This Is Your Child's Brain on Videogames | WSJ

As many parents know, turning off a child's gaming console in the middle of gameplay is a surefire way to trigger a tantrum. WSJ Family & Tech columnist Julie Jargon explains why.
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[@Xuzon]

You completely miss the point here. What if I unplug your PC, when you are on right about to finish writing an article and didn't save. I wonder how your frontal cortex will deal with it.

[@Erik-lq4eo]

@Edward Christensen yes very poorly

[@wallacerg9udcbldmvuihroaw511]

@@Erik-lq4eo They describe it like its a complicated psychological phenomenon. In reality, it is born out of one of our species most basic reactions to being forcibly and suddenly stopped from doing something enjoyable

[@Erik-lq4eo]

@@wallacerg9udcbldmvuihroaw511 yes, true

[@blackight6845]

@Leonel Yser dude WHAT THAT IS LIKE 5000 DO.LARS WORTH OF STUFF

[@blue-hl8gy]

But its a video game tho

[@stuff5757]

Unplug a dad's TV whilst he watches football and see what happens

[@bossaka5342]

you gonna get the belt 0-0

[@icealpha1035]

If I were to every do that when I was a child..l

[@matrika7915]

My dad will slap my soul out

[@_.izxy.edits.stuff._]

Nah he wouldn’t do anything he would just get angry

[@suhasop4919]

His frontal Cortex isn't developed enough

[@kennny5366]

Take away Legos? You mean like throwing the Lego, that you are STILL building it with much effort, out the window, or just taking a pile of unbuilt Lego and throwing em out? Cause it's a whole different story. Haha

[@diamondbrony8550]

You can make them step-in-a-lego for revenge though.

[@kelliwatts6724]

😂😂😂🤣

[@complexsonicz9239]

Exactly.

[@alivent7902]

Or like if you are right in the middle of a book, and someone slams it shut and throws it across the room without allowing you to put in a bookmark or allow you to memorise which page you’re on

[@RealLenny]

Or making the LEGOs unusable because you corrupted them.

[@alext6474]

Or you just killed their progress for the past hour and a half and they didn’t save.

[@brookeeberhard889]

Alex t these adults are idiots

[@TheOPtmal]

@psychotronik13 But would you LIKE IT when someone pulled the plug on your PC while you're gaming?

[@nirui.o]

@@TheOPtmal I LOVE to pull the plug when someone is playing and about to win.

[@BallMuncher555]

Rui Ni y tho?

[@user-yn4eg8re9r]

Yeah, plugging out your childs console is resetting a lot of their progress. How would you feel if you were watching a movie, and then the theatre just closed down at an emotionally enducing moment?

[@XOPOIIIO]

I'm 31 with fully devolved prefrontal cortex, I would be angry to be interrupted when I'm focused on something and need to control it.

[@bahayesilyurt1510]

Would you start screaming at the person though? parents need to punish this kind of behavior to teach a lesson, it is not proper behavior to say the least.

[@gyrocattivo5031]

Baha Yeşilyurt Christ Man U gotta comment everywhere on this comment section.😂

[@terrariaboss1117]

Baha Yeşilyurt No the parents need to stop being jerks to their kids for internet fame. Of course the child is going to react negatively, their parent who they look up to is going around screwing up their game that they are invested in and spending their time on. It’s a normal reaction to get angry if you’ve spent lots of time on something and it is suddenly all destroyed, let alone by your own parents.

[@BallMuncher555]

Baha Yeşilyurt I can get the kids behavior. The parents are being dickheads. Would you like it if someone unplugged your tv in the middle of an intense football game? No. Do we don’t like it if someone turns off our device in the middle of a very intense multiplayer game.

[@Erik-lq4eo]

@@bahayesilyurt1510 many people would tell and scream, have you seen people do the same thing to adults with sports games? Also they are kids that is to be expected, many kids in this video are not screaming or yelling but a few, and these are the clips they choose to highlight what you're saying.

[@kookiepatooti]

It's like you were watching the super bowl and the game is about to finish but someone just unplugged the TV. If you were writing an assignment and someone shredded those papers that you worked so hard on how would you feel? If someones playing a game just let them complete it or save it, then turn off the device.

[@bahayesilyurt1510]

Most of the time you don't lose much progress if you were to close the game in this matter. The examples you give are at a MUCH higher level than simply losing a match of Overwatch. These kids or adults are not acting maturely.

[@doznaka6715]

@@bahayesilyurt1510 some consoles and desktops dont go well with unexpected powerloss

[@terrariaboss1117]

Baha Yeşilyurt it’s a kid! They are like 10 at most in these videos of course they won’t act maturely.

[@PassZehBoof]

Edward Christensen well it’s simply wrong man, this doesn’t just happen to kids. If you’re working on something and someone comes over and destroys that thing you’re going to get upset no matter the age.

