Would you want your kids playing RuneScape?

[Ravose]

I almost can't believe I'm saying this, but having thought about it, my answer is no.

Like Suzuna said, I'm actually fairly doubtful I'll ever have kids. One of the reasons is that I'm a fairly selfish person who doesn't care to make the personal sacrifices necessary. 

I watched this really cool interview recently, the guy was a psychologist and put forward his theories and research suggesting that social media is reponsible for the rising suicide/mental ilness and depression rates, developers of social media know this and they develop it the way that they do on purpose to make it as addicting as possible, to make it necessary for all young people who do not even live in our world, but in the world of social media.

You see this a fair bit I think, people don't really get too involved with their family face to face, other than immediate family and holiday events really. I'm not sure if I believe everything that he says, because his perspective is very much from a place of social media is evil, which is still true to a point. But I do think that I would at the very least limit gaming usage and social media and all this stuff to a certain extent. I do not want to exclude them from things that their peers are a part of, for the danger of social isolation, but limit their time on it to such an extent that they cannot become addicted and "rely" on these things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmXcjvL9VSc

@ Teddy, I cut out a part which is also true of myself and you but the bit I did keep in, I agree with. I would realistically be a bit more disciplined on my theoretical kids if I had any, as I, both, grew up and as I have observed and watched how the online communities (as well as Gintoki's quote) have developed over the years. I would probably be the type to set up my kids own accounts and put parental restrictions on them via the internet to try and limit what they could see by the time they are born, up until they start asking why this/that/the other thing is blocked/restricted. By that time, in response to Gintoki/Teddy now, my theoretical kids would be of age to have a phone and the opportunity to see a bit more themselves, but with a heavy understanding from me to them on why I had done such things. Similar to how kids growing up are usually influenced by friends, I feel that the internet would adversely affect kids (mine or anyone else's) just the same. And, for me, that is the type of stress that I would not want to deal with. Thus I probably would not want to have kids right now in this current generation of society. Something in our days has to happen to snap people out of this addiction to social media and being toxic to others. I mean, heavily toxic. Will it happen? IMO, I hope.

Oh and Gintoki, there are also former members and developers as you said that have revealed and came forth saying the same such as that in the video. Have not watched, but in that sense - it's 100% true.