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Encore episode 127, how much gaming is too much?

What are the signs of a gaming addiction in your child?

It's easy in the summer to have lax roles and allow for more gaming and more screen time.

But when does gaming cross the line into being too much?

One mom writes in, worried about her son, who used gaming to connect with friends during the pandemic.

But now is actually gaming alone while his friends are spending time together in person.

Dr. Lisa, in this episode, unpacks a research on gaming hazards

and addiction, as well as some unexpected benefits of gaming. I get answers to key questions like,

when is it time to really worry your kids spending too much time gaming? And what should parents do?

We hope you'll enjoy this encore episode that initially ran earlier this season. How Much Gaming is Too Much.

You were the one during the pandemic, the start of the pandemic, who got me to pay full price on something, which I never pay full price on.

You know.

It was an Xbox.

You said to me, this is a way for boys sometimes to stay socially connected. I shouldn't fight it. It's not, don't be so anti-gaming. But we got a letter talking about when do you know it's too much, Lisa. Yeah, this was a heck of a letter, Rina. Should I get right into it? It's really good. Let's just do it. And again, I know I say this every week. Oh my gosh, the letters we get.

They are just, they're brilliant letters.

Yeah.

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