HS student time usage: unscheduled leisure

carolyn
Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:02:45 +0000

Idler, You bring up an interesting point. Now that you mention it, our son’s computer game time does seem to go up when he is under extra stress (or when he has a broken heart. ) I do think there may be an element of recharging his batteries. However, sometimes those batteries must be ready to fuel the universe based on the hours he spends in front of the computer.

We do worry because we have always seen signs of complusiveness in our son since he was very young - he tends to get very, very fixated on one activity or passion to the exclusion of everything (and everyone) else. While this is a good thing sometimes, in other cases, his passions have not always been healthy. He is definitely someone who I hope will never get attached to drinking, drugs or gambling.