Honestly, I look at China’s Video Game restrictions and I think its a good idea. I don’t understand why the west isn’t doing this. Probably something with the “democracy” and “human rights” bullshit that the oligarchs use to push the video games that damage our youth and contributes to brainrot, all so the rich can make a few extra bucks.
Like it or hate it, China’s authoritarian approach in governing allowed them to pass the laws that benefits society, such as the law that restricts access to the video games that, if left unchecked, would’ve ruined so many kids attention spans, grades, and their futures.
I know some people are gonna claim that “kids need to have fun”, but honestly, school-age children are at the prime age for learning how to suceed in life, not to waste time on unproductive things that is useless for the future.
But unfortunately, I don’t think these types of laws would go anywhere. Such law would just get lobbied/bribed out of existence because it goes against the capitalist agenda, under this so-called “democracy” (these bourgeois democracies are really just oligarchies)
I think there’s a big difference in the way China approaches school work for children that makes this work differently. Kids are in school for far longer in China, so restricting access to games to a few hours a day is really negligible considering how much free time they have. It mostly ensures they aren’t playing games during classes or missing sleep to play games.
I don’t think such an approach would work in America, partially because the education isn’t as rigorous.
I also don’t think the government should act as a replacement for proper parenting. I think it’s your duty as a parent to monitor your children’s activities and see if they’re healthy, for games and anything else, really.
Where are you getting this from? I have several friends who have or currently do teach grade-school aged kids in China. Their school day is 7-8 hours with usually a 90 minute break for lunch. This is also what you find if you search for the length of a Chinese school day.
This is only about an hour longer than in the US, which has an average school day between 6-7 hours. Although American lunch breaks are shorter than those in China, so actual classroom time is virtually identical.
The school year is longer in China, running from September-July where US is usually August/September-May/June. But the actual school day is pretty much the same as the US.