Ryan Soave

I actually had a, a mentor once who was involved in a leadership program with all these other adults and they did their leadership program. They were all over the world and they would meet in, I think it was World of Warcraft and, and play together And they had different things that they would do to work through their – whatever they were doing in the leadership program.

So there is some benefits to it for people. These kids can really connect with each other when they – and especially through the pandemic, this happened. I'm going to come back to what I was going to say about as a parent, it's easy for me to look at and say, well, there's too much social media. It's too much video games. It's too much this. It would be great if all that stuff was taken away.

So there is some benefits to it for people. These kids can really connect with each other when they – and especially through the pandemic, this happened. I'm going to come back to what I was going to say about as a parent, it's easy for me to look at and say, well, there's too much social media. It's too much video games. It's too much this. It would be great if all that stuff was taken away.

So there is some benefits to it for people. These kids can really connect with each other when they – and especially through the pandemic, this happened. I'm going to come back to what I was going to say about as a parent, it's easy for me to look at and say, well, there's too much social media. It's too much video games. It's too much this. It would be great if all that stuff was taken away.

Well, guess what? It's not going anywhere. And I can't really relate to it in the same way that my kids will relate to it. I have younger kids that I have no idea what's going to be there when they're of age to look at screens or be in the world or communicate with others.

Well, guess what? It's not going anywhere. And I can't really relate to it in the same way that my kids will relate to it. I have younger kids that I have no idea what's going to be there when they're of age to look at screens or be in the world or communicate with others.

Well, guess what? It's not going anywhere. And I can't really relate to it in the same way that my kids will relate to it. I have younger kids that I have no idea what's going to be there when they're of age to look at screens or be in the world or communicate with others.

But it's our job as parents to look at and get to know our kids in a way that we can see what are the things that are going to benefit them and what are the things that aren't. I don't think every kid shouldn't play video games.

But it's our job as parents to look at and get to know our kids in a way that we can see what are the things that are going to benefit them and what are the things that aren't. I don't think every kid shouldn't play video games.

But it's our job as parents to look at and get to know our kids in a way that we can see what are the things that are going to benefit them and what are the things that aren't. I don't think every kid shouldn't play video games.

Yeah. And I want to be clear, while I said it's not necessarily a problem for everyone, I believe It can absolutely – the video games as an example can absolutely be addictive. I mean there's been studies that have shown that it's impacting the brain in the same way as a lot of drugs are. I've worked with kids who were –

Yeah. And I want to be clear, while I said it's not necessarily a problem for everyone, I believe It can absolutely – the video games as an example can absolutely be addictive. I mean there's been studies that have shown that it's impacting the brain in the same way as a lot of drugs are. I've worked with kids who were –

Yeah. And I want to be clear, while I said it's not necessarily a problem for everyone, I believe It can absolutely – the video games as an example can absolutely be addictive. I mean there's been studies that have shown that it's impacting the brain in the same way as a lot of drugs are. I've worked with kids who were –

video games were taken away and they were like, and their wifi was shut down and they were somehow stealing some console and like in the bushes near another home, somehow pirating their wifi to play the video games during the day. I mean, it sounds like an addict, like a crack addict, you know, or, you know, In the streets? A kid. It was probably a 15- or 16-year-old kid.

video games were taken away and they were like, and their wifi was shut down and they were somehow stealing some console and like in the bushes near another home, somehow pirating their wifi to play the video games during the day. I mean, it sounds like an addict, like a crack addict, you know, or, you know, In the streets? A kid. It was probably a 15- or 16-year-old kid.

video games were taken away and they were like, and their wifi was shut down and they were somehow stealing some console and like in the bushes near another home, somehow pirating their wifi to play the video games during the day. I mean, it sounds like an addict, like a crack addict, you know, or, you know, In the streets? A kid. It was probably a 15- or 16-year-old kid.

It's the thing that makes them feel good. And we have these adolescent treatment centers, and these kids come in, and they'll be very dysregulated, even if they're – They've been off of drugs or usually it's a lot of marijuana these days. And, you know, they start to clear up from that. But they're extremely dysregulated, agitated, reactive.

It's the thing that makes them feel good. And we have these adolescent treatment centers, and these kids come in, and they'll be very dysregulated, even if they're – They've been off of drugs or usually it's a lot of marijuana these days. And, you know, they start to clear up from that. But they're extremely dysregulated, agitated, reactive.

It's the thing that makes them feel good. And we have these adolescent treatment centers, and these kids come in, and they'll be very dysregulated, even if they're – They've been off of drugs or usually it's a lot of marijuana these days. And, you know, they start to clear up from that. But they're extremely dysregulated, agitated, reactive.

And, you know, after sometimes three, four weeks, we start to see a completely different person. And one of the things I'm convinced is that they haven't been with their phones. They haven't been on social media. They haven't been playing video games. And I'm not saying the answer is to take that away. but you can start to see the impact that that has on them.