In some countries, school closures due to lockdowns and other stay-at-home restrictions caused by the pandemic have resulted in children spending more time on social media and video games, a trend which has alarmed many parents and psychologists. Do you see this as a problem?

Do you see this as a problem?

Absolutely!

Luckily my son is very much in Lego.

But me and my wife allow him to watch youtube too, but max 1 hour a day.

We prefer that he is reading books, but he can just read Hiragana.

His favorite is building up something with Lego.

Many kids in his age are much more in Video Games or already at social Media, but me and my wife are happy that he still prefer other things.

But that can change very fast...

Not at all. My son and daughter watch Netflix and YouTube but always in English, and back in the REAL SOE my son's English jumped up from both his parents being at home and speaking to him in English.

It is incumbent upon parents to make sure that their children are getting plenty of exercise and doing their homework. My wife takes care of my son's homework and I teach him a little bit of martial arts. And THAT'S in our tiny apartment. On top of that, we take them to the park whenever we can.

If this pandemic has taught us anything, its that houses everywhere really need to become bigger and more affordable. Its much easier to ask a populace to stay home when they have some space to move around in. This is especially true of Japan, where houses here (the new ones at least) are abysmally small with no garden. The old traditional houses of Japan are amazing, but unfortunately most of them would require a fortune to fix up.

Not too much. Physical toys and television may be alternative options for kids but access to internet would inevitably have them turn to social media and video games. I actually envy kids in this time where they're well off even if they're indoors as someone who grew up in the transition period.

Of course it’s a problem.

No. Much ado about nothing.

No problem at all. Instead of playing games all night long, he will get some sleep finally.

It’s simply replacing the one risks with the others. When at home and spending more time on social media or video games they cannot have train or car accidents, abusing or harassment in the sports club or bullying at school or the way walking home, but the problems with excessive or uncontrollable use of those media and game consumption rise resulting in a similar number of threats as before.

No.

Not at all. Lame student is a lame student. It cannot be helped.