Many parents are struggling with kids who are addicted to the video game “Fortnite.”
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Now doctors in Boston say they’ve seen some young players with health problems typically only seen in adults.
Hundreds of millions of users play “Fortnite.” There’s even speculation that excessive playing caused Red Sox pitcher David Price to miss a start against the New York Yankees during the 2018 season.
But 8-year-old Aiden Molina’s mom, says she’s worried about her son. Aiden is obsessed with “Fortnite.”
“When I think about ‘Fortnite,’ it’s like my life, because when I play a lot, I get a lot of eliminations,” Aiden said.
The second-grader is hooked and said he plays the game for hours on end. Aiden’s mother, Christen St. Pierre, admits she’s fighting a losing battle against the wildly popular video game.
“My son plays ‘Fortnite’ pretty much all the time, every day,” she said. St. Pierre said the game is wreaking havoc on their family. “I figured ‘Fortnite,’ oh, it’s like any other game. But no, it’s just, like, changing their behavior, his attitude. The defiance,” St. Pierre said.
According to Epic Games, the creator of “Fortnite,” more than 200 million players are registered. “Fortnite” is free to download and is constantly updating with new features. Each game only lasts 20 minutes if you don’t get eliminated, so players loop in again and again, making it easy to play for long stretches.
Dr. Lynne Karlson is a general pediatrician at Floating Hospital For Children at Tufts Medical Center.
She said she is seeing more patients who are struggling because of video games, particularly “Fortnite,” including issues commonly seen in adults, from carpal tunnel to sedentary obesity.
“It’s a big disability in their lives because, for one, it interferes with their sleep. Often they’re playing late into the night or they get up early in the morning and they’re…
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