According to CNET News, mother Mitali Perkins worries that gaming is ruining her children's hands. "The boys can bend their thumbs all the way back to their forearms, and they constantly stretch and crack their knuckles with ease," reports CNET. "For tasks like ringing a doorbell, dialing a phone number and changing the remote, they use their thumbs." The lucky bastards children own three computers, two Sony PlayStations, a Nintendo GameCube and a Microsoft Xbox. And now, the mother is worried about arthritis, not to mention crazy thumbs.

Geez...

The article is actually about repetitive stress injuries in children (a worthy topic). And certainly, using tech can physically effect someone's body (just ask Crecente). However, the article's intro seems poised to blame video games for yet something else. It doesn't really do that per se, and maybe I'm just being defensive. Maybe. Brian Ashcraft

Is Tech Injuring Children? [CNET] Thanks, DanZ!

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