[@Erik-lq4eo]

@@bahayesilyurt1510 no in most games you progress through some kind of levels, and that progress is completely lost, also the Superbowl or any sports game is not much different than a game of CoD

[@BruceMagnus]

Hack in to WSJ's computers and delete all of their half-edited footage and stories. If they get angry, tell them their prefrontal cortex isn't developed.

[@joemomumbo]

Hahahaha

[@somevideosfromyahya3712]

😂

[@Recroomsniperpro]

I’m gonna hack into it like watchdogs 2

[@calmq-tips8367]

Carefully this person is a hero

[@indye9988]

🤣🤣🤣

[@eantays7185]

Imagine a kid is working super hard on a sand castle and their parent who is meant to be a leader and protector NOT only destroys it but does it with a camera in their face just to watch their reaction so they can show their friends how dumb their kid is. I'd be pissed too.

[@Christmas-Jacket]

Edward Christensen it’s still saying kids are dumb tho from video games

[@clarachristensen6498]

@@Christmas-Jacket Maybe they are, but one thing for certain is that their brains are not fully developed yet. Which is what this video is pointing out and explaining.

[@user-yn4eg8re9r]

@@clarachristensen6498 well, their reactions are actually natural. No one likes being forced to not have fun.

[@clarachristensen6498]

@@user-yn4eg8re9r Again, I never even said whether their reactions are acceptable or not. Neither did the video. They were just explaining the science behind it. And sure, they may have been a bit bias in the way the described the reactions, implying he thought they are unusual perhaps. The fact that they made a video on it alone indicates they think may believe it to be something out of the ordinary

[@pigion1233]

I play video games and dont have these problems,but my dad always blames games for if i do something,oh your tired shouldnt have played games for an hour,oh you dont wanna go on a 3 hour car ride to a girls clothes store it's because you always have your face in a screen.

[@theforbiddenfruit2300]

I just LOVE the clip they used at 0:58 like the kid literally explains that it was a one time only opportunity. Anyone would get mad

[@willemplug3366]

Ye, it just amazed me. The kid reacted totally rational and controlled and WSJ still think this supports their point...

[@Leviathan7777]

He wasn't going to Overwatch league anyways trust me... It was just a regular match.

[@20secondsmotivation26]

Kids should take game as game

[@Real_Mick3y6]

@@Leviathan7777 So? It's supposed to be fun and the parents ruined it

[@Real_Mick3y6]

@@20secondsmotivation26 He did and then the parents ruined it

[@muhammad8834]

try pushing away chess pieces from 2 players...

[@bahayesilyurt1510]

I play chess avidly but even if someone jumbled the pieces I wouldn't behave in this way. There is a difference in the level of aggression and the way these kids act shows immaturity. They should be punished if they act like this to teach them the proper way.

[@BamHurgr]

Baha Yeşilyurt it’s bcuz they are young. Any young person would react that way when you take the stuff away they enjoy. Have you tried taking food or toys from a kid?

[@BallMuncher555]

Baha Yeşilyurt what if I’m in the middle of an intense competitive game and I’m about to win, but the system gets shut off? I have the right to get mad. The point of the game is to win. And if you’re about to win and get your system shut off, you can’t win that game anymore because you got disconnected. Also the parents shouldn’t punish the children for that. The parents aren’t behaving like they should. Imagine having something you love and are passionate about be taken away from you. Yeah. That’s how we feel about games.

[@tobiaspramono378]

Well if i do that,im died mate

[@coolgamerjaw8803]

Yeah

[@deividpaulinopsi]

As a Psychologist, I really understand that some kids have a lot of problems with games, but let's be honest, anyone would be mad at someone else for turning off the game in the middle of something important.

[@LoiselsPhotography]

Keyword "important ".... lol

[@cw861]

@@LoiselsPhotography just because it's not important to you, doesn't mean it's un-important to others

[@DreamyAbaddon]

The problem isn't the games... it's the parents who don't understand the nature of the games and unplug the game in a middle of a session. And what's "important" to one person may be viewed as "unimportant" to another.

[@oseandepartmentofnarcotics]

@@LoiselsPhotography what if i smashed a painting you spent hours on? Surely a painting isn't important right? Your just gonna let it sit there after your done and you can always try again, never mind the hours invested for nothing

[@FerdarPleaseSubscribe]

@@oseandepartmentofnarcotics Art means something, games mean nothing

[@neohchenlun2]

1 unsaved progress 2 multiplayer instead of asking the professors, ask the kids...please

[@rochambeau7197]

it's just a game, get over it ha, i unplugged my child's console and he said he was going to win a $1,000,000 tournament, he was in second place! you should've seen the look on his face when i shut the game off. please, teach your children to read and go play outside sarcastic

[@oisinsharkie]

Exactly, these "professors" know nothing about video games

[@rochambeau7197]

@@trainsandplanes8304 i did it again and he said it was $5,000,000 this time! i unplugged it and told him that the next time he does this, his xbox goes out the window. he was in second place again. i can't believe what video games has done to my child's brain. he has to play outside with his friend now. i also shoved a camera in his face!

[@sat2244]

@@trainsandplanes8304 TV and alcohol is addictive as well, but that doesn’t stop boomers now, does it?

