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While parents have always worried about video games, a pressing concern now is about the time spent on them.
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Claire Cain Miller and Amy Fan
SAN FRANCISCO – In the last decade and a half, boys and young men of ages 15 to 24 more than doubled their average time spent gaming, to about 10 hours a week, according to a major survey.
Some teachers say gaming has disrupted focus in classrooms. Some economists have linked it to the decline in young men’s work hours. Many readers told us it was a chief reason for the recent struggles of boys and young men, when we started our series on the subject in May.
