On Thu, 08 Oct 2015 15:26:48 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Thu, 08 Oct 2015 14:23:37 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 8 Oct 2015 12:59:18 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


I blame computer games for some of the ADD/ADHD issues. Computer games have the kids
minds going at warp speed. They get used to it. Then they have to face a math
teacher, or English, or whatever, who is moving at normal speed. The rest of life is
moving at normal speed. If they spend hours a day, literally, with warp speed games,
how can they be expected to appreciate the slooooooness of daily life.

My two cents. I did deal with a lot of kids though!


Makes sense to me. For the most part people are what they are
conditioned to be. I think an added problem is the graphic nature
of some of the games that serves to desensitize young people to blood,
guts and death. Some of them are horrific, IMO, depicting a guy's head
being blown off with blood splattering everywhere. If young kids are
sitting around playing these games or interacting with someone by
texting on a cell phone and artificially replacing body language with
"emoticons", it's no wonder they have a hard time relating to being normal.

But, it's great business for shrinks.



A lot of the ADD in kids is just a kid who is too smart for the dumbed
down school system. When they are bored, they get diagnosed as ADD and
the school system wants them to be drugged into stupidity so they fit
in.
Another problem is a lack of physical activity in kids. In that regard
John may be right on with the video game thing. If kids are not out
running around they end up with a lot of pent up energy.
It is not as much the game but what they are not doing with their
body.
Do they really even have "recess" anymore? I am sure the nanny state
has taken out all of the actual exercise equipment like the monkey
bars and the horizontal ladders.

This is another case where my idea of a video game connected to a real
exercise machine might end up being the best of both worlds. I am not
talking about that stupid WII where you are just waving your arm
around, I mean something like a bow flex, a ramp adjusting treadmill
or a real rowing machine.


*That* is a good idea. The kid wants a video game he must maintain a pace on a
treadmill. Treadmill slows down or stops, the video shuts off. I like it.

The first time I saw a Bowflex, the first thing that impressed me was
how easy it would be to put a slotted wheel emitter on the 2 main
pullets and connect them to a ball mouse card.

I screwed up because the guy who had it was using it for a laundry
rack and I could have had it for hauling it away. I would have loved
to play with that idea.
You could get a pretty good workout, just playing solitaire or reading
your mail.
Any game that you can play with a mouse would work but obviously if
you had games written for the application they would be better.