respones to Not addicted; compulsive

I read this article thinking it would be very helpful. and it was! it truly gave me an insight on this hard subject. and it really helped me to get down to the bottom of this matter. why kids play video games. This is what i am going to be focusing on; why do kids play video games and why they get addicted to them. anyway this article doesn't exactly change my thinking it just alters it.. i still belive that video games are addictive but now for different reasons. it depens my knowledge a lot. this article introduces the idea that video games are a social getaway for kids. i hope i find more helpful articles like this one. the rss feeds are very helpful.

Not addicted; compulsive

• When Everquest was created it was said to be more addictive than crack-cocaine.
• health concerns came about that lead to the creation of treatment centers for video game addiction.
• "One such clinic in Amsterdam, founded by one Keith Bakker in 2006, has discovered through its hundreds of subjects treated that the problems associated with gaming are more of a social problem, as opposed to psychological. They are a compulsion, not an addiction."
• kids in the program tends to have signs similar to those of chemical dependency. but as they progress it becomes clearer that what they needed was proper social interactions.
• "Gamers, especially those who play online, are indoctrinated into a kind of society that is significantly different from our own. For one, respect is based not upon age, intelligence, wisdom, maturity, stability, or anything like that (at least in most cases). It's based upon skill and talent, numeric experience levels (in the cases of MMORPGs), or something else entirely. A person is given the freedom to display any personality they want, and because of anonymity, it can be as vile, profane, disgusting, cruel, etc. as they want it to be, without any hint of consequences."
• the solution is to provide kids with social interactions, and to let them spend time with their friends and do social activities.