what is with the video game obsession? todays children are growing up watching tv and playing video games instead of going outside or using their imagination. The parents of these kids use the tv as a babysitter. my younger brother who is turning nine next month watches about 3 or more hours a night just watching tv. That is 15 hours or more just on weekdays. on the weekends he can spend upto 11 hours a day just sitting there. My cousin is around his age and he is the same way but with video games instead. Right when he gets up he plays, in the car he plays, and when they both are together they each have games to play....i know my mom and aunt try to get them away and i know they are responsible but my point is that kids now dont want to go out in fresh air and play. Our kids are getting lazier and lazier. i cant speak for other households but we all know the video game industry is growing so really we can assume that more and more video games are ending up in our houses, and the majority of houses do have cable if not more like satelite or digital cable. i just dont understand the obsession with tv/video games, and the comparison to actually doing something like playing soccer or playing imaginary games.....if this is our future then our creative minds will just turn into robots or atleast vertual images. This idea scares me and makes me think twice about how i will rase my kids(when i have some).