :)

Re:U.S. kids no longer reading for pleasure by thatguy0900 on Friday June 12, 2026 @12:36PM (#48506263)
I think at the minumim you should be avoiding any games studios that hire behavioral psychologists and optimize for addiction loops. So most every triple A game is immediately out