There are certain psychological needs that kids look for:<ul><li>Competence: Kids need to compete, grow, and attain mastery over tasks.</li><li> Autonomy: A sense of freedom and control.</li><li> Relatedness: A want of being worthy to others while wanting others to matter to us as well.</li></ul>

Unmet Psychological Needs

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<li>When we see kids playing videogames all day, we think they are addicted, and that it is harmful.</li>
<li>In most cases, there is no addiction, but just overindulgence,</li>
<li>In cases they do seem addicted, it may be due to some unmet psychological needs.</li>
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Kids Addicted to Videogames

Ultimately, parents’ intention should be to help kids learn strategies for self-regulating their habits.
By fostering intentional taskwork, and helping kids make proper choices, parents can help kids obtain what they are looking for.

What Kids Want

Kids have been naturally avoiding schoolwork or household chores way before video games came in the picture.
And moderate video game playing, less than three hours a day is not an addiction but can actually be beneficial for the cognitive and reflexive development of kids.

Moderate Gaming

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Video Game Guide to Life

Fortnite, like any well-designed video game, satisfies what we are all looking for. According to Drs. Edward Deci and Richard Ryan, people need three things to flourish. We look for competence -- the need for mastery, progression, achievement, and growth. We need autonomy -- the need for volition and freedom of control over our choice.

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