In my opinion the problem is improper parenting.
I'm approaching the problem from my country's perspective.
Parents aren't spending enough time teaching their kids about free will and questioning...yeah questioning whether or not various things are okay to do. Instead they actually yell or use barbarian ways of enforcing kids to keep away from things. Some of them, also can't even think for themselves and live in the dark guided by TV and the other media bullshit.
There are many things in this life I don't believe in: love, god, etc (I won't enumerate all of 'em now) I also don't believe in addictions, more accurately the addiction concept of "I want to quit but..uuuuh I just can't *sob*sob*"
There isn't anything in this life I can't quit if I want to, when I was a bit younger I used to smoke with the older guys and at some point I stopped for a second and thought to myself, why the fuck should I waste money on something that is killing me slowly, I can rather save money and laugh at those idiots and mock them when I have the opportunity. Video games? Hell I've been playing lots of them, but skipping school? Refusing to hang out with my friends to play games? Are you joking me? Who the fuck would do that, you have to be dumb or manipulated by someone, overprotective grandpa that doesn't let you go out of the house for example, fuck do I know.
One thing I know is that I've learned English by myself (well...I can't speak very well as you can see) but I didn't learn it in school nor did I take any private lessons. You have to educate yourself in life I guess.
As for prolonging my life experience, my parents divorced when I was younger but it was okay, for me at least. I didn't care very much since I was able to remain in touch with the one that lost custody it wasn't a bad thing, it taught me a lot and made life easier for my parents. If it wasn't for that divorce I would never be the person I am this day, so...neither my mom or dad helped me or taught me about the world and shit, I moved on. I started playing a sport by myself and also started taking piano lessons, I save money with every occasion and I consider myself an average...guy/ man? Not really a man, but a prepared teenager at least.
The old ones of my family keep on telling me that the internet will destroy me. I keep on agreeing with them since they kind of remain wordless after that heh.
Burying your head in the sand is for ostriches, I like to be up to date with information. The computer and the internet brought me the possibility of knowing about movies, games etc. I also learned about Photoshop and I'm an amateur or even better at it, I hope I get better with times.
The conclusion is that games, internet etc are only tools, you can use them wisely or you can stick to your desk like an idiot and don't give a fuck about anything and live in a no-reasoning state and when people tell you in nice words like 'you're addicted' that you're an idiot you tell them you want to stop but..you CANT!!