[@lixd3054]

Yeah I have been playing Legend of Zelda breath of the wild and one time I made it so far and then I died and I lost all of that progress and I felt so depressed. Not like I have to restart the entire game but all of that hard work I did that I didn't say when I got killed is lost

[@LDGRXR]

"I deleted my child's minecraft world that he spent hours working on and now he is angry" WSJ: well, maybe their frontal cordex is not developed

[@rdmgamester8932]

That's nasty

[@Idk-uw3rd]

@Kitty okay 1st thing, the grammar is horrible. 2. The game is about having fun. Just because there is no end to it means you can do anything you want. Like playing games is suppoused to be fun mot to reach a goal

[@Rainkit]

That's grounds for justifiable homicide.

[@Rainkit]

@Kitty I mean, if you don't have an imagination, I can see why you would think its a waste of time. The whole point of Minecraft is being free to make whatever you want.

[@CalebTRBLX]

@Kitty who asked

[@felixgijon8621]

In general trolling triggers people.

[@dbrenz]

Exactly, same as being cut off while driving or having your food taken away mid-meal. Not the best approach to this situation...

[@sshmily]

This is funny, this doesn't only apply to children, this applies to everyone who put time and effort to complete something.

[@DreamyAbaddon]

True

[@mukhammadalichoriev4545]

True, these idiots don't know that when you just turn off the console there are a lot of process unsaved

[@Harper_Batin]

But no one does that to adults because they're egoistic idiots that think they're better then us even though they are depending on us to continue this world. I just want to delete all my parents nonsense while they're working on it and call them addicted and all the other b-words they say but they'll yell that "I'm A pArEnT sO iM a BeTtEr SpEcIeS UnLiKE YoU UsElEsS (Insult)"

[@ericpratt984]

Parent: *Does something terrible to their kid on purpose* Kid: *Gets angry at them for it* Parent: "Geesh. Looks like my kid needs therapy."

[@TheDoveee]

Terrible xd

[@iamaloafofbread8926]

Basically

[@OperatorEcho14]

Denying videogames to kids is not terrible, it helps them a lot.

[@niggachu420]

​@@OperatorEcho14no it doesn't lol video games has no negative effects 🤣

[@Helicopterpilot16]

@@niggachu420 Perhaps you just haven't learned yourself how detrimental they can be. Cognitive dissonance at it's finest.

[@Munden]

My grandma was putting her puzzle together and I came in and smashed it while recording her reaction! You should have seen her face; priceless! Just like these kids. Come on, It's just a prank gran, jeez. Get over it.

[@lahpetsoj]

Let’s try taking her to a “therapist” and helping with her addiction like the video says. Gran’s prefrontal cortex isn’t developed yet.

[@PassZehBoof]

lahpetsoj id have to say her prefrontal cortex has underdeveloped because of her ripe old age.

[@janelleliew3720]

You should not be rude she is old what if she gets so upset because she spent so much time solving it. Children should be an apple to their parents though it was a prank you may make her upset.

[@PassZehBoof]

Janelle yuxin do they not have jokes where your from?

[@forsakenfish]

@@janelleliew3720 it's a joke

[@cookieflavoredoreo4685]

How about you have a scrap book that you have invested lots of time and is almost finished, then I take it and throw it into the river.

[@theearth284]

@@trainsandplanes8304 not everyone has your “””””boomer brain””””

[@ALLMAX23]

@@trainsandplanes8304 oh nice you have infinite time and stamina i see.............super human (I have bad grammar)

[@CronicasVideojogos]

Yes, my son cried when it was time to stop playing a game. So, since I know all the games he's playing, I establish a clear goal: "When you finish this level, let's turn off" or "Ok, last try, then, let's turn off". Taking something away in the middle of an action will make that reaction. Playing with toys is like creating movie. If I take a toy away during a "scene" he will scream his lungs out.

[@TheoHawk316]

You've got it right, that's how my parents are and it's definitely the best way to parent with videogames, or virtually anything involved like it.

[@muthaafrika6137]

Just them upside the head

[@adc7071]

I agree

[@ChillDude_4777]

Yeah this logic can be applied to anything.

[@sparwaal]

Help me out here..does he listen ans turn off when it's time? Mine is a teenager and doesn't listen...

[@sankari6114]

Ok for a minute just imagine that you were in a football game. Your focusing really hard and trying to win, and then all of a sudden the game dissapears and you see a person who did it willingly (and fully aware how much it ment to you). And then a bunch of people send you to a psychiatrist for getting angry at that person.

[@svencer4206]

me:done all my homework, eaten dinner, has atleast 8 hours of sleep parents:I ll unplugged the power and laugh at you because you've invested so much time and you've done everthing you need to do before you go play games

[@YinxZork]

The child got angry because it took him 12 hours to reach the final boss and when he was going to finish the game the insensible parent unplugged the console

[@TmPGEO923423421]

And also the children are aware that the parents are filming them for internet points

[@YinxZork]

TmPGEO923423421 good point

[@bahayesilyurt1510]

Nope, they were playing modern games such as Overwatch and Fortnight were you don't lose progress at a significant level. There are games were you try to reach a boss correct but even then you would save the game constantly.

