This post resonated with me.
As my kids age, 11 and 13 now… I see signs of this fun addiction. As studies get harder they really demonstrate a lack of desire to push through tough math or science. I notice aversion to any struggle at learning. They soak up praise and the feeling of how good they are at a thing. But when the hit that wall they hit it hard….my dad talk of ‘It’s not meant to be easy, mistakes are part of this’.
Is met by. ‘I can’t, it’s too hard’
Maybe I have blocked out my own struggles learning, but I don’t recall so much whining when the learning got tough. 🧐🤦♂️
I have been keeping my daughter off of digital games for eight years, and it annoys me that now she is essentially forced into it. People think that as long as the topic of the game is something like math, it must be good. The value of games isn't the topic, but the behaviors that are learned.
I don't recall much whining from most people from when I was a kid either.