Hey Duck
" How about you do a quick Google search before saying something is dumb and sounding like a fool? You can have any opinion you like, but you should look into some facts before you say something is dumb and condemn an entire generation"

Sounds just like what you are doing.

QUACK!!!!!!!!!

If I had a nickel for every time someone of your generation has said mine is screwed up, I might have enough money to buy a house, car or have reasonable insurance in the great economy you left us with.

But what would I know? It's not like I have a college degree or anything, I was too busy playing video games.
But yea, our generation is terrible... :roll eyes:

You do understand our generation came from the ideals that yours supposedly set for us correct? It was your generations job to teach us as kids how to do things. If things don't look great you have no one but yourself to blame.

Y'all will love this. I was in a legal training for education and the state of Texas is considering making video game addiction and actual disability in school qualifying students for Special Ed services because they have a lack of social skills.

Good one, Fish!!!1! I mean, Jerry. Which do you go by? You totally got me by typing the sound a duck makes. Powned!!1!

Actually, I did do a Google search. I've also read about it quite a bit because it's part of my career to know these things.

But, since you haven't looked it up, I'll provide links for you. Please let me know if you actually read them or if you're just going to do a drive by without adding anything to the conversation.

http://www.thestrokefoundation.com/index...in-motor-skills

http://ict.usc.edu/news/video-games-for-rehabilitation/

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/march/games-education-tool-030113.html

Just the tip of the iceberg, because I don't want to overwhelm you. Enjoy.

And Principle White, video games can absolutely be addicting, just like anything else. Some video games are meant for adults, just like some movies and music are. The Internet as a whole can be addicting. If your district sees a need for it, I hope those kids get help.

To everyone: I'm not advocating for kids playing video games all day everyday and not interacting socially with other kids or never going outside. Too much of many things in life are bad for individuals and society as a whole. However, the people that don't understand - and don't want to understand - should be educated, especially when they say something is "the dumbest thing they've ever heard" and get on a high horse about their generation without knowing the first thing about what they're talking about.

had my father not spent all his time working he may have taken me and my brother fishing.

so I had to learn it myself while I envied my cousin who lived in another state where his Dad did take him along all of the time.

and yet I can remember having great days fishing as a youth by myself nearly 65 years ago.

Once I started working our boss introduced us to computers and computer games came next.
You can be a fisherman and still enjoy the fantasy on the small screen everyday. I do!

And so do many of you.

If they don't get it within 2 seconds of looking at this, they never will. It actually should be more tackle boxes and fewer cell phones.