[@YinxZork]

Baha Yeşilyurt is If you remember to save

[@bahayesilyurt1510]

@@YinxZork outo saves aside what if? What if you lost a lot of progress? The act of slapping someone or throwing a fit is not at the same level of aggression. It is just not.

[@Tenebris8444]

Pretty sure a child would be just as pissed if you take their Lego’s WSJ

[@train_go_boom2065]

Yep i was mad when my sis destroyed my model of the world trade center out of lego.

[@Tenebris8444]

@@train_go_boom2065 she only wanted to roleplay.

[@bush3126]

@@train_go_boom2065 she was roleplaying, the topic was 2001

[@haze1843]

My cousin destroyed my city ive built for 3 weeks :(

[@sat2244]

@@Tenebris8444 lol

[@dantedmc716]

What if I smash your car suddenly that you hard worked for and laugh

[@xlsmafia]

Yeah man, losing an Overwatch match is totally the same as having your car damaged

[@onskm49]

@@mr.serious707 Nerd alert

[@dantedmc716]

Yeah there is a generation chasm and guess who wins at the end 😁

[@Data-Expungeded]

@@xlsmafia if you watched and listened he said he could’ve gotten into the overwatch league so it’s like destroying the design for a car they’ve been working on which could’ve been their future and chuckling at their actions.

[@teasipper6106]

The psychologist here has a huge blind spot. The reason why kids react this way is that in video games in particular they are invested in trying to win and their investment over the past X number of minutes are suddenly reset. In an online multiplayer game there is further a social aspect of embarrassment and letting down their teammates. These parents don't realize what they are doing to their kids is the equivalent of margin calling one of their stocks to sell at a loss or suddenly being thrown off the field in the middle of a softball league match. It's pretty traumatic. The psychologists should have tried playing before regurgitating their prior findings. Parents trying to effectively regulate play behavior need to convey an understanding of their child's psychological investment and beneficial rewards of video gaming, then work with their child to show them that even positive rewards need to be regulated to lead a balanced life style. This can be helped by conveying similar episodes in the parent's own life, such as investment losses or overcommitment to the expectation of colleagues. Ultimately parents need to understand that their child is being exposed to a simulation of real world problems that they themselves often have trouble handling. They need to understand it's difficult, and the solution will only come with practice. On the other hand, this is actually opportunity for the child to get an early start on developing psychological skills that will make them more empowered and disciplined as adults.

[@calmack6637]

Why cant you be a psychologist

[@calmack6637]

@Edward Christensen roleplay: you are playing football and are about to get into the champions league when suddenly your mum comes up with a camera and takes you off the pitch because dinners ready you shout at her (you are in your mid twenties) and she says you have an underdeveloped pre-frontal cortex

[@user-qh9gt9xb2v]

Edward Christensen fu

[@idkillcommitsuicide6536]

Just imagine,You are almost about to break a world record but suddenly,The power goes out.Of course,I will Go crazy and smash everything

[@farjana003]

Ur writing to much ahh!

[@matfill2001]

It feels like this video was made by 70 year old that understands nothing about video games.

[@gorgefood9867]

I think it's more accurate to say this was made by someone who's trying to justify wasting 100k on a psychology degree. Everyone in the comment section can see how this is just a situation of pissing someone off by rudely interrupting and destroying their work.

[@friendlyneighborhooddg]

@@gorgefood9867 I think this video is meant for an audience of non-gamers. no offense bro, this take just seems obvious and the gamers watching this are clearly biased as is evident in the comments i.e.

[@Hackets]

Thats the case

[@urmum9898]

@@friendlyneighborhooddg maybe it isn't targeted at an audience of gamers but the premise of the video is stupid. What if I destroyed something you worked hard on? You would be upset, right? Looks like you have an underdeveloped prefrontal cortex

[@friendlyneighborhooddg]

@@urmum9898 brain not done grow, unga-bunga

[@thomasfrevold3152]

ID be fully pissed if someone walked up and shut off my game in the middle of playing. I dont see that as a crazy reaction.

[@Ruew]

The kid at the end literally explained why he and so many other kids are mad. "Now I have to do it all over!" But of course they just completely ignore that.

[@Klaus-Schwab_Dictator]

No they don't, it's a choice not an obligation.

[@Ruew]

@@Klaus-Schwab_Dictator ? Where did common sense go??

[@Klaus-Schwab_Dictator]

@@Ruew I don't understand what you meant 'Where did common sense go ??'.

[@LaughgreatYT]

@@Klaus-Schwab_Dictator dude you cant just choose to stop something that you PHYSICALLY cannot stop without redoing

[@justsomeguywholikesmangoes1363]

@@Klaus-Schwab_Dictator He still put effort into it.

