This is like passing a law making Heroin illegal. It will not work because kids are actually addicted to these games. They will do ANYTHING to get what they need and avoid the trauma of withdral. They will buy multiple phones and setup multiple accounts or simply lie about their age (which is easy to do online) and say they are over 18.
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Kids and Teens in China Banned From Playing Online Video Games for More Than 3 Hours Per Week
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I can easily name 3 that are before physical activity. 1. Genetics 2. Diet. 3. Parents thinking their kids weight early in life is “healthy.” Those are ahead of physical activity which would put it at number 4.
And its not even close to being number one meaning that its not close to the reason that the childhood obesity rate is so high today. Again, this is just a simple reply to your simplistic thinking that “oh if we take gaming away from kids obesity will be fixed!!’ It won’t be. Sorry, facts. Childhood obesity starts typicall around age 5 or 6 and its because of the poor choices that parents make for their kids. It isn’t done intenionally, its just the lifestyle that exists.
Now, does your conclusion change if the parents work 12 hours a day 6 days a week with no more than grade 8 education?
How does the govt know how long each ID is playing without every game company telling them? That's what I meant by a backdoor.
Or… and hear me out… parents could grow a pair and actually parent. Instead of being their child’s friend and never saying no. Modern parenting is ruining kid’s lives these days.
We’re raising a generation of entitled, insecure, unsocial, fragile undisciplined kids. I fear for the future of America. And really the world.
We’re raising a generation of entitled, insecure, unsocial, fragile undisciplined kids. I fear for the future of America. And really the world.
Yes, genetics make a huge difference. I can eat crap and sit at home, and I'll lose weight if anything due to lack of exercise, though I won't become "skinny-fat" (low weight but high fat %) either. 2020 proved that to me beyond doubt.
And the genetic makeup of the US is always changing.
Genetics haven’t changed that much in 30 years, and your No. 3 is just a different way of saying “poor diet,” so physical activity is still no lower than No. 2.
No, genetics in the US changed a lot in the past 30 years. For instance, Hispanic population nearly tripled. Not to point to that in particular; my main suspect is still diet.
Latinos are naturally fat due to genetics? Diet and lack of activity are the problem in Latin America, too, especially as it became more prosperous.
Yes. (Not all of course, but tend to be.) Mid Eastern too, and that's my own race I'm pointing out.
Both also tend to be shorter, which is even less controllable, and the prosperity hasn't really changed that. And generally taller people have less of an issue with obesity.
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It’s not a backdoor, and the government is not interested in managing that by themselves.
The government passes laws and enforces those laws by mandating companies to self-regulate to conform to those laws. People can report violations which leads to criminal investigation of the company executives. If found guilty, the managers and executives go to jail and the company gets a very steep fine, and the company loses the license to operate anything digital in China, including the website. Basically, the liability of conforming the law lays with the companies, not the regulators, and not the end users.
There is also a law in China that mirror‘s our Patriot Act. Basically, all providers must provide information to the government on users upon request.
They are not, look at the Latinos who are adopted by Asians. They look and behave like an Asian girl.
Yes, for many parents intervention would be a good idea. A few parents are truly horrible at parenting.
What if they passed a law saying parents could not smash their kid's face into a wall repeatedly until the child fell to the ground unable to stand. Would this be a case of the government doing parenting for you or a case of protecting this who are unable to protect themselves? I think we'd say the later. What if they tased a law saying kid had to go to school and learn to read. Isthis a case of the government doing parenting for you? Some parents would prefer the kid worked and earned money. Why should the government get to decide?
Before you can say fifths is a good or bad law, you first have to define where protecting the child ends. Are the laws about school attendance OK? Then what about allowing you kid to become addicted to online games?
My opinion? Its moots kids will do what they want because the laws unenforceable. They will buy three phones or lie about their age. The 13 year old will claim to be 35 this is very easy to do online.
Got a situation now where most families are dual-income. Used to be that one parent could work and that was enough. In the US, I mean (awkward to talk about this when the article is about China).
I just can’t argue with you anymore. You are completely misinformed here not only about the causes of obesity but how prevalent it is in society. You can have your opinion that doing something like taking gaming away would solve something like obesity but you couldn’t be any more incorrect and that is backed up by fact after fact.
And no, number 3 isn’t the same as poor diet. Number 3 is a parent believing that their child’s obesity is healthy which puts the child down a path that they can’t get out of because they don’t know how to.
This indoor gaming ban will turn future Chinese kids into healthy athletic super soldiers. Whilst our Western children will grow up to be morbidly obese diabetic Dogecoin speculators.
Just don't give your kid a smartphone. There's no reason a kid needs one, even if adults now have legitimate reasons (e.g. Uber).
Discipline has nothing to do with education level. Some of the most educated people on earth have zero common sense.
They are gearing up for war and don't want to have internal struggles with the youth who will end up conscripted to the fight eventually when they end up shutting down half the internet anyway during war time. In America we will still be able to post dumb memes when our cities are burning.
Lived in Hong Kong. Went to China often for business. Amazingly safe, friendly people, culture, no random gunmen to shoot people dead, amazing public transportation, and 100% digital adoption.
Uhh, I've been in the US most of my life and never saw any gunmen.
The rest, yes. But I still don't want to live in China.
Back door is also mandatory in all Chinese apps so government can access all data 24*7. Search warrant is not a thing. They don’t need one.