Children in Increasing Numbers are Becoming Addicted to World Of Warcraft!

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I have been seeing more and more parents claiming that their child is addicted to World of Warcraft.  Now I am a great fan of the game, and I wish I could spend far more time playing, but I have far too many responsibilities for that.  One of my responsibilities is to be a father to my two children.  As a father, I know that it is my responsibility to look out for the health and well being of my children.  In order for your child to become addicted to a video game, you as a parent need to ignore what your  child is doing for extensive hours every day.  Now I do acknowledge that teenagers do not want their parents attention, and actively try to avoid their parents, but let us be serious.  How can a parent not notice when their child is spending in excess of ten hours every day playing a computer game.  It is hard for a child to hide from their parents when they are sitting in the same spot for ten straight hours.  Blizzard has recognized that addiction is a real problem amongst their players, and are trying to make parent’s jobs easier.  Blizzard has parental controls built into every WOW account.  A parent can limit the number of hours, and days that their child has access to their WOW account.  Also, if a child is spending all of their time playing World of Warcraft to the detriment of their health and well being, where are they getting the money to pay the monthly subscription?  If they are spending ten to sixteen hours every day as many parents claim, there is not enough time left to maintain any sort of job, which would mean that these same parents are paying for their own child’s addiction, and then complaining about the addiction, and blaming (and suing) Blizzard.  If your child has a genuine problem, confiscate their computer.  Let’s see them play without a computer.  Are they seriously going to go to their friend Billy”s house and use Billy’s computer for ten straight hours?  Do you think that Billy’s parents would tolerate that?  Billy’s parents will kick your child out, and then call you to scream at you for being such an incompetent parent.

Parents, do your job, and stop blaming everyone else!

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