[@reuben6974]

there is a difference between a sudden drop in dopamine and just making your child do a whole campaign again

[@abandoned4788]

*"You are not the clown. You are the entire circus"*

[@llllIIIlllIIllllII]

I don't even blame their reactions, imagine having someone shove a camera in your face just to mess with you to make you look bad

[@edattacks]

And it's the person(s) you suppose to trust the most at that 😆.

[@Roach_EntertainmentOFFICIAL]

girl…please it just a joke

[@llllIIIlllIIllllII]

@@Roach_EntertainmentOFFICIAL wasn't really funny

[@Roach_EntertainmentOFFICIAL]

@@llllIIIlllIIllllII humor is subjective

[@llllIIIlllIIllllII]

@@Roach_EntertainmentOFFICIAL laughing at kids crying about losing their progress is kinda weird ngl

[@torenonion]

how would you like someone to rip up a piece of art you just made you loved? thats what they felt

[@luisr0987]

0:34 I see this guy's smile in my nightmares Is he really laughing at that crying child?

[@watermelonbasher3608]

pRoFeSioNAl pSyCHoLiGiST

[@oceanicmage]

That’s literally the act of a FRIGGIN PSYCHOPATH!!!

[@CalebTRBLX]

He looks inbred lol

[@Candy-cf6lg]

0:37 thats a terrifying smile ngl

[@rochambeau7197]

he's also laughing at crying children and making him seem like a normal person by saying "their prefrontal cortex isn't developed" anyone would get mad at things like this

[@nobody6638]

He's just being cruel by laughing at them and saying they don't have an okay mind.

[@ixid3athsxgeixi273]

When someone turns off your games while you were playing and you turned their life off when they still have plans for the world: right at ya buckaroo!

[@Sanstheskeleton-rf6jj]

(this just a joke okay) mom: unplug xbox me:quiet and go to bed mom: 😀 years later..... mom:i need my medicine me:No (unplug the life support)

[@lukewalker5717]

The person narrating this video sounds like an ape surprised by a really obvious thing

[@BamHurgr]

I can’t disagree

[@Hexigonic]

These idiots are literally saying if you get angry at something you cherish being destroyed “your frontal cortex isn’t developed” If you show emotion “your frontal cortex isn developed”

[@rochambeau7197]

i don't like WSJ anymore, because of this video

[@johnscully2165]

0:54 "That was my game to get into the overwatch league" That's definitely not true but that's still soul crushing if he thinks that his parent ruined his chance to make it big

[@mobloxme8693]

You wouldn't know right, because that was his chance to get in and he missed it so you'll never know if it's true.

[@RandomYoutubeUs3r]

@@mobloxme8693 These people are hippocrates Mom: Don't USE YOUR PHONE Mom Again: Spending 10 hours on the phone

[@dead-channel-LOL]

@@RandomKZbinUs3r hippocrates the philosopher?

[@lennygosheesh]

@@dead-channel-LOL yea bro, just like his follower, ̶p̶l̶a̶t̶o̶ platypus

[@GK-qm8is]

Man, if I spent a lot on a game and worked SO HARD ON IT, I would obviously be passed off. It's like that in adults too

[@jimbojimmy7771]

0:57 This reaction is INCREDIBLY REASONABLE! Not only does he keep his cool, but do you understand how hard it is to get into OVERWATCH LEAGUE? For reference, Its equivalent to getting a nearly perfect score on your final exam. ALSO, why did the parent turn off the console in the first place? I expect there was at least an exceptional reason, But the parent didn't even say anything! They should've at least asked what the kid was doing! But no, none of that went through their head. This Fockin idiotic parent and Idiotic company.

[@torenonion]

company? what company?

[@delightrie]

Parents who do that are sadists! That's emotional abuse.

[@theresamiley8917]

Yeah. And I don't get why they gave them video games in the first place if they don't want them to play. It looks to me like they were doing it just to be mean.

[@ThaTruFily]

@@theresamiley8917 "I'll give it to you so I can take it away later, my parents did this to me so I'll do this to you." It's what this tells me about those parents. Wanted videogames to not get annoyed by their kids, now they annoy their kids for playing too much. They should learn how to be respectful parents and not total narcissists and sadists.

[@theresamiley8917]

@@ThaTruFily I agree.

[@Sanstheskeleton-rf6jj]

why the parents don't just said turn off the xbox/ps now like Respect kids you gave no attention and you unplug they HAPPINESS

[@katl1489]

No it's not.

[@ryanbishop5885]

Blaming the kids because you played a prank on them and it didn’t go the way you wanted to is CRAZY

[@calmack6637]

YOU RUINED A CHILDS DREAMS OF BECOMING A PROFFESIONAL ESPORTS PLAYER

[@Mii.2.0]

Underrated comment. 😤

[@bagelinpond2433]

die it must too dangerous to be kept alive, it is

[@DaZsCentral]

In the overwatch league lmaoaooooooooo

[@rochambeau7197]

@@bagelinpond2433 smash computer, i did yes, get into the tournaments, he cannot

[@Wither0]

I like how one of the clips is of someone about to qualify for an overwatch tourney which could have been his future. This is such bs.

[@Goodolday]

10 years from now, "gamer" generation will be parents, and we'll understand that online games is more than just a video game that are useless and time consuming. its more than that, its competition, the urge for being the best. and one more thing: DONT YOU DARE DO THIS TO YOUR KID/ S.O: YOU CANT PAUSE ONLINE GAMES! THAT IS WHY THEY ACT LIKE THAT pardon my english

[@Goodolday]

@@MuhammadAfifSiduppa within those kids there are future competitive players, and im not saying those kids should be able to play games all the time, there should be a ground rules. the point of that competition is money, you can make real money by playing games.

[@Mii.2.0]

@@Goodolday Good English, good sir! 👍 Did you learn that from video games? 🤔

[@FaatehAhmed]

@@Mii.2.0 I find myself to have better english and socialisation skills due to playing online games

[@EdGamerwinner]

You should try to be competitive in English XD

[@eeurr1306]

@@EdGamerwinnerHe probably grew up with a different alphabet, what languages can you speak?

[@titledpie]

Same thing will happen if you unplug ur dads TV when he’s watching football, or if your mom is working on a document and you turn off the PC and they lose their progress, what’s gonna happen?

[@TheKarlMarx]

I'd have a bigger reaction from someone breaking my legos than turning off my computer while I was gaming.

[@ObsidianIsOk]

Same here

[@nocturnal5eyedmoth151]

Unless u didn't safe

[@jimmy_os]

Yes

[@TheKarlMarx]

@@jimmy_os I forgot about this comment

[@jimmy_os]

@@TheKarlMarx ok

[@ichsanibrahim1900]

smh gamers are oppressed, gamers rise up!!!

[@carteor]

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[@kry0mancer6]

when boomers and karens fade away, we will.

[@jc0721]

How is this any different than telling a child to stop playing a sport and forcing them to leave. I've seen kids loose their minds when their parents tell them they have to go home. I don't get why we focus this on video games. This is true of any activity that you are engrossed in and get dragged away from.

[@Rainkit]

Imagine if you were working really hard on a project like a massive puzzle and then someone knocked the puzzle onto the ground and then made you feel bad for being frustrated. That's what these people are doing.

[@hessaalzaabi6915]

Unplug the tv while anyone’s dad is watching football as an important goal is in the act just before they score… how does that feel

[@Pinglen]

Mhm, if I unplug my parent's device and they were in the middle of something either they were enjoying or was important, you're saying they wouldn't have the same reaction or worse?

[@nataleeisjustchilling2737]

Luckily my parents never did this to me as a kid they were never strict on how much time I could spend on video games even when I was a toddler playing on my parents Wii lol

[@Channel-pc3gg]

lucky

[@meme_dude3602]

What’s really sad about it is that when you unplug a ps4 without turning it off your more than likely to lose data.

[@Blitznstitch2]

If you do this to an adult in the middle of a movie that they are watching and looking forward to, the adult will have the same reaction. Do this in the middle of a movie at a theatre - same thing. It’s not a child problem, it’s a human problem.

[@Vik1919]

It's not a problem. It's a justifiable reaction. The problem is the people doing this to others.

[@jgzw_06]

Unplugging is just plain rude😡

[@RNA-Polymerase]

I Used To Play Games 4 hours ago

[@blueboy8719]

I've seen alot of bad youtube channels but... we have a winner

[@SerbianNationalist1283]

Nah this guy is in like top 10(maybe 5). Cus trust me I have seen worse

[@rochambeau7197]

1. WSJ 2. Morgz (and his mom) 3. MrBossForTheBin

[@torenonion]

@@rochambeau7197 morgz quit tho

[@rochambeau7197]

@@torenonion you realize that was only a quick break? look at his channel now

[@torenonion]

@@rochambeau7197 ...................................

[@Catnipkitten]

This is more like ripping the bookmark out of their book and tossing it in a messy pile where it cannot be found, or kicking an destroying their Lego creation without saying a word and walking away. You don't just turn it off..

[@FerdarPleaseSubscribe]

You can if a child is addicted

[@jayfaisa6016]

I think it’s easy to dismiss this video. honestly, though, both as a kid and young adult, I’ve struggled with addictions to video games and Internet. To the point where I can’t see myself not checking social media, for example, for a whole day without getting anxious or just plain bored. Instead of looking for a job, I’m on Rocket League or Apex Legends. For me, it’s escapism from absolutely everything. And it’s getting bad in my life, at least.

[@TheOPtmal]

Upload your gameplay to YT then

[@gorgefood9867]

It's easy to dismiss this video because it's argument is dumb. This isn't anything special about videogames. It's the same reaction anyone would have if someone else rudely interrupts and destroys their work/progress.

[@raiden3079]

Apparently getting upset over someone completely erasing something I've been working on for hours means I have an undeveloped prefontal cortex.

[@blueap06]

My grandma almost killed me when the TV was not going to "The Bachelor"

[@abinothayyilsanoj4182]

😂

[@user-nb7du5sh1v]

Change my mind but these are bad parents. And the point of them saying if you take away a child’s legos or books and they wouldn’t cry is inaccurate. I would cry from my mom just threatening to take my toys away from me when I was young. I can understand a kid becoming a bit too addicted and it’s time to take action by helping them. But when they’re just enjoying a game because it’s a fun hobby, it’s bad parenting to take their game away. They’re missing the point here. Imagine if you were on the computer working on something, it would get you an A+ but you didn’t save it and someone turns off your computer? Are you telling me they wouldn’t freak out? Also, I think it really is disgusting to turn off your kids game and record it for a public use video as if it’s funny. Like, you’re not a good person. The kid probably spent hours on that game and is upset because you took away all their progress or even kill streak. 3:50, could you make any more basic “enforcements” with asking parents to set limits and tell their kids when it’s bedtime, and they talk as if video games are evil. They’re making video games look like they are controlling the entire lives of people. Just chill man, it’s a little device that gives people a ton of fun. Why does the news hate video games, they need to be sprayed with some holy water and if their heads spin, we know.

[@Alexdelia]

i'm not ok with this, If u make stop playing a child from a video game u don't just stop his game, u stop the entier thing he was building inside the game, so it's like when u make a project on your computer and u just put of the pc without saving anythings, it's the worse feel, and this is why the child react so bad ! same as an adult ... (after all, yeah ur right with dopamine but u don't say the whole thing :3). (btw make time control is more frustrating ...)

[@Shervy2k]

If you pull the plug on a kid who is winning in a 100 person battle royal or 6v6 overwatch match... it's like taking the ball away from a high school basketball match or taking a kids quiz away while he is working on it....

[@clankertown]

0:24 nah that would be about the same reaction. Just imagine you were building a lego Death Star and when you are about to put on the last few pieces your mom threw a brick at it and broke it up completely just for a social media prank.

[@TessaJonker-fj2rn]

This is not about yanking off the game…. This is about kids’ and adults’ brains being destroyed by game addiction! Severe ptsd…. Horrible behaviour, here we come!!!!

[@sacredsav1589]

It’s because they are in THE MIDDLE of a fricken game

[@senticlaus5394]

That's literally just emotional abuse. If i had a kid i would let him or her play but I would remind em to take a break or smth :/

[@rileydack6289]

U would get the same reaction if u unplugged a parent on a pc doing work.

[@Monstervolging]

A parent turning off a console is equal to a kid going up to their mother's cooking, flipping the dish she's been cooking for two hours, ask her why she's mad and just make yourself a sandwich for dinner.

[@vilainjojo]

1:34 I come home after school and check your channel every day. I love you bro

[@elizabethdeconnick7799]

I am seeking a video to show my kids about the concerns of playing too much but taking away the game suddenly like that only showed a problem with adults not the kids. Horrible.

[@torenonion]

There are not really many concerns, and blaming the adults in these situations are correct. They unplugged a console with a game you need to save. Think of it as if you were reading a book and the book mark was the save part. Someone takes your book mark out and shuts the book throws it away and you get mad right? This is what the adults are doing. You need to be a role model not someone your kids look at as a terrorist. The only concern i can think of is them not spending time with you. I suggest you play a nice game like Animal crossing or Minecraft with your kids. Minecraft costs $30 but i think its worth it. If you think there are other concerns I suggest you set a time limit of 3-4 hours a day.

[@username4441]

the animation/sound designer for this video is the winner.

[@Ensitrious1]

0:19 Yeah the thing is books and legos can be paused in between and then resumed. Video games have advanced greatly and you usually complete one or two tasks in the span of one session with few opportunities to pause and/or save in between. Jesus Christ as a gamer it’s insane how people fail to understand why having your game shut off in the middle of a two hour sequence with no saves is much more frustrating than someone taking your book or a Lego.

[@15_seth70]

I thought that they were going to say that games are the worst things

[@kartikiyer3067]

The comments section here has some really solid points but it kinda feels all over the place and slightly confrontational... Basically, a large percentage of video games don't really tend to autosave unless the game reaches some logical point like the start or end of a mission as that is easier on the memory and RAM. As such, shutting down the device suddenly means a lot of pretty limited time tends to get wasted for no apparent rhyme or reason. As such, anger is the quickest response to come to the surface... Plain and simple...

[@sat2244]

If that happened to me I would break my parents’ cameras and proceed to pull the plug while they are in the middle of making an important presentation

[@Taimisverycool]

As a child those ones just have no life we're normal

[@Ryan-nm1up]

This video is embarrassing. Everyone at wsj who saw this and still let it upload should be promptly fired.

[@TheKarlMarx]

4:29 I'm not 100% sure but I'm pretty sure that one was an extremely hard boss in one game and took me about a half hour to beat, and that boss bar had almost zero health on it. I would have been extremely mad if someone pulled the plug on that (If i'm. right on that)

[@lucywoomy]

I identified the boss! It’s void termina, the final boss of the story mode in Kirby Star Allies. It’s in it’s bird(?) form, I’m not sure if it’s the last physical form or not, but after the outside phases you go inside void termina to defeat it’s core (with again multiple phases) I don’t remember finding this phase too difficult but it certainly is a challenge, even more for a young child like the one playing in the video. Also, the parent turned off the tv with the remote I think, and the switch is also a portable console, which means the child did not loose all their progress. The game was either still going or paused (I have a switch so I know how this stuff works, my switch battery died while I was playing and after charging it for a while the game was still going, though it was animal crossing so idk how it behaves for Kirby games), but if they died they would probably have to start from the beginning of the boss or the phase. I hope they got their progress back, in this case it’s easily recoverable :] I hope this was somewhat useful idk

[@TheKarlMarx]

@@lucywoomy Thought it was magalor final form from return to dreamworld, I can see you're right now thanks

[@imjustaleaf]

The worst part is that my Dad acts like this when he plays mobile legends and when i do it he gets mad at me

[@toasty_roasts]

Also, parents also do the same thing! Every human feels like that, not only kids.

[@gmichielon]

I'm 37 and i cry everytime my wife turns off my PC in the middle of the gameplay.

[@AdeleiTeillana]

I'm a fully grown adult and I'm pretty sure I would have a similar reaction. I wouldn't get physically violent but I would be super ticked.

[@vistaverse8351]

Kids play games to feel more accomplished with something they love. Affecting their grades is a completely different topic. They get mad because they were working hard to achieve something they liked and taking it away would make anyone angry. Don't listen to these people 😁👍

[@wormy-3420]

If you take my Legos while I’m building something with them I will probably give you the same reaction

[@cassiea.9437]

Videos like this really highlight the importance of understanding a technology before you report on it! Anyone who plays video games could tell you how frustrating it can be to make a lot of progress in a game you really love, just for the game to crash without saving and all your progress is gone. That's basically what's happening here; the parents are unintentionally destroying what could possibly have been HOURS of effort that a child put in to a game for a viral video. The psychologist in this video compares turning off a video game console in the middle of play to taking a book away or confiscating legos; that comparison shows how little those involved in this story understand how video games work! A closer comparison would be if a parent took and ripped up a child's book, or smashed their nearly finished lego project on the ground. THAT's why these kids get so upset. This was a few years ago, so I'm greatly looking forward to the newer generation of journalists who are much better acquainted with the technology they report on.

[@jonathancross2790]

I have been playing Dozens of games and finishing all of them on numerous consoles throughout my 9years of gaming. I never had this problem. We gamers understand the value of our progress. They hold our precious memories. But everything has limits, we need to balance our game time or it would be unhealthy. Or have these type of problems that could ruin a long time of work.

[@LaughgreatYT]

thank god i have a dad that knows my feelings and my mum who although doesnt play videogames like my dad, understands what effort js

[@Morbidia]

There angry because they have spent hours grinding a game levelling up and playing live online only to loose it all and be kicked out of the game and get a bad rep. If an adult was eating dinner enjoying it and halfway though somebody took it away they would be angry.

[@vhonpaloma3557]

I hope our Parents watch this and understand this video -_-

[@torenonion]

they wont

[@QuertyQw33n]

right. and if the roles were reversed, the kids would probably get spanked or grounded for this and we'd be looking more closely at the prank, rather than the games and behaviors associated with what happened. this video is a prime example of how kids can never catch a break. everything they hold dear and everything they like to do always finds a way to come under scrutiny.

[@dealer4833]

j just flag it for terrosrism

[@Real_Mick3y6]

I will too

[@Real_Mick3y6]

Even better, Child Abuse

[@philippixler5550]

This should be a story about how parents destroy their children's sense of safety in their home while absolutely destroying their children's trust of their parents.

[@jinhandavis9064]

At least 2 of those kids responded quite well, much more mature than many adults.

[@RoxasXIII]

What happens when someone is invested in something and you cut it off midway.. unable to go back to that moment to correct it. Think about a father watching their favorite team play a game in basketball or football. You turn off the tv that’s showing the live broadcast. What will happen? Since they are adults, they should be fine with it, right? They surely won’t get angrier then if you took a book away from them while they were reading it.

[@NeuroEverything]

This is the definition of “neurotrash” and it’s at moments like these that I think the art major journalists at the WSJ should just stay out of science and medicine all together.

[@gorgefood9867]

This reminds me of a quote from some guy that goes along the lines of "This is so dumb that it could only have come out of college."

[@friendlyneighborhooddg]

I like this quote, but probably for different reasons@@gorgefood9867

[@sigg7776]

Lol I’m kind of addicted to video games but I always jump at the chance to eat dinner or sleep 😂

[@weebisherror5110]

Lol, depends for me.

[@averageminecraftenjoyer9419]

I love eating and sleeping and family time which turns my addiction into a healthy routine

[@placid7088]

It siuts for every age group who does their favourite things

[@joshcoffee]

2:42 that was so funny