Video games are great, too much of anything is bad.

Parents need to be parents and do their damn jobs instead of letting the xbox do the child raising and babysitting.

Teens all ways had bad attention spans, when you were young I'm sure when you were busy doing w/e you did at the time you probably hardly ever paid attention to anything else lol.

Violence shouldn't be blamed solely on video games and media, there is a whole spectrum of factors you have to conclude.

I've been playing video games for years and never have I hurt someone just because I saw it in a game. Has it made me violent? No, lol I can control my anger and if you don't have a lack of control then you're okay.

I love video games and they can be very mentally stimulating, they teach team work, how to solve puzzles, strategy and also give me something to do when I want to hurt people in real life, they brought me together with people from around the world and have inspired some art of mine as well as interest in abstract ideas and culture, they're not a waste of time, A waste of time is promoting false claims in an attempt to blame a problem on something other than the parent.

Technology is the future, but it doesn't mean it's everything, learn to take control and responsibility of your own lives and children =/