"One More Block!" Managing Your Child's Minecraft Obsession
Minecraft is addictive. That’s a fact. And kids with ADHD seem to hyperfocus particularly hard on building the game's creative, pixelated worlds. Which is all fine and good, until it’s time to stop — and the tantrums and defiance begin. Here's your survival guide, parents.
Randy Kulman, Ph.D., and James Daley
Why Is Minecraft So Addictive?
The children with ADHD who come in to Learning Works for Kids love three things:
watching television, playing computer games, and playing with LEGOs. Minecraft
is an extension of all those things, so I hear about it all the
time from concerned parents. As a result, I’ve interviewed hundreds of kids
about their use of Minecraft and devised some best strategies for keeping
video-game use to a safe, healthy level everyone can live with. Here they are.
Photo by Jeremy Perez Photos
Photo by Jeremy Perez